social capital and poverty reduction in latin america and the caribbean

... (such as mothers and children) They are administered by the The State of Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean Figure 1.6 21 The Share of the Formal and Informal Sectors in LAC Labor ... operate in parallel, duplicating service delivery infrastructure The absence of links between financing and productivity or quality and the The State of Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean ... prepared by the Social Protection Unit in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank under the supervision of Augusto de la Torre and Helena Ribe Andrew Mason was the initial task...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... (for instance during the golden age in Latin America between 1870 and 1914) are adversely distributed to the landowners at the expense of the landless, the purchasing power of the landless remains ... issue in Latin America, as well as the new emphasis on its development impacts First, inequality was and is extremely high in Latin America As shown in table I.1, Latin America continues to have the ... Fifth, there is growing debate and awareness about the well-being costs of high inequality in Latin America Given inequality aversion, for which there is convincing evidence from Latin America...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 13:48

... efficiency (inputs and outpurs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005-8 38 Table Indicators of health care expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005 44 Table Financial indicators ... role in absorbing its shocks, replacing lost income, containing/reducing poverty, maintaining health care, strengthening social solidarity, reducing inequalities and adopting key measures for social ... SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY IN LATIN AMERICA F Financial Sustainability Statistics from 25 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean on social security financial balances as a percentage of GOP in...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 13:33

... Botswana maintains the hegemony and the gap between the poor and the rich, the major and minority groups In order to redress poverty the adult education program needs to be aware of the social functions ... of the minority and poor people and use them to mobilize the poor and minorities who are struggling for the betterment of their conditions It could mobilize the so called minorities to oppose their ... it to disseminate information, encourage participation in the education and economy of the communities To achieve its goal of disseminating useful information and eradicating poverty the adult...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 16:27

... sector salud en America Latina y el Caribe: desafõos y opportunidades   [Sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities] Mexico, Inter American Development ... Growth in the size and influence of civil society in Brazil since the 1980s has facilitated the positive change Increasingly democratic processes have lengthened the policy decision-making process, ... assessment of existing capacity for these functions and to help in strengthening such capacity when necessary (7) Continue building on the important role of NGOs Changes in financing and decentralization...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... 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 ... whether they were currently participating in the program; (iii) whether they had participated in it in the past and, if so, in what year; (iv) the monetary value of the incentive; and (v) how they ... through the 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...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... prevention and preparedness are Multisector and Other; banking and financial services, and business and other services are Financing and Business; and government and civil society - general and conflict, ... to Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (a) To Latin America (US$ billion) (b) To Central America and Caribbean (US$ million) CDB = Caribbean Development Bank, IDB = Inter-American Development ... flows in the wake of financial crises the debt crisis in the mid1980s, the United States rescue after the Mexican Tesobonos crisis in 1995, the Asian and dot.com crises, and the beginning of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... “lean against the wind”: (i) raising RRs during the upswing phase of the cycle to contain excessive credit growth and the associated build up of vulnerabilities and (ii) lowering them during the downswing ... Literature on the Latin America Experience In general, there are only a handful of studies examining the recent experience effectiveness of RRs in the region.20 The analysis is hindered by the heterogeneity ... business loan interest rates and on strengthening the passthrough from policy to deposit and lending interest rates These findings, more generally support the use of RRs as a policy instrument in...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:21

... into a sort of laboratory testing the hypothesis Once the Berlin Wall fell down, the Cold War was over and the processes of democratization started in Latin America and some other countries in ... Freedom and Economic Development in Latin America 2008 Discrimination in the Media that seemed to aim at pointing out media coverage not appreciated by the executive power On the other hand, the ... committed towards the human race”2 A key author in order to understand the process of installing modern democracies and the feelings and opinions that those aroused in Europe and the Western world...

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Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 12:20

... 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; and in the Latin American and ... communities, including children, adolescents, youth, teachers, and parents Review, update and reinforce the training of educational personnel, from teaching colleges to inservice training for existing ... in adolescents and young people by the year 2015 Recommend the inclusion in these agreements for discussion in the XVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State in San Salvador, El Salvador in...

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Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 11:21

... countries in the region, on the one hand, and the experience of integration into the global economy, on the other There are 13 chapters in this collection linked in varying ways to the series ... maintain the view that expanding trade, in general, is a powerful force for poverty reduction in developing countries’ At the same time as the absolute numbers in poverty have been increasing, ... treaties and free trade agreements) and the flows of FDI in Chile, the third largest recipient of foreign investment in Latin America (after Brazil and Mexico) in absolute terms and the second in per...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20

... countries in the region, on the one hand, and the experience of integration into the global economy, on the other There are 13 chapters in this collection linked in varying ways to the series ... maintain the view that expanding trade, in general, is a powerful force for poverty reduction in developing countries’ At the same time as the absolute numbers in poverty have been increasing, ... treaties and free trade agreements) and the flows of FDI in Chile, the third largest recipient of foreign investment in Latin America (after Brazil and Mexico) in absolute terms and the second in per...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20

... if directly linked to the increment in value of the land – Might be directly linked to the cost of providing the infrastructure (impact fee) – Require good development controls Land speculation, ... Distributional purposes – the right combination of low price elasticity and high income elasticity, promising income redistributor in developing world Advantages Exists – political, administrative ease ... fragmentation (service/infrastructure, public/private) 13 Public Transport Pricing and Financing Two Basic Needs “doing the right thing” – provide best range of services with the resources available...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20

... capacity building; institutional improvement; strengthened role of local governments (Municipalities); improvement in regional planning instruments and processes; improvements in urban information ... Ring Road and the Pan American Highway Two Segregated Busways – km segment and ~10 km stretch Differentiated and (in city center) segregated bus stops Metro Lines: 40 kms, 51 stations, 68 trains, ... 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”),...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20

... Katz Broadband demand and economic impact in Latin America AN ESTIMATION OF THE BROADBAND DEMAND How much additional broadband capacity is needed in Latin America to close the broadband gap that ... impact in Latin America Based on the estimates of the Argentine model, we have estimated the impact on job creation if the Latin American nations were to increase the installation of broadband lines ... broadband gap in Latin America is alarming If we consider the development of Latin American economies, the region now has a shortfall of 11 million lines (thereby resulting in the need to increase...

Ngày tải lên: 21/08/2014, 15:25

... gold ended up in the UK and the Netherlands triggering the industrial revolution Another share of the gold ended up in the hands of the Chinese ruling Ming dynasty, exported from the Viceroyalty ... according to the old standard); from 58.33% in 2010 to 50.97% in 2011, 43.89% in 2012 and 38.20% in 2013 (according to the new poverty standard) b) Coordinating with the relevant Ministries and Branches ... not shrink, especially in the northern mountainous region and the Central Highlands1 Although the poverty rate has declined rapidly in the poor and difficult districts, communes and ethnic minority...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2015, 11:57