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Invisible citizens? Censuses in many Latin American countries omit questions about race, rendering minority groups statistically invisible... |
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Getting All Girls into School New ways are needed to educate "excluded girls" in developing countries. |
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Poverty Reduction Although Latin America and the Caribbean reduced the incidence of poverty during the 1990s, population increases and the greater income inequalities that had developed during the 1980s stymied the region's efforts to reduce the number of poor people. How can its policymakers fight poverty most effectively and better protect the poor during economic crises? |
Finance & Development
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Crafting Bolivia's PRSP: 5 Points of View Bolivia's poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) was issued in March 2001. Building on an earlier national dialogue, it formulates a four-pronged plan for sustainable growth, social development, institutional strengthening, and eradication of drug (coca) production and trade. |
IDB America
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Finance & Development
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Poverty, Disconnected Why soup kitchens may be fuller than ever, even as official statistics suggest poverty is coming down. |
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March 2011
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Finance & Development
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Straight Talk: Shifting Perceptions of Poverty Revised poverty statistics may improve understanding of the economic development process. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
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Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks. |
IDB America
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Charo Quesada |
A tool for development The manager of the IDB's Sustainable Development Department explains the crucial link between census and public policy... |
Scientific American
May 2007
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Prime Directive for the Last Americans Saving Amazonia's indigenous peoples means not meeting them, insists Sydney Possuelo -- a policy of noninterference he hopes to extend, even if others hate it. |
IDB America
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`Pictures that look like us' How an education reform program increases coverage while promoting cultural diversity |
D-Lib
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Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights: A Digital Library Context A discussion about the digitization of the creative works of our ancestors... |
Finance & Development
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Poverty Is Powerlessness and Voicelessness The Voices of the Poor study aimed to understand poverty from the perspective of poor people and to illuminate the human experience behind the poverty statistics. |
CIO
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WAP Powwow An ancient Maya prophecy says a day will come when Earth will be covered by a giant spiderweb and a group of 13 will bring all the people together... |
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Issues Regarding the Application of Information Technology in Indigenous Communities Only indigenous people can consider their cultural values and decide what is appropriately instantiated in digital media. Only they can determine the degree to which they will participate in information technologies... |
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A college for real life With an annual budget of merely $2 million, the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua is training potential leaders for one of the most disadvantaged regions in one of the most impoverished countries in Central America. |
IDB America
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Peter Bate |
More than a loan Community organizations in Mexico's poorest states prove they can prosper with access to credit and technical advice. |
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Education that respects cultures and communities Many things about Mexico's Community Education program are inspiring, starting with the enthusiam of the young instructors who volunteer to teach in remote and often difficult settings. |
D-Lib
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IDB America
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Paradise Sculpted, Carved and Photographed Art of the Guarani reflects the story of Paraguay's people and their land. |
Scientific American
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Conflicted Conservation: When Restoration Efforts Are Pitted against Human Rights Saving Earth might mean trampling indigenous societies |
BusinessWeek
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"Our People Want to Decide Our Own Destiny" Bolivian indigenous leader Evo Morales, a possible presidential candidate, on the causes for the country's social unrest. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Angus Deaton |
Is World Poverty Falling? Using the same data, two reports released less than two years apart by the World Bank reached apparently different conclusions on whether world poverty was going up or down. How can we know whether the world poverty counts are accurate? |
IDB America
October 2005
Charo Quesada |
Languages Saved From Oblivion An IDB Cultural Center program supports efforts to revive the languages and traditions of tiny indigenous groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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Fair Fashion One entrepreneur has used unique clothing style to grow the trend of eco-friendly products. |
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Leading the Way for Social Inclusion Three innovative nongovernmental organizations in Latin America win awards from an IDB-administered fund: Themis... Apoyo Para el Campesino-Indigena del Oriente Boliviano... Asociacion Capital Humano de Colombia... |
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Growth Versus Poverty Reduction: A Hollow Debate |
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Can an Energy Project Save a Rainforest? Defying conventional assumptions, a vast natural gas project has helped to protect 1.5 million hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. |
