Policy brief
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Spotlight on publications: smallholder farmers and rural development
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Land grabbing in Latin America: opportunity or threat?
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Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
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El modelo de la caja municipal en Perú
One of the most successful and influential initiatives in the history of microfinance in Peru is the cajas municipales system. Of all the independent cajas that became successful, Caja Trujillo is a case in which they harmoniously combined business experimentation with effective regulation, generating a success story that illustrates the growth of microfinance.
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Expansión de las microfinanzas en zonas rurales de América Latina
The inclusion of rural populations in financial markets has long been a social objective of developing countries worldwide. Indeed, pioneering work in the field of microfinance initially focused on rural areas. This brief analyses the impacts of microfinance in rural areas through evidence on rural poverty, as well as the positive effects on consumption and […]
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Innovaciones institucionales y normativas para el desarrollo de las microfinanzas en América Latina
The current performance of the microfinance sector is related to the financial sector reforms in Latin American countries, which started in the late 1980s. Prior to these reforms, the development of microfinance was limited by the excessive regulation of the financial sector, which was mainly based on state involvement. The optimisation of the regulatory framework […]
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Innovaciones tecnológicas en las microfinanzas en América Latina
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Does the cradle set the opportunities and educative achievement? A look to the Peruvian case
This paper aims to contribute to the design of policies to reduce inequality in the Peruvian education system by analysing the association between students’ socio-economic status (NSE), learning opportunities (ODA) and educational achievement.
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Spotlight on publications: labour market policies in Latin America
The publications presented in this Spotlight represent some of the key resources dealing with issues related to labour market policies in Latin America. The selected publications focus on the following topics: Gender and Labour; Impact Evaluations; Labour Intermediation Services; Active and Passive Labour Market Policies and Programmes; and Labour Market Regulations and Development.
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Spotlight on organisations: labour market policies in Latin America
This spotlight highlights some of the key organisations working on labour market issues in Latin America, including labour policy in general, social protection, employment, youth employment, labour training, labour migration, and labour intermediation. The Spotlight has been divided between international organisations that address labour markets and other issues, and those organisations focusing solely on labour […]
