"This paper analyzes the role of social cohesion in economic and institutional development and, broadly, the creation of welfare in Latin America. The paper defines the concept of social cohesion with reference to the notions of social capital and inequality. Using data and literature on Latin...

One of the roles of official development assistance is to promote the delivery of public goods not provided by the market or by recipient governments in the absence of such assistance. This includes the provision of international public goods, a challenge that has attracted growing attention in...

Increasingly, the consequences of globalization call for the involvement, not only of national governments, but of the international development community as a whole. Such involvement needs to occur within a comprehensive framework that encompasses stakeholders from government, non-governmental...

The present document seeks to set forth the IDB's commitment to the objectives contained in the Declaration of Guadalajara and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding, a commitment that has taken shape in Bank programs and lending, as well as in a growing number of coordination efforts and...

Intended as a contribution to the discussion of the relevance of social capital and social cohesion to Latin American development, this paper treats the two as assets for development and the creation of welfare. The paper defines the concepts, including their uses and limitations, and analyzes...

Este documento tiene como objetivo hacer avanzar la discusión generada alrededor del tema de cohesión social así como informar sobre las acciones emprendidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) desde que tuviese lugar la Cumbre de Guadalajara en mayo de 2004, que reunió a 58...

The purpose of this presentation is to propose a definition of the concept of social cohesion and an approach to measuring it. We proceed in two parts: Part I: Cumulative definition and measurement; Part II: Exploration and measurement of key contributing dimensions: Solidarity, social...

Este documento tiene como objetivo hacer avanzar la discusión generada alrededor del tema de cohesión social así como informar sobre las acciones emprendidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) desde que tuviese lugar la Cumbre de Guadalajara en mayo de 2004, que reunió a 58...