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Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals: The Jamaican Experience

Knight, Pauline - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy …

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Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Inventory: 1980-95

Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio; Vos, Rob - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

In this paper we will not intend to derive improved poverty measures for the Americas. Our pretensions are much more … modest. The purposes of the paper are to provide an inventory of available poverty estimates for the countries of the region … measurement explaining why poverty estimates may diverge so much. This should also help to put into perspective the poverty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009194073

The Caribbean Experience with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Downes, Andrew S. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198480

Millennium Development Goals in the Caribbean

King, Demian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198859

Support to Poverty Reduction and Assessment in the Caribbean within an MDG framework: The SPARC Initiative

Perch, Leisa - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198893

Modeling Public Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Giordano, Paolo; Watanuki, Masakazu; Lima, José Durán; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This book contains a selection of studies discussed at the first and second Regional Meetings on Computable General Equilibrium, which were held, respectively, in Santiago, Chile on 13 and 14 April 2007 with the collaboration of the Centre for International Prospective Studies and Information...

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The Evolution of Urban Concentration around the World: A Panel Approach

Gaviria, Alejandro; Stein, Ernesto H. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

In this paper, we use a panel approach to study population growth in major cities around the world. We find that major cities grow faster in relatively backward economies and in more volatile, faster-growing economies. We also find that the effects of trade policy on the growth of major cities...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943835

Inventory of Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A First Approximation Title: Inventario de programas de protección social y de com...

Repetto, Fabián; Sanguinetti, Juan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

This paper was commissioned for the 1st Meeting of the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network held on June 11 … Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, prepared by the Poverty and Inequality Advisory …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943855

Does Community Participation Produce Dividends in Social Investment Fund Projects?

Heinrich, Carolyn; López, Yeri - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

Social investment funds, a widely used tool of development efforts, aim to support and strengthen local capacity for effective implementation of social and economic infrastructure projects through participatory, community-driven approaches. This working paper investigates whether these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944531

Safety Net for the Poor: The Role of Conditional Cash Grant Programs

Sedlacek, Guilherme Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

programs and lessons learned are addressed in the final section. This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672570