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The relationship between the abundance of natural resources and socio-economic performance has been a main object of study in the economic development field since Adam Smith. Dominated by the verification of the so called curse of natural resource, the mainstream literature on the topic has been...
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Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability that also affects the rising middle-class. More...
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Gracias a su buen desempeño económico, el Perú está en camino de consolidarse como una economía de ingreso medio, con todos los retos y oportunidades que ello conlleva. Mirando hacia el futuro, las oportunidades son muchas, aunque los retos también lo son. La persistencia de brechas en el...
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En años recientes Paraguay ha experimentado un periodo de crecimiento positivo en su producto interno bruto. Incluso en términos per cápita el crecimiento en los últimos cinco años fue en promedio 2.4 por ciento. Este crecimiento fue acompañado de una reducción constante en las tasas de...
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The Dominican Republic invests a considerable amount of public resources in transfer and subsidy programs with the main objective of redistributing income to and subsidizing consumption of the poor. This study measures the effectiveness with which publicly-financed transfers redistribute income....
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Los programas de Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas (TMC) se expandieron rápidamente en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) desde mediados de los noventa. Desde entonces, el BID ha hecho contribuciones importantes a los países en las distintas etapas de ejecución de estos programas. Esta...
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Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) have two main objectives: reducing poverty and increasing the human capital of children. To reach these objectives, transfers are given to poor households conditioned on investments in their children’s education, health, and nutrition. Targeting...
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The Dominican Republic invests a considerable amount of public resources in transfer and subsidy programs with the main objective of redistributing income to and subsidizing consumption of the poor. This study measures the effectiveness with which publicly-financed transfers redistribute income....
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Este trabajo analiza las dificultades metodológicas que se presentan al tratar de obtener valores precisos de mortalidad infantil en países que poseen sistemas de registro civil incompletos, así como las alternativas para estimar estos indicadores a partir de otras fuentes de datos. Concluye...
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