Search

Reset

Searching in Mexico

Showing 231-240 of 617 results

Pages

  • Document

    Conditional cash transfers do not discourage work in Mexico

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Conditional cash transfer programmes have become increasingly popular in developing countries as a tool for tackling poverty. But some policymakers are concerned that such programmes create disincentives to work. Evidence from a large cash transfer programme in Mexico shows that it does not discourage people from working.
  • Document

    Urbanisation and flood risks in Mexico’s Chalco valley

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    On 1st June 2000, an open air sewage canal ruptured and flooded 80 hectares of urban land in Chalco valley, State of Mexico. Gastrointestinal, skin and waterborne diseases hit more than 6,700 households. Electricity and piped water were cut off. Food supplies were interrupted. A section of the Mexico-Puebla highway was submerged. Was this disaster a man-made problem?
  • Document

    Financial structure matters for economic growth

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    There is an unresolved debate over whether banks or markets are better at providing financial services and stimulating economic growth. Recent studies showing that neither bank-based nor market-based systems are particularly linked with growth, and they fail to take account of different national experiences.
  • Document

    Latin America’s aging challenge: demographics and retirement policy in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2009
    Latin America’s population aged 65 or over will triple to 18.5 percent by 2050. Fertility is declining. The coming age wave poses two fundamental challenges for Latin America. The first is to fashion national retirement systems capable of providing an adequate level of support for the old without imposing a crushing burden on the young.
  • Document

    Changes in earnings in Brazil, Chile and Mexico: disentangling the forces behind pro-poor change in labour markets

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009
    After several years of recession and deteriorating living conditions in Latin America, economic growth started to recover in the 1990s. But growth was insufficient to counter rising rates of unemployment, and poverty and inequality remained high.
  • Document

    Inflation experiences in Latin America, 2007-2008

    Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2009
    From April 2007 to July 2008, there was a surge in non-core (food and energy) prices worldwide. These prices have since dropped considerably. Monetary and exchange rate policy that does not take into account that the food and energy price shocks might be temporary may have therefore unnecessarily slowed growth.
  • Document

    Comparative Study of the 'Care Economy' in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay

    America Latina Genera, 2007
    Focusing on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, this report presents the findings of a study into the types of care services and provisions available in each country, and analyses changes which have taken place. It also examines the gender norms which regulate access to such services, and which shape how family and work responsibilities are reconciled.
  • Document

    A Critical Review of Selected Time Use Surveys

    2007
    Time use surveys provide information on the activities people perform over a given time period - generally a day or a week - as well as how much time they spend on each of the specified activities.
  • Document

    Revisiting the magic box: case studies in local appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
    This report looks at the ways in which ICTs can contribute to development and poverty reduction. It explicitly reviews and builds upon research conducted by the FAO in 2001, which sought to document the uptake and impact of ICTs in small communities. This research asked whether these communities had been able to take ownership of, and appropriate ICTs for their own benefit. 
  • Document

    The commercialisation of non-timber forest products: what determines success?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    The commercialisation of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as an approach to rural development in tropical forest areas. However, the expected benefits of poverty alleviation and natural resource conservation are often hard to achieve.

Pages