Tuesday, November 29, 2022
There is compelling evidence to show that supporting children’s development and enhancing women’s participation in economic activity increase economic development, reduce poverty, and improve household wellbeing. Providing affordable, quality childcare...
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Creating new jobs is one of the biggest challenges facing low- and middle-income countries. Because employment in these countries is mostly in micro and small enterprises (MSEs), targeted interventions such as training, microcredit, cash grants, business...
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Some 28,864 low-income households were provided with access to affordable urban housing units. More than half of the beneficiaries were female, and over 18,400 worked in the informal sector.
Monday, February 21, 2022
El actual gobierno federal está enfocado en invertir en capital físico, es decir a la construcción de obra pública, y ha descuidado invertir en la protección social de su ciudadanía, nos contó Marcelo Delajara, director del Programa de...
Monday, January 24, 2022
Mexico has long suffered from high poverty and social exclusion. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has likely exacerbated these problems, an increase in social program spending helped lessen the negative impact on employment, retail sales, and poverty....
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
In response to the impact of Covid-19 on poverty and inequality in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC has called for Latin American countries to build welfare states. Is this the right call? This blog, and two that will...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Europe, Sweden
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
Conventional wisdom tends to run towards giving it to the woman. But a recent paper (ungated) by Laurens Cherchye, Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Bram De Rock, Charlotte Ringdal and Frederic Vermeulen tells us it might not matter (at least in terms of nutrition...
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Global, Africa, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Europe, North Macedonia
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Friday, August 6, 2021
Women agricultural jornaleras migrate from their places of origin in search of work opportunities. But the work is often informal, leaving them without employment contracts, fair wages, health services, childcare services, pensions, maternity leave, paid...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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Responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in Western and Central Africa, the World Bank has supported the rapid...
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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Monday, July 12, 2021
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In settings with market power, providing goods directly can generate larger consumer surplus gains than cash...