This paper was commissioned for the 1st Meeting of the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network held on June 11 and 12, 2001 in Washington, D.C. This paper is the initial systematization of the responses to the Questionnaire on Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 11th and 12th, 2002. The country¿s sustained growth from the mid ¿80s up until 1998 made a steady reduction of poverty...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the III Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 23rd and 24th, 2002. Chile is undergoing an aging demographic transition of its population. This transition will take three...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the VI Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on December 9th and 10th, 2003. Can clinic based data give good estimates of program impact? Most large scale nutrition...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the V Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 22th and 23th, 2003. Institutional Framework for Indigenous. Development Policies. Socio-demographic Characteristics of...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the VII Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 11th and 12th, 2004. The Mixed Institute of Social Aid (IMAS) is a Public Institution, with autonomous institutional...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the V Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 22nd and 23ed, 2003. In Brazil, on average 80% of persons released from the prison system return to prison; up to 99% are...

Este número de Equidad incluye una serie de artículos que hacen referencia al rol del BID en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad; a la importancia de proteger a los pobres de los costos económicos de las enfermedades; a las estrategias para la reducción de la pobreza en América...

This is the latest version available of "Do We Know What Works": A Systematic Review of Impact Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean¿. The document reviews social programs placing emphasis on extracting lessons from those that have been evaluated in order to assess...

The Dominican Republic invests a considerable amount of public resources in transfer and subsidy programs with the main objective of redistributing income to and subsidizing consumption of the poor. This study measures the effectiveness with which publicly-financed transfers redistribute income....