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Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coverage and investment trends

Resources - Author: Bernardo Atuesta, Simone Cecchini / Year: 2017

This document analyses the evolution of the population coverage and investment of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes, which are poverty reduction initiatives, in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean over the past 20 years. The analysis is based on up-to-date, detailed information from the database on non-contributory...

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Multidimensional progress: well-being beyond income

Resources - Author: George Gray Molina / Year: 2016

The report focuses on the increasingly pressing challenges facing the region. In times of global economic fragility, eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities in all their dimensions require a twofold strategy: protecting the achievements of the last decade  to prevent millions from falling back into poverty while promoting comprehensive policies...

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Social Security Provisions in the Constitution of Panama

Legal depository - Country: Panama / Year: 1972

Artículo 4 La República de Panamá acata las normas del Derecho Internacional. Artículo 28 El sistema penitenciario se funda en principios de seguridad, rehabilitación y defensa social. Se prohíbe la aplicación de medidas que lesionen la integridad física, mental o moral de los detenidos. Se establecerá la capacitación de...

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