The authors present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators....
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32062Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Rice Bott, Sarah ;
Ellsberg, Mary Carroll ;
Morrison, Andrew R.
The regulation and supervision of individual pension accounts has been a neglected issue. In contrast, much has been written on financing the transition to funded pensions and the design of benefits. ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33387Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Whitehouse, Edward R.
There are many ways to structure mandatory private pension funds that rely on individual accounts. As in any market there are products and firms that provide them. Both are typically circumscribed by ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33374Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
The adequacy of retirement incomes is a central goal of all types of pension system. In defined contribution pension plans, the benefit depends on the amount of money paid in, the investment returns e...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33376Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
Different types of pension involve different kinds of uncertainty. For example, public sector pension schemes involve a 'policy risk', that the scheme might be reformed in the future so that benefits ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33380Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
Pension, to most people, implies a regular payment from a specific age-such as retirement-until death. Individual retirement accounts are a vehicle for retirement savings but they do not become a pens...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33379Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
In 2002, half of Mexico's population lived in poverty and one fifth in extreme poverty, slightly lower than before the 1994-1995 crisis. Mexico has made major progress in some poverty dimensions -heal...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32063Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys C. ;
Walton, Michael
Uruguay is a small open economy with one of the highest GDP per capita ratios in the region. The country's recent poor growth performance has been strongly correlated with neighboring Argentina's econ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 31120Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004Autor:
Cesilini, Sandra ;
Martin, Lisandro Roman ;
Moreno Torres, Magui
Since 1960, Lima's population has quadrupled to more than six million. Most of these new homes were built without legal title or formal recognition. Without property titles, homeowners cannot use thei...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92524Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004
This note considers the impacts on female workers of two forms of labor market regulations common in developing countries: mandated maternity benefits and working-hour restrictions for women. Anecdota...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32872Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004Autor:
Van Selm, Alexandra
As the world relies increasingly on science and technology that become more complex every day, developing countries need to cultivate a core of skilled scientists who can keep abreast of cutting-edge ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92525Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004
This Results Profile talks about the community kitchen ‘Rosarito Vera’ in Argentina. A group of local volunteers ran the ‘Rosarito Vera’ community kitchen, located in the Villa Emergencia slum in Buen...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92523Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004
In Korea, around 3.1 million small enterprises (99.2 percent of the total) operate with less than 50 employees. Micro & small businesses (MSBs), however, have lagged well behind in the adoption of IT,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 31119Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004Autor:
Yoon, Jeongwon ;
Hanna, James C.
The impact of public expenditure programs on poverty reduction can be enhanced by analyzing gender-disaggregated data in public expenditure reviews, especially by conducting a gender-disaggregated ben...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34841Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2004
Unpaved roads require periodic road works to maintain a certain road condition over time, comprising typically of routine maintenance, grading, spot regravelling, and regravelling activities, which re...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33923Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2004Autor:
Archondo-Callao, Rodrigo
Electronic business is becoming an essential component of private sector development in a growing range of nations to achieve and maintain international competitiveness. This is due basically to its m...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 31117Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2004Autor:
Carrasco Martin, Ana Isabel ;
Hanna, James C. ;
Watt, Charles
The Nicaraguan agricultural and livestock sector experienced wide policy shifts over the last two decades. State intervention during the Sandinista period (1979--1990) was reversed by subsequent gover...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 31118Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2004Autor:
Piccioni, Norman Bentley ;
Santucci, Fabio Maria
Only 30 percent of land suitable for agriculture is utilized for crops (with significant regional variation). More than double the area suitable for pasture is used for livestock grazing, with negativ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30734Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2004Autor:
Deininger, Klaus W. ;
Lavadenz Paccieri, Isabel Graciela
Many Latin American governments have radically restructured their old age income security systems, starting with Chile's 1981 pension reform. The reforms move national pension system from purely socia...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30733Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2004Autor:
Gill, Indermit S. ;
Packard, Truman G. ;
Pugatch, Todd ;
Yermo, Juan
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