| Author | : Gordon H. Hanson |
| Publisher | : BID-INTAL |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9507382593 |
Regional integration : what in it for CARICOM ? (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD; 29)
| Author | : Mauricio Mesquita Moreira |
| Publisher | : BID-INTAL |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Economic development |
| ISBN | : 9507382623 |
Economic and political integration have been a perennial and neuralgic issue in the Caribbean agenda. This paper draws on the literature on trade, growth and regional agreements to discuss the motivation behind the Caribbean drive for integration, the results obtained so far and what is in stock for the future. It argues, with the help of descriptive statistics, an empirical growth model and a gravity model, that the traditional, trade related gains from regional integration have been and are bound to be limited because of (i) the countries' high openness; (ii) the limited size of the common, enlarged market; and (iii) the countries' relatively similar factor endowments. It also argues, though, that gains in the area of non-tradables, due to economies of scale which cannot be mitigated by trade and openness, can be substantial.
Fiscal policy and equity estimation of the progressivity and redistributive capacity of taxes and social public expenditure in the Andean countries (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD; 33)
| Author | : Alberto Barreix |
| Publisher | : BID-INTAL |
| Total Pages | : 86 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9507382682 |
Trade costs and the economic fundamentals of the initiative for integration of regional infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD; 30)
| Author | : Mauricio Mesquita Moreira |
| Publisher | : BID-INTAL |
| Total Pages | : 46 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9507382631 |
Convergence in the rules of origin Spaghetti Bowl : a methodological proposal (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD ; n. 34)
| Author | : Rafael Cornejo |
| Publisher | : BID-INTAL |
| Total Pages | : 58 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9507382704 |
The Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
| Author | : Evans S. Osabuohien |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 670 |
| Release | : 2020-07-06 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3030415139 |
This handbook examines agricultural and rural development in Africa from theoretical, empirical and policy stand points. It discusses the challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and assesses how poverty and other development concerns can be addressed in rural communities through agricultural transformation. Additionally, the handbook extends the Post-2015 Development Agenda and it emphasizes the importance of the agricultural sector as it is closely related to the issues of food sustainability, poverty reduction, and employment creation. The contributors suggest multiple evidence-based policies to develop the rural areas through the transformation of the agricultural sector which can significantly benefit the African continent.
Globalization, migration and development : the role of Mexican migrant remittances (Working Paper ITD = Documento de Trabajo ITD ; n. 20)
| Author | : J. Ernesto López Córdova |
| Publisher | : BID-INTAL |
| Total Pages | : 60 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Economic development |
| ISBN | : 9507382410 |
In this paper, we present evidence indicating that international migrant remittances lead to improved developmental outcomes. Using a cross-section of all Mexican municipalities (over 2400) in the year 2000, we show that an increase in the fraction of households receiving international remittances is correlated with better schooling and health indicators and with reductions in poverty, even after controlling for the likely endogeneity between remittances and developmental outcome variables. Our findings have important policy implications as they suggest that national governments and the international community should adopt measures that facilitate remittance flows.
Who's in and Who's Out
| Author | : Jere R. Behrman |
| Publisher | : IDB |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Discrimination in education |
| ISBN | : 1931003424 |
Explores various forms of social exclusion in Latin America, including residential segregation in Bolivian cities, exclusion in health care in Brazil, barriers to legal status of Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica, geographic isolation in El Salvador, and educational inequality among the indigenous in Mexico.
Care Work and Care Jobs for the Future of Decent Work
| Author | : Laura Addati |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Caregivers |
| ISBN | : 9789221316428 |
The report analyses the ways in which unpaid care work is recognised and organised, the extent and quality of care jobs and their impact on the well-being of individuals and society. A key focus of this report is the persistent gender inequalities in households and the labour market, which are inextricably linked with care work. These gender inequalities must be overcome to make care work decent and to ensure a future of decent work for both women and men. The report contains a wealth of original data drawn from over 90 countries and details transformative policy measures in five main areas: care, macroeconomics, labour, social protection and migration. It also presents projections on the potential for decent care job creation offered by remedying current care work deficits and meeting the related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
