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A snapshot on the quality of seven home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leer, Jane; López Bóo, Florencia; Perez Expósito, Ana; … - 2016
quality and fidelity of implementation in home visit programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not exist. In … light of this gap, this note presents a snapshot of home visit quality in seven countries in which home visits reach a … order to ensure implementation quality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571942
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The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Latin America : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondu...
Lustig, Nora - 2016
equalizing in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and also in Chile, Costa Rica and Ecuador but, in the latter, their effect is small … countries tend to redistribute more. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru redistribute below the trend …; Chile, Ecuador and Mexico are on trend; and, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay redistribute above the trend. Fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983141
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Planning for Integral Development. Public Policies, Economic Growth and Social Improvements in Santa Rosa (Ecuador)
Prada-Trigo, José - In: Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics 2 (2014) 4, pp. 307-317
Ecuador is immersed, since the adoption of the 2008 Constitution, in a process of economic, social and political … the south of Ecuador through the analysis of the local networks and the initiatives of local actors for developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082364
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - 2010
In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been fairly steep since the 1980s. Policy action has taken the form of regional development measures and of reforms of various aspects of the social safety net broadly defined. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444749
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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020
Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241667
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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020
Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012284803
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Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: Money, Markets and Costs
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654956
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Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: Money, Markets and Costs
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198852
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In China's wake : how the commodity boom transformed development strategies in the global south
Jepson, Nicholas - 2020
conditions -- Neodevelopmentalist type: Argentina and Brazil -- Extractivist-redistributive type: Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela … orthodoxy type: Jamaica, Peru, South Africa, Colombia, and Indonesia -- China and global transformation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011965