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Migration and Poverty in Mexico’s Southern States

Wodon, Quentin; Angel-Urdinola, Diego; Gonzalez-Konig, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

While Mexico's southern states differ substantially in terms of their migration profile, many of the issues confronted …

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Development Targets and Efficiency in Improving Education and Health Outcomes in Mexico’s Southern States

Jayasuriya, Ruwan; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

Unlike Mexico as a whole, the south (that is, the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca) may well not reach many of … provide a brief diagnostic regarding how much progress has already been achieved toward reaching the MDGs in Mexico as a whole …

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Poverty in Mexico's Southern States

Wodon, Quentin; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys; Siaens, Corinne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This paper attempts to answer the following questions: How poor are the southern states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca? How much progress was achieved in the 1990s toward reducing poverty in these states? Why are households in these states so poor? Specifically, does their poverty result from...

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Can Safety Nets Offset the Impact of Risk on Wage Inequality and Social Welfare?

Makdissi, Paul; Wodon, Quentin - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2002

welfare and wage data from Mexico, this note shows that it is easier for safety nets to offset the impact of risk on wage …

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Efficiency in Improving Health and Education Outcomes: Provincial and State-Level Estimates for Argentina and Mexico

Jayasuriya, Ruwan; Wodon, Quentin - In: Estudios Económicos 22 (2007) 1, pp. 57-97

Provincial and state-level analyses are conducted using panel data sets for Argentina and Mexico to assess the …

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Government Programs and Poverty

Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

. This paper is based on the poverty assessment for Mexico completed by the World Bank. It evaluates the impact of government …

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Poverty and Inequality

Wodon, Quentin; Velez, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

While there are different estimates of poverty in Mexico, there is general agreement that poverty is widespread, and … policies have been implemented in Mexico, as elsewhere, to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of the population. This … relate to poverty in Mexico. …

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Training for the Urban Unemployed: A Reevaluation of Mexico's Training Program, Probecat

Wodon, Quentin; Minowa, Mari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

For many years the government of Mexico has implemented a large training program for the unemployed. The program has …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621265