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(coverage, leakage, and quality of demographic targeting). We identify 67 programs, which fall into three broad categories … size of their transfers and their historic under-coverage of the population living in poverty. Transfers represent … categories. Our policy recommendations include: (i) intensifying efforts to increase coverage among the poor, using modern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014564099
(coverage, leakage, and quality of demographic targeting). We identify 67 programs, which fall into three broad categories … size of their transfers and their historic under-coverage of the population living in poverty. Transfers represent … categories. Our policy recommendations include: (i) intensifying efforts to increase coverage among the poor, using modern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545281
students in Mexico. Starting in 2009, the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer (CCT) program increased the average grant in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141906
students in Mexico. Starting in 2009, the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer (CCT) program increased the average grant in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881782
The demographic shift underway in Southern Europe requires a revision of some of the fundamental principles of the traditional welfare state. We analyze the evolution of several aspects of welfare and social expenditure over the last two decades. We find that in the context of the present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771949
The demographic shift underway in Southern Europe requires a revision of some of the fundamental principles of the traditional welfare state. We analyze the evolution of several aspects of welfare and social expenditure over the last two decades. We find that in the context of the present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572670
Latin America and the Caribbean must respond to the challenge of climate change while making progress with other sustainable development goals. How much will it cost to meet climate change goals in this context? This work reviews the evidence on the costs of meeting the goals the goals of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518238
Latin America and the Caribbean must respond to the challenge of climate change while making progress with other sustainable development goals. How much will it cost to meet climate change goals in this context? This work reviews the evidence on the costs of meeting the goals the goals of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496892
Las evaluaciones recientes, hechas a las reformas realizadas a los sistemas de pensiones de varios países de América Latina, han resaltado la necesidad de prestar mayor atención a la protección del riesgo de vejez de los más pobres. La fragilidad de la protección de la vejez resulta, en...
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La transición demográfica que vive Colombia implica la necesidad de analizar el papel de las personas de tercera edad en la sociedad. El presente documento trata dos temáticas; por un lado, se hace un estudio demográfico donde se ilustran los cambios demográficos y la situación actual en...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854353