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This paper provides a synthesis of the four papers on the Latin American and Caribbean economies: Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. It focuses on the following themes: macroeconomic stabilization and fiscal challenges, poverty and inequality, and the use of natural resources...
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During the 2000s, the Dominican Republic experienced above-average economic growth along with mixed results in labour market indicators. GDP per capita stagnated through 2004 and, for the most part, grew rapidly from 2005 through 2012. Comparing 2000 with 2012, many unfavourable developments...
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Violence against women, recognized globally as a fundamental human rights violation, is widely prevalent across high …-, middle-, and low-income countries. Violence against women has significant economic costs in terms of expenditures on service … formation. The paper makes a major contribution to the discussion of economic implications of intimate partner violence (IPV …
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This paper analyses the repercussions of the high level of criminal violence in Latin America on the economy of the … violence has had a significant negative effect on investment and economic growth. -- violence ; crime ; growth ; Latin America …
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