Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008-2009: Policies for creating quality jobs

Includes bibliography

Social Panorama of Latin America 2009

Includes bibliography

Envejecimiento, derechos humanos y políticas públicas

Incluye Bibliografía

Millennium development goals: progress towards the right to health in Latin america and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Sistemas de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe: Paraguay

Incluye bibliografía

Sistemas de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe: Argentina

Incluye bibliografía

Sistemas de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe: Costa Rica

Incluye bibliografía

Sistemas de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe: Cuba

Incluye bibliografía

Sistemas de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe: Guatemala

Incluye bibliografía

Revisiting privatization, foreign investment, international arbitration, and water

Includes bibliography

Conditional cash transfer programmes: the recent experience in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes Bibliography

Gender Equality Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean. Annual report 2012: A look at grants, support and burden for women

Includes bibliography

Argentina: Impacts of the child allowance programme on the labour-market behaviour of adults

In 2009 Argentina implemented the Universal Child Allowance for Social Protection (AUH), a cash transfer programme for households with children. Coverage provided by the contributory family allowance programme was extended to parents who are unemployed or who work in the informal sector (domestic workers, for example). This paper uses the difference-in-difference estimator and propensity score matching techniques to evaluate the short-term effects of the auh on adult labour participation and income generation. The results suggest that, during its first year of operation, no significant disincentives to work were generated by the programme, given that it did not discourage adults from working or lead to a reduction in the number of hours worked. These findings are highly relevant in the Latin American context where these kinds of cash transfers have become an important component of social protection systems.

Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Foreword by Alicia Bárcena

Inclusion of the European Nordic model in the debate concerning social protection reform: the long-term development of Nordic welfare systems (1890-2005) and their transferability to Latin America in the twenty-first century

Includes bibliography