En el presente articulo se senalan los efectos de los desastres naturales sobre el desarrollo y las condiciones de vida en la region de America Latina y el Caribe. Sobre la base de los analisis cuantitativos realizados para evaluar los danos causados por los principales desastres naturales que...

This paper identifies the effects of natural disasters on economic development and living conditions in the Latin American and Caribbean region. On the basis of quantitative analyses to assess the damage caused by the main natural disasters which have occurred in the region during the past 16...

This paper investigates whether the use of participatory budgeting in Brazilian municipalities during 1990–2004 affected the pattern of municipal expenditures and had any impact on living conditions. It shows that municipalities using participatory budgeting favored an allocation of public...

Hundreds of studies have failed to establish the effects of decentralisation on a number of important policy goals. This paper examines the cases of Bolivia and Colombia to explore decentralisation’s effects on government responsiveness and poverty-orientation. I first summarize economic data...