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Ten findings about poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

Chang, Jillie; Evans, David K.; Rivas Herrera, Carolina - 2024

Poverty continues to challenge Latin American and Caribbean countries, with approximately one in three people in the … region in poverty and one in seven in extreme poverty. This paper provides up-to-date insights through analysis of who the … are distributed geographically within and across countries, (3) how poverty affects specific groups (e.g., women, children …

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The geography of development in Latin America and the Caribbean : towards a new taxonomy of the sustainable development goals

Tezanos Vázquez, Sergio - In: CEPAL review (2018) 125, pp. 7-28

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Diaspora networks, non-economic remittances and entrepreneurship development : evidence from some economies in Latin America

Kshetri, Nir; Rojas-Torres, Diana; Cardona Acevedo, Marleny - In: Journal of developmental entrepreneurship : JDE ; a … 20 (2015) 1, pp. 1-18

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Corruption and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Paulo, Lucas Dutra de; Lima, Ricardo Carvalho de Andrade; … - In: Review of development economics : an essential resource … 26 (2022) 2, pp. 756-773

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Effects of Homeownership on Children: The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics and Family Income

Harkness, Joseph M.; Newman, Sandra J. - Johns Hopkins University <Baltimore, Md.> / Department … - 2003

[...]This exploratory paper first tests whether homeownershiphas equally positive effects for children of low-income andhigher income families. Focusing on the low-income group, itthen examines whether, and how, these homeownership effectsare influenced by neighborhood attributes. The next...

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City limits : why Australia's cities are broken and how we can fix them

Kelly, Jane-Frances; Donegan, Paul - 2015

Our bush heritage helped to define our identity, but today Australia is a nation of cities. A higher proportion of Australians live in cities than almost any other country, and most of our national wealth is generated in them. For most of the twentieth century, our cities gave us some of the...

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