... facing increasing pressure from donors to achieve financial sustainability, which, in turn, is forcing some to charge clients escalating prices for care Indeed, a number of NGOs are relying increasingly ... sector salud en America Latina y el Caribe: desafõos y opportunidades   [Sexual and reproductive health inLatinAmericaand the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities] Mexico, Inter American Development ... is increasingly integrated with municipal-level primary health services, and the quality and range of available services are improving (2) Growth in the size and influence of civil society in...
... etc.) and financing all transport expenditures Administered by Executive – – local political authority (being considered in Buenos Aires), – joint committee of contiguous authorities (being developed ... elasticity, promising income redistributor in developing world Advantages Exists – political, administrative ease Distance-basis – potential to include other currently fixed charges (i.e., insurance) ... efficiency incentives – Compounded in urban transport due to high investment costs, no alternative use of infrastructure, and highly uncertain demand estimates – Challenges regarding exclusivity...
... 23% and 16%, respectively Integration terminals figure prominently in future expansion plans (so-called miniextensions) – Hope, in part, to attract private capital As in case of Line Terminal ... expansion, frequency increase 1978-1985: Bus and Minibus fleet grew 50% and 75% (respectively) – Negatives: Decline in occupancy rates (50%), cartel control of fares and entry (self-regulating “mafia”), ... capacity building; institutional improvement; strengthened role of local governments (Municipalities); improvement in regional planning instruments and processes; improvements in urban information...
... the Persistence of Inequality in the Americas, 1800-1945.” In Stephen Haber, ed., PoliticalInstitutionsandEconomic Growth inLatinAmerica Essays in Policy, History andPolitical Economy Stanford ... Performance: The Case of Finland.” In Blomström, Magnus, and Meller Diverging Paths: Comparing a Century of Scandinavian andLatin American Development Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development ... functioning Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales, located in Barcelona 20 LatinAmerica for the most part lagged behind Spain and Portugal in developing a technical class In both Chile and Colombia...
... 2 Press Freedom andEconomic Development inLatinAmerica 2008 Methodology T he annual report on Press Freedom andEconomic Development inLatinAmerica seeks to disentangle and analyze the relationship ... and TV will also be important for the country´s evaluation next year Economicliberty For Latin America, as well as for the rest of the world, the Index of Economic Freedom inLatinAmericaEconomic ... freedom, economic freedom andeconomic development are strongly linked to each other Another interesting data that is revealed by the ranking of Press Freedom andEconomic Development inLatin America...
... Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in its Lima Declaration of Guidelines on Auditing Precepts Some of IBP’s main findings pointed to the lack of transparency in public audit processes employed in countries ... resources Civil society experiences in auditing During the Manila conference, civil society groups presented the various innovative methods they are using to involve citizens in the auditing and assessment ... Mitigating concerns surrounding increased collaboration between audit institutionsandcivil society organizations The concerns stated by audit officials andcivil society groups regarding increased...
... of Korea 0.33 Included Singapore 0.33 Included Malaysia 0.31 Included Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.31 Tiny – about 110,000 inhabitants Thailand 0.29 Included Slovakia 0.29 Included Czech ... view of investment finance in developing countries 14 In fact, both in the catch-up processes in Germany as well as in China described in box 2, a large share of investment has been financed ... embodied in new capital goods or accumulated by learning-by-doing of workers in the investment process Both things can rather be expected in manufacturing than in construction Investing in a new...
... Lensink Liberalization in the Developing World Institutional andeconomic changes inLatin America, Africa and Asia Edited by Alex E Fernández Jilberto and André Mommen Financial Development and ... growth, andeconomic development inLatinAmerica / edited by Gerardo AngelesCastro, Ignacio PerrotiniHernández and Humberto Ríos-Bolivar p cm Includes bibliographical references and index LatinAmericaEconomic ... and index LatinAmericaEconomic policy LatinAmerica Commercial policy Free trade LatinAmericaEconomic development LatinAmerica I AngelesCastro, Gerardo II PerrotiniHernández, Ignacio III...
... Lensink Liberalization in the Developing World Institutional andeconomic changes inLatin America, Africa and Asia Edited by Alex E Fernández Jilberto and André Mommen Financial Development and ... growth, andeconomic development inLatinAmerica / edited by Gerardo AngelesCastro, Ignacio PerrotiniHernández and Humberto Ríos-Bolivar p cm Includes bibliographical references and index LatinAmericaEconomic ... and index LatinAmericaEconomic policy LatinAmerica Commercial policy Free trade LatinAmericaEconomic development LatinAmerica I AngelesCastro, Gerardo II PerrotiniHernández, Ignacio III...
... Katz Broadband demand andeconomic impact inLatinAmerica INTRODUCTION LatinAmerica lags most regions of the world with regards to broadband penetration Average broadband density in 2008 reached ... broadband and employment." Proceedings of the 3rd ACORN-REDECOM Conference Mexico City May 22-23rd 2009 Katz Broadband demand andeconomic impact inLatinAmerica Expanding on these findings, ... 2009 Katz Broadband demand andeconomic impact inLatinAmerica new deployed technology Furthermore, the fact that employment and GDP grow in parallel indicate that broadband is having a significant...
... guarantees and interest subsidies The study focused on three assistance clusters in Northern Ireland (training, marketing and upgrading machinery and equipment), and two in the Republic of Ireland (marketing ... coordinated use of a range of CORFO programs It combines training activities, innovation, infrastructure, technical assistance, and business and finance networking In 2001, the PTI financed nine ... intermediate outcomes— increased investments in training, introduction of new products and processes, ISO certification and links with other public and private institutions as well as final outcomes such...
... prevention and preparedness are Multisector and Other; banking and financial services, and business and other services are Financing and Business; and government andcivil society - general and conflict, ... approved in direct loans and investments, and US$300.60 million in cofinancing operations, AR2007 shows US$470.00 million approved in direct loans and investments, and US$273.00 million in cofinancing ... approved in direct loans and investments, and US$536.00 million in cofinancing operations, AR2009 shows US$299.00 million approved in direct loans and investments, and US$342.00 million in cofinancing...
... measures inLatinAmerica is reported in Table Despite their increasing use, the effectiveness of macroprudential policies in leaning against credit growth andin protecting financial stability remains ... Deposit Insurance Institution (Fundo Garantidor de Créditos -FGC) so that institutions relying on this instrument could benefit from a reduction in RRs Finally, it became mandatory for financial institutions ... than using an effective rate our RR measure is based on a simple average of rates (in Brazil of demand and savings deposits; in Colombia of checking and saving accounts, CD and bonds, andin Peru...
... 2008; in the V Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in April of 2009; in the VI CONCASIDA Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, 2009; andin the Latin American and ... discrimination in public and private education and health services, and work proactively to identify and correct discriminatory actions in government institutionsandin society, in collaboration with ... parents Review, update and reinforce the training of educational personnel, from teaching colleges to inservice training for existing teachers By the year 2015, all teacher-training programs, under...
... found in homes and other indoor environments due to the widespread past uses of lead in gasoline, paint, plumbing and building products and other consumer goods Indoor lead sources include lead in ... value of information in guiding our decision-making and shaping our priorities Children's Health and the Environment in Nor th America vii In this report, we look at indicators in three thematic ... chemicals of emerging concern (e.g., brominated flame retardants) • Indicators which report prevalence and incidence offer different information useful to understanding and interpreting the progress...
... Coverage inLatinAmericaand the Caribbean, 1990s to 2000s Contributory Pension Coverage Rates inLatinAmericaand the Caribbean in the 2000s, by Quintile of per Capita Income Contributory Health Insurance ... whole, including health 10 Achieving Effective Social Protection for All inLatinAmericaand the Caribbean insurance; (2) providing guidelines on ways to extend coverage by rationalizing financing ... maintaining mandatory insurance in the formal sector but also promoting the inclusion of informal sector workers in contributory SI programs on an optional basis, with adequate financial and institutional...
... lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, UBA, and is currently working as JTP inLatin American Social Geography and Resources and Society She is a teaching mentor in the School of Training and ... study: Ibero -America, providing a description of historical, cultural, andeconomic SpainLatin -America relationships Finally the chapter provides summaries and linkages amongst the remaining chapters ... between Spain andLatinAmerica have had their ups and downs Currently the situation is undergoing a major growth process Spain devotes one third of its overseas investment to Latin America, and from...
... that west and central Africa andLatinAmerica show very different results: inLatinAmerica land inequality is largely driving income inequality, whereas income inequality in west and central ... understanding of the evolution and nature of inequality inLatin America, of its spatial and temporal trends, and of the impact of particularly pertinent policy instruments in tackling poverty and inequality ... Taylor and Hudson Deininger and Olinto Taylor and Hudson Deininger and Olinto 0,79 Frankema 0,78 0,90 Frankema Sources: Taylor and Hudson (1972, 267 269), Deininger and Olinto (2001, 24) and appen...