This article establishes a relationship between the Consensus of Washington and gender inequality. It considers several important points: the reforms and the social impact; development and gender; for who is the structural process; gender budgets and the millennium objectives; and the employment...

Income distribution among social classes, a preferred topic by the classical economists, has not often been frequented by later scholars. Some recent studies show a new interest, and a generalized increase in income concentration in favor of the capitalist class, particularly in Latin America....

The assessment of tourism potential allows delimiting the attractiveness of tourism destinations, constituting the basis for the design of tourism products and experiences. To date, several studies have been conducted to measure destination attractiveness from a synthetic approach. However,...

The goal of this paper is to analyze the local government's perception about the significance of a discrete multi-criteria method for assessing proposals for urban expansion (PUE). The study case was performed, by using PROMETHEE method, in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina. The decision matrix...

The general objective of the study is to quantify the economic potential of 98 municipalities in the province of Seville in 2007 and 2012 from empirical research based on the application of the Rasch model. This will allow us to design a generic analytical framework or frame of reference for the...

Tourism has gained vital importance in recent times as it is one of the economic activities that brings the greatest benefits to a country, both in the social, economic and environmental spheres. Consequently, demand forecasting models in the sector are adequate tools that support...

En los últimos cuarenta y cinco años la Argentina ha transitado un largo período de bajo dinamismo durante el cual se registraron al menos cuatro diferentes patrones económicosociales. Sin embargo, el país no ha acertado en sus diferentes intentos de lograr un patrón de crecimiento...

Access to energy, in this case to a basic electricity service, is considered a human right as established in most countries’ National Constitution. High electricity costs are frequently seen as an obstacle to get energy access in the case of most vul-nerable households. In Argentina, the size...

In the current context of complexity, multiple conflicts and inter-dependency, the main problem facing decision takers and, in particular, policy makers, is related to the formulation of multiple public policies that ought to be fulfilled at the same time while moving towards a more sustainable...

Discusses evaluations to assess its relevance and usefulness to the Fomento Ganadero program in Yucatán from 2001 to 2013. Used a longitudinal non-experimental design in the form of trend where recollection (literature review and key informant interviews) and analysis of information (principles...