Theoretical literatures on procedural utility and the psychological benefits of political participation suggest that people who participate in political activities will be more satisfied with their lives because of the resulting feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Individual-level...

Theoretical literatures on procedural utility and the psychological benefits of political participation suggest that people who participate in political activities will be more satisfied with their lives because of the resulting feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Individual-level...

La obra publicada sobre la utilidad procedimental y los beneficios sicológicos derivados de la participación política, hace pensar que la gente que toma parte en actividades políticas tiende a sentirse más satisfecha con su vida, gracias a la sensación de autonomía, competencia y...

Indonesia drastically lags behind other countries in Southeast Asia and at similar levels of development in supplying urban wastewater sanitation. We use case studies from three cities in Indonesia to better understand why wastewater services are underprovided. We find strong demand-side...

We hypothesize that selective donors will use types of aid over which they have more control when providing assistance to poorly governed countries. We use an original classification of project purpose codes in the AidData dataset to categorize aid flows from the period 2004 to 2010. Results...

Desde 1996 em sucessivas edições anuais, o Informe MERCOSUL vem acompanhando os aspectos mais importantes do desenvolvimento econômico e comercial desta entidade regional, criada pelo Tratado de Assunção, de 1991. O trabalho aqui apresentado se inscreve em um âmbito mais amplo das...

El principal objetivo de esta publicación, es brindar en un solo documento, un resumen de las principales cifras del sector de microfinanzas de América Latina y el Caribe. Este documento contiene información primaria recolectada y procesada por el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN)...

El presente trabajo trata sobre las tendencias de las remesas en América Latina y el Caribe. Para ello se exponen estadísticas e indicadores. Las remesas que recibieron los países de América Latina y el Caribe en 2010 registraron un ligero incremento del 0,2% a tasa anual, luego de un fuerte...

Una presentación de los resultados preliminarios de una evaluación que tiene el objetivo de establecer el impacto temprano y la relación costo-beneficio de la intervención en términos de su contribución a la disminución de los niveles de violencia e inseguridad en el municipio de Santiago...

This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central, but still contested, assumption of the...