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    The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2013

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013
    Ever since the increase in food prices in 2007-2008 raised the alarm about the sustainability of global food security, agriculture has been a major focus of public attention.
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    Informality and inclusive growth

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2015
    This paper is a working document, and the first stage in the conduct of a joint research in the topic of informality and inclusive growth. The research will study the cases of Colombia and South Africa and analyse to what extent these lessons can be applied to other countries in Africa and Latin America.
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    Argentina: Impacts of the child allowance programme on the labour-market behaviour of adults

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    In 2009 Argentina implemented the Universal Child Allowance for Social Protection (AUH,  Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social), a cash transfer programme for households with children.
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    Work, family and public policy changes in Latin America: equity, maternalism and co-responsibility

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    Taking account of the substantial increase in female labour market participation that has occurred throughout the Latin American region, this article describes policies adopted with the aim of reconciling work and family responsibilities between 2003 and 2013, and the implications of their design for socioeconomic and gender equity.
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    5 years in Juntos: new evidence on the Program’s short and long-term impacts

    Centro de Investigaciones Sociólogicas Económicas Políticas y Antropológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013
    his study presents results from a quantitative impact evaluation of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme, Juntos, in Peru. Using instrumental variable techniques, it estimates the overall impact of Juntos five years after its initial rollout and explores the differential impacts among beneficiaries according to the length of time they spent in the programme.
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    Conditions for success in implementing CCT programs: lessons for Asia from Latin America and the Caribbean

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2014
    Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become the main social assistance interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), reaching 129 million individuals in 18 countries in 2010.
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    FIELD Brief 18: Increasing impact with savings-linked conditional cash transfers – experiences from Latin America

    microLINKS,, 2012
    Government social protection programs in 30 countries provide conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to economically disadvantaged families who meet certain requirements (conditions), such as sending their children to school regularly, participating in nutrition programs, and visiting health clinics.
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    Mega-cities & infrastructure in Latin America: what its people think

    2014
    In late 2013, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) conducted a multisectoral public opinion survey in five Latin American cities to better understand the way citizens perceive the quality of life, the needs of urban infrastructure and the standards of public services.
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    Adaptation to climate change in megacities of Latin America

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    There is broad consensus that global climate change is inevitable. Its effects are manifested, among others, in a rise in average annual temperatures, the impacts of which also affect Latin America. Since Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the world’s most urbanized regions, urban spaces provide an important research area.
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    Fiscal costs of subsidies for socialized housing programs: an update

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011
    This policy note provides an update of housing subsidies in the Philippines and the fiscal costs of their application. It addresses the issue on whether the subsidies for housing programmes could have been put into more efficient use by the government. In putting forth recommendations, the policy note highlights key lessons that are worth considering for the Philippines: 

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