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  - Population 9.52 mln
  - Population growth 2%
  - Life expectancy 66 years
  - Net migration -100,000
  - GDP $2.15 bln
  - - per capita $1,260
  - - growth rate 5%
  - FDI, net inflows $0.2 bln
  - Cellphone users 34%
  - Internet users 11%
  - High-tech exports 5%

Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua

Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua

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By Lina Jaruseviciene, Miguel Orozco, Marcia Ibarra, Freddy Cordova Ossio, Bernardo Vega, Nancy Auquilla, Joel Medina, Anna C. Gorter, Peter Decat, Sara De Meyer, Marleen Temmerman, Alexander B. Edmonds, Leonas Valius, Jeffrey V. Lazarus Objectives: To elicit the views of primary healthcare providers from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua on how adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) care in their communities can be improved. Methods: Overall, 126 healthcare providers (46 from Bolivia more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 15, 2013

Increasing Citizen Partnership in Local Governance: Latin America

Increasing Citizen Partnership in Local Governance: Latin America

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Local citizen participation has long been acknowledged as a useful tool to enhance public policies: it improves policies’ responsiveness to the population’s needs and quality as citizens make creative and innovative proposals to solve development challenges. In the last two decades, countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru have developed new mechanisms to foster citizen participation at the local level by creating citizen participation bodies, or what we term here more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 4: Cities and Urbanization

Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 4: Cities and Urbanization

Launched in May 2011, the new global magazine Southern Innovator is about the people across the global South shaping our new world, eradicating poverty and working towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They are the innovators. Issue 1 covered the theme of mobile phones and information technology. Issue 2 covered the theme of youth and entrepreneurship. Issue 3 covered the theme of agribusiness and food security. Issue 4 covers the theme of cities and urbanization. more...

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David South on April 15, 2013

Melting glaciers: The Slow Disaster in the Andes

Melting glaciers: The Slow Disaster in the Andes

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With glaciers melting away, climate change already has become a fact of life for the poorest. Scientist use satellite technology to find ways to deal with dramatic water shortages in the Andean region. A slow and silent disaster that has started to affect millions.

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John Daly on January 13, 2013

Regional Monetary Cooperation in Latin America

Regional Monetary Cooperation in Latin America

Latin American has the longest history of regional integration efforts in the developing world. This paper analyzes the experience of regional monetary cooperation in Latin America over the past three decades. This experience has been overall successful but also uneven, both in terms of country coverage and services provided. Although strictly not a form of monetary cooperation, development financing does play a useful complementary role by proving counter-cyclical or at least stable financing more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 16, 2012

Global Corruption Report: Climate Change

Global Corruption Report: Climate Change

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By mapping risk in a number of rapidly expanding areas and bringing good governance to the forefront of the climate change debate, the report clearly illustrates that decisions made at the global level need to take account of the effects of corruption at all levels in order to pave the way for future success in combating climate change. Contributions to the Global Corruption Report shed light on those most adversely affected by climate change: indigenous and rural poor communities in remote more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 28, 2012

Latin America Corruption Survey

Latin America Corruption Survey

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U.S. law firms Miller & Chevalier Chartered (Miller & Chevalier) and Matteson Ellis Law joined with 12 Latin American law firms in a survey of companies spanning 14 countries in the Americas to gain an understanding of the extent of corruption in countries throughout the region, the effects of corruption on companies operating in those countries, perceptions of the effectiveness of regional anti-corruption laws, and tools that companies are using to address corruption risks.

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Sonia Hossain on August 12, 2012

Political Economy Analysis

Political Economy Analysis

Political economy analysis aims to situate development interventions within an understanding of the prevailing political and economic processes in society – specifically, the incentives, relationships, distribution and contestation of power between different groups and individuals – all of which greatly impact on development outcomes. This topic guide provides pointers to some of the key literature on donor approaches to political economy analysis and its effectiveness in different contexts. It more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 12, 2012

Poverty, politics and local diffusion: Bolivia

Poverty, politics and local diffusion: Bolivia

Social investment funds are prominent instruments in developing countries that aim at providing financial resources for social infrastructure projects to poor municipalities. In contrast to traditional, more centralized distribution mechanisms of such funds, the Bolivian Fondo de Inversión Productiva y Social was among the first that employed a self-selection mechanism: municipalities had to apply for funds through a decentralized allocation scheme embedded in the country’s overall fiscal more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 6, 2012

Poverty, Politics and Local Diffusion

Poverty, Politics and Local Diffusion

Social investment funds are prominent instruments in developing countries that aim at providing financial resources for social infrastructure projects to poor municipalities. In contrast to traditional, more centralized distribution mechanisms of such funds, the Bolivian Fondo de Inversión Productiva y Social was among the first that employed a self-selection mechanism: municipalities had to apply for funds through a decentralized allocation scheme embedded in the country’s overall fiscal more...

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Sonia Hossain on July 24, 2012

Lima’s Successful Economic Transformation Through Property Rights Reforms

Lima’s Successful Economic Transformation Through Property Rights Reforms

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This report presents an in-depth study of recent economic reform process in Lima, Peru, which has been successful in efficiently allocating property rights. Peru’s economic story has witnessed several episodes of success and failure in the past few decades. On the macroeconomic front, Peru is largely a commodity driven economy, successfully establishing itself as a leader in the export of commodities.1 It is also ranked very high in fish production and export. The microeconomic picture is more...

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Sonia Hossain on July 5, 2012

Bolivia: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation

Bolivia: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation

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Small-scale farmers in China in the face of modernisation and globalisation

Small-scale farmers in China in the face of modernisation and globalisation

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China’s economy has been the fastest growing in the world since 1980. Its agricultural sector too has grown and has undergone dramatic changes with rapid modernization and globalization. This paper, the third in a series from the Knowledge Programme Small Producer Agency in the Globalized Market, aims to provide insights into small-scale farming in China in the face of these phenomena. Based on current literature and a survey of youth perceptions of farming, the paper examines the way more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 11, 2012

Reducing reliance on natural resource revenue and increasing subnational tax autonomy in Bolivia

Reducing reliance on natural resource revenue and increasing subnational tax autonomy in Bolivia

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This paper address options for restructuring the revenue system of Bolivia’s subnational governments, particularly prefectures, emphasizing reduction of dependence on natural resources and strengthening of subnational tax autonomy. The paper additionally identifies tax instruments or tax bases that could be assigned exclusively to regional governments or shared with the central government, assessing their main advantages and disadvantages through a simulation of revenue generation. The results more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Libraries Powering Development

Libraries Powering Development

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Public and community libraries are sustainable local institutions that can stimulate grassroots development. The 21st century library is no longer just about books or solely a place for kids. Libraries around the world can and have become powerful partners to help deliver services that enable communities to achieve the MDGs. As this report will illustrate, at a time of constrained budgets, libraries offer a proven, existing and sustainable venue that delivers results.

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Sonia Hossain on April 9, 2012

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