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Sabotage from Abroad? The Economic Impact of U.S. Interference in Chile 1970-73

Walther, E. James - 2021

In 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a US-backed coup against Salvador Allende, Chile's democratically elected president …'s project of socialist transformation in hyper-polarized 1970s Chile was doomed regardless of external provocation. However …

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IC technology and learning : an impact evaluation of cl ssi2.0

Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015

In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements … conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT … causal effect of ICT on student achievements, controlling for their initial level. Despite a significant financial investment …

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The Propensity to Remit : Macro and Micro Factors Driving Remittances to Central America and the Caribbean

Bidawi, Hussein; Aliperti F. Domingues, Paola; Fratto, … - 2022

In contrast to expectations, remittances to Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) surprised positively during 2020 and 2021. This study revisits the key macro indicators driving remittances, looks at the heterogeneous impacts of the global financial crisis (GFC) and COVID shocks, then uses...

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The Achievements and Failures of Argentina's Neo-Liberal Economic Policies

Baer, Werner; Elosegui, Pedro; Gallo, Andres - 2001

The stability of an economic policy regime depends in large measure on either its successful authoritarian imposition or on the general acceptance by society of the distributional status quo of assets and/or income. Although Argentina's Convertibility Plan "Currency Board" system) brought price...

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Reciprocity in the Ftaa : The Roles of Market Access, Institutions and Negotiating Capacity

Nogués, Julio J. - 2003

The benefits of the FTAA to Latin American countries will materialize through two channels: improved access to the region's markets, and enhanced growth prospects through the strengthening of basic economic institutions. Furthermore, the importance of these negotiations is heightened by the fact...

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Local Distributional Effects of Government Cash Transfers in Chile

Agostini, Claudio A.; Brown, Phil - 2007

Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Chile has remained high and remarkably constant over … inequality in Chile has concentrated on the national and regional levels. The impact of cash subsidies to poor households on … local inequality is thus not well understood. Using poverty-mapping methods to asses this impact, we find heterogeneity in …

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Transition finance country study of Chile : better managing graduation from official development assistance eligibility

Cattaneo, Olivier; Piemonte, Cecilia; Poensgen, Konstantin - 2020

to shed light on Chile’s official development assistance graduation experience. Its main objective is to understand the …

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The risks and benefits of school integration for participating students : evidence from a randomized desegregation program

Bergman, Peter - 2018

This paper studies the impact of a lottery-based desegregation program that allows minority students to transfer to seven school districts serving higher-income, predominantly-white families. While prior research has studied the impacts of such a program receiving students, this paper studies...

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Educación financiera y previsional a través del taller Ahorra desde Ahora: Evidencia de una evaluación de impacto en Chile

Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Caballero, Gustavo; Cofré, Fabián; … - 2018

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Educación financiera y previsional a través del taller Ahorra desde Ahora : evidencia de una evaluación de impacto en Chile

Bosch, Mariano; Caballero, Gustavo; Cofré, Fabián; … - 2018

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