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Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings: Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay

Gandelman, Eduardo; Gandelman, Néstor; Rothschild, Julie - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer foreclosure proceedings and higher probabilities of being granted extensions in evictions and...

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Argentina's Housing Market in the 2000s

Cristini, Marcela; Moya, Ramiro; Bermúdez, Guillermo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for housing was calculated and tenure choice was analyzed. Structural …

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Participation and Sustainability in Social Projects: The Experience of the Local Development Program (PRODEL) in Nicaragua

Stein, Alfredo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

co-management of small infrastructure and urban improvement projects and by lending small loans for housing improvement …

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Building Cities: Neighbourhood Upgrading and Urban Quality of Life Title: Construir ciudades: Mejoramiento de barrios y calidad de vida urbana

Alcocer, María Eugenia González; Cohen, Michael; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...

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Citizen-driven approaches for combating public procurement corruption in Uganda's local government systems : an empirical survey

Basheka, Benon C.; Oluka, Pross N.; Mugurusi, Godfrey - In: International journal of logistics systems and management 21 (2015) 4, pp. 442-464

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Unfunded public pension liabilities and local citizen oversight

Rich, Kevin T.; Zhang, Jean X. - In: Accounting horizons : a quarterly publication of the … 29 (2015) 1, pp. 23-39

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Comparing workplace organization design based on form of ownership : nonprofit, for-profit, and local government

Ben-Ner, Avner; Ren, Ting - In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly 44 (2015) 2, pp. 340-359

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Strategic management thinking and practice in the public sector : a strategic planning for all seasons?

Johnsen, Åge - In: Financial accountability & management : in governments, … 31 (2015) 3, pp. 243-268

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Local governance in the midst of economic dependency : a case study of Olongapo City

Salas, John Michael Ian S. - 2004

The experience of Olongapo City in managing economic distress due to the loss of its economic anchor, the Subic Bay Naval Base, offers a rich lesson in local governance on how critical it is to plan ahead. The risk of a severe downturn, primarily due to economic dependency, can be successfully...

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Local government fragmentation and the local public sector : a panel data analysis

Goodman, Christopher B. - In: Public finance review : PFR 43 (2015) 1, pp. 82-107

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