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quality and fidelity of implementation in home visit programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not exist. In … light of this gap, this note presents a snapshot of home visit quality in seven countries in which home visits reach a … order to ensure implementation quality. …
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arrangements and cronyism, since the 1930s Brazil has been building its Welfare State. In the wake of struggles and political …
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arrangements and cronyism, since the 1930s Brazil has been building its Welfare State. In the wake of struggles and political …
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Whether government transfer programs increase the human capital of low-income children is a question of first-order policy importance. Such policies might help poor children if their parents are credit constrained, and so under-invest in their human capital. But it is also possible that whatever...
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quality and fidelity of implementation in home visit programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not exist. In … light of this gap, this note presents a snapshot of home visit quality in seven countries in which home visits reach a … order to ensure implementation quality …
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In this chapter I discuss the history and basic incentive effects of two key U.S. cash assistance programs aimed at families with children. Starting roughly in the 1980s, critics of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program argued that the program -- designed largely to cut...
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Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn primarily from studies of in-kind benefits, tax...
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quality education and social cohesion can create a virtuous cycle of productivity outcomes, including job creation and …
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equalizing in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and also in Chile, Costa Rica and Ecuador but, in the latter, their effect is small … countries tend to redistribute more. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru redistribute below the trend …; Chile, Ecuador and Mexico are on trend; and, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay redistribute above the trend. Fiscal …
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The 2003 Energy review,contains information about the 2003 energy situation of each of our member countries, regional data, as well as economic and social indicators corrected and extended through historical series. It presents and innovative structure for analysis that allows the reader to...
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