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How do the Colombian Families Respond to the Changes in the Economic Conditions?

Torres, Fabio Sánchez; Bahamón, Luz Magdalena Salas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This work will try to measure the differentiated effect that the changes in the economic conditions have on the families in terms of labor participation of the spouses and other members of the family, as well as its effect on the scholar attendance of children and young people.

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The Transition of the Social Policies in Brazil since the Old Paradigm towards the Unique Register

Ramos, Carlos Alberto; Lobato, Ana Lucia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

families placed under the poverty line. …

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Colombia: Solidarity Social Network

Casasbuenas, Guillermo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

Over the last decades, social policy has been conceived from a sectorial perspective. This means that social policy responds more to government's organizational activities than to people's necessities; as if social problems could be approached from a unilateral perspective; in the same way that...

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Experiences and Good Practices in Microcredit Programs for the Poor

Inter-American Development Bank; Organización de … - 2002

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

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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

This document analyses the experience of community participation and sustainability in the Local Development Programme (PRODEL) in Nicaragua. The goal of PRODEL is to improve the physical and socioeconomic conditions of families living in poor communities in eight small and mid-size cities. This...

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Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America

Damiani, Octavio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the … Peru) that have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. While the four countries fall into three distinct groupings … reductions in poverty during the last two decades - a transformation that they achieved by taking substantially different paths …

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Do We Know What Works?: A Systematic Review of Impact Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bouillon, César P.; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

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...

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Effective Policies to Meet the MDG Agenda in the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2006

This Technical Note 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 …

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Lessons Learned from Implementing the Sustainable Development Program in the State of Acre in Brazil

Dengel, Cristina; Horton, John - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

efforts to improve the competitiveness of Brazilian goods, to support the efforts to reduce social inequalities and poverty …

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