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, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are … derived from national household survey data, covering 21 countries from 1990 to 2009 and are disaggregated by ethnicity, race …
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This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …
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Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...
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Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943604
likely to purchase than to rent, and the choice of formal housing is positively associated with wealth. Households eligible … for social housing subsidies are more likely to purchase than to rent, and those working in the informal sector are more … and credit is explained by demand for low-income housing. …
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This paper proposes a methodology to resolve the problems that result from using a combination of objective and subjective information in evaluating urban quality of life. The paper further suggests techniques to identify and rank issues of potential importance for urban dwellers. In order to...
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The aim of this paper is to help project teams develop results indicators for housing projects. These indicators are intended, primarily, as an instrument for managing projects and should help staff in the country offices, in headquarters and in executing agencies to identify the components of a...
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2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the … decline holds for households of all income levels, particularly those in the lower quintiles of the income distribution …
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This document analyses the experience of community participation and sustainability in the Local Development Programme (PRODEL) in Nicaragua. The goal of PRODEL is to improve the physical and socioeconomic conditions of families living in poor communities in eight small and mid-size cities. This...
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house to survive. However not everybody have access to adequate shelter, especially low income households in developing … evolution from 1995 to 2006. The estimations made in this work-based on data from household surveys for 18 countries that … shortages. This reductions hold for all income levels, particularly in the lower quintiles of the income distribution structure …
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