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. Poverty line specifies the level of income or consumption that is just sufficient to maintain the...

This study is an integral part of the efforts undertaken by the Inter-American Development Bank's Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network concerning the discussion and dissemination of the lessons learnt on poverty reduction and social development strategies developed in Latin America...

This note defines what spillover effects are, why it is important to measure them, and how to design an evaluation that will enable researchers to measure the impact of the program in the presence of spillover effects on subjects both eligible and ineligible for the program. Several practical...

While the science of program evaluation has come a tremendous distance in the past couple of decades, measurement error remains a serious concern and its implications are often poorly understood by both data collectors and data analysts. The primary aim here is to offer a type of...

After 18 years of democracy and 15 years of structural reforms, Bolivia has made important strides in consolidating its institutions and its economic stability. The process of change is not over, however, there is still a need to pursue the efforts toward greater equity that will make it...

This study provides detailed accounting of the current levels of social exclusion in education and factors contributing to them. It provides a quantitative and qualitative accounting and profiling of social exclusion in education in the region. Drawing from the micro-data of household surveys,...

Estes anais apresentam um resumo das sessões e discussões ocorridas durante a IV Conferência Interamericana sobre Responsabilidade Social da Empresa: Um Bom Negócio para Todos, realizada em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, de 10 a 12 de dezembro de 2006. A maior parte das apresentações realizadas...

The objective of this work is to present the main changes in education and health financing in Brazil during the 1995-2002 period, which brought important improvements in the recent performance and will continue for the future in these sectors, with utmost importance to the reduction of the...

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...