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Economic opportunities for indigenous peoples in Latin America
World Bank, 2007This report from the World Bank looks at the distribution and returns to income generating assets and the affect these have on income generation strategies.DocumentLessons from the field: the impact of civil society budget analysis and advocacy in six countries
International Budget Partnership, 2007Can civil society improve the transparency, accountability and impact of public spending? While anecdotal information has been very encouraging, there is not yet sufficient information available to answer this central question.DocumentPension systems in Latin America: concepts and measurements of coverage
Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2007This paper documents the findings of a project designed to measure pension coverage based on information from household surveys in Latin America. It represents an expansion of a previous analysis and describes the level, trends and profiles of pension coverage among active workers and the elderly in the region.DocumentEnding violence against women: programming for prevention, protection and care
United Nations Population Fund, 2006Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary.DocumentEnding violence against women: programming for prevention, protection and care
United Nations Population Fund, 2006Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary.DocumentGlobalisation and Poverty
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2007A non-technical summary of a book titled ‘Globalisation and Poverty’ edited by Ann Harrison. It questions whether globalisation spreads wealth. The book concludes that the poor will benefit from globalisation if the appropriate complementary policies and institutions are in place.DocumentConditional cash transfers for human development in Latin America and the Caribbean
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Conditional cash transfers have emerged as the dominant form of social welfare in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cash is transferred to poor families provided that they use health and educational resources. Despite programme success, it is not clear if this is the most effective way to reduce poverty and boost human development.DocumentProgramming to address violence against women: 10 case studies
United Nations Population Fund, 2006Violence against women is slowly becoming more and more an issue for public debate and action. This report documents 10 case studies from dirferent developing countries that provide examples and lessons informing best practice that can be used to confront the problem on an international scale.DocumentClose to slavery: guestworker programs in the United States
Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007This paper discusses the exploitation faced by ‘guestworkers’ in the United States. The paper argues that the rights of guestwokers – temporary workers from largely Latin American countries, particularly Mexico - are not adequately protected.Unlike U.S.DocumentExpanding collaboration between public audit institutions and civil society
International Budget Partnership, 2007Civil society organisations are increasingly undertaking innovative actions designed to hold governments accountable for the use of public resources. The paper gives concrete examples of civil society participation and audit institution engagement from India, South Africa, the Philippines, Mexico, South Korea and Argentina. It demonstrates that civil soPages