"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human …, good long-term nutritional status) helps insure resilience to disasters by protecting schooling investments and outcomes …, even though disasters have negative impacts on the actual investments (for example, by destroying schools). In Bangladesh …

The Sustainable Development Department's Social Development Division (SDS/SOC) assists the IDB by providing technical … support to operations and by helping to identify and promote new opportunities for Bank action in social development that will … interested in social questions about their work and to foster a dialogue on these issues. This issue of Social Development …

This year, our fourth annual Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO 2012) shows that the implementation of the IDB …'s Development Effectiveness Framework is yielding positive results. In 2012, we continued working to improve the way we measure …, monitor, and evaluate the progress made to meet the development objectives of our Region.Abstract: Este año, nuestro cuarto …

This paper reviews Mexico's mixed track record in pursuing the Millennium Development Goals, with progress in health …