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Do Remittances Help Smooth Consumption During Health Shocks? Evidence From Jamaica

Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Ruprah, Inder jit; Sierra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we … remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of …

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The Impact of ICT on Adolescents' Perceptions and Consumption of Substances

Balsa, Ana; Gandelman, Néstor; Porzecanski, Rafael - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

consumption. A low percentage of participants logged on to the Web platform, but most participants were reached through e … significant changes in consumption habits were found. …

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A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

Healthcare services are more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean today than 50 years ago, yet this availability is not necessarily reflected in popular perceptions. This study documents the expansion of healthcare services in the region in terms of medically-trained professionals,...

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Brochure of the Neglected Infectious Diseases Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Folleto de la Iniciativa de Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas para América L...

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2012

Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) remain one the most underfunded disease categories in global health despite their far-reaching impact and the availability of affordable treatments. The Inter-American Development Bank, the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases/Sabin Vaccine...

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Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization with Endogenous Fiscal Response

Talvi, Ernesto - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

is temporary leads to an initial expansion in consumption, and, since the model allows for distortionary taxes on … consumption, to an endogenous increase in tax revenues large enough to eliminate the ex-ante fiscal deficit. This paper was …

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Wage Shocks and Consumption Variability in Mexico during the 1990s

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

household consumption in Mexico during the 1990s, which is a period characterized by high volatility. In addition to performing … consumption categories: non-durable goods, durable goods, education and health. Our results for non-durable goods consumption … reject the hypothesis that Mexican households are able to insure idiosyncratic risk. For the comparisons across consumption …

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Health Perceptions in Latin America

Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and individual levels. The study uses three types of health self-assessment questions: i) health...

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Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case

Maceira, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...

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Decentralization and Recentralization: Lessons from the Social Sectors in Mexico and Nicaragua

Gershberg, Alec Ian; Jacobs, Michael - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

This study is designed to help practitioners prepare and evaluate institutional reforms for education and health programs. It provides an analytic framework for use by public officials and researchers, with case studies that illustrate a wide range of actual practice, and a set of lessons...

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Climate Change Impacts on Birth Outcomes in Brazil

Pereda, Paula C.; Menezes, Tatiane A. de; Alves, Denisard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...

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