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    COVID-19 in Central America: effects of firm resilience and policy responses on employment
    Beatriz Olvera, Mario Gonzalez-Sauri, Federico Louvin, David-Alexander Moya - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
    With data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, this paper examines how firm-level resilience capabilities interact with government support in the reduction of lay-offs among formal firms in Central America. We estimate two latent variables to approximate resilience-related capabilities before...
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    Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in Guatemala
    Carla Canelas, Rachel Gisselquist - Oxford Development Studies , 2018
    Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
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    Journal Article This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
    A geospatial evaluation of timely access to surgical care in seven countries
    Lisa Knowlton, Paulin Banguti, Smita Chackungal, Traychit Chanthasiri, Tiffany Chao, Bernice Dahn, Milliard Derbew, Debashish Dhar, Micaela Esquivel, Faye Evans, Simon Hendel, Drake LeBrun, Michelle Notrica, Iracema Saavedra-Pozo, Ross Shockley, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Boualy Vannavong, Kelly McQueen, David Spain, Thomas Weiser - Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 2017 - Geneva, Switzerland
    Part of Journal Special Issue Measuring quality of care
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    A geospatial evaluation of timely access to surgical care in seven countries
    Lisa Knowlton, Paulin Banguti, Smita Chackungal, Traychit Chanthasiri, Tiffany Chao, Bernice Dahn, Milliard Derbew, Debashish Dhar, Micaela Esquivel, Faye Evans, Simon Hendel, Drake LeBrun, Michelle Notrica, Iracema Saavedra-Pozo, Ross Shockley, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Boualy Vannavong, Kelly McQueen, David Spain, Thomas Weiser - UNU-WIDER , 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
    Methods: In 2010–2014, we used a situational analysis tool to collect data at district and regional hospitals in Bangladesh (n = 14), the Plurinational State of Bolivia (n = 18), Ethiopia (n = 19), Guatemala (n = 20), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (n = 12), Liberia (n = 12) and Rwanda (n = 25...
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    Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in Guatemala
    Carla Canelas, Rachel Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
    With the second largest indigenous population by percentage in Latin America, Guatemala is an important case for understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for consideration both of indigenous and ladino populations, as well...
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    School, market work, and household chores
    – A day of Guatemalan children
    Carla Canelas - UNU-WIDER , 2015 - Helsinki, Finland
    This paper utilizes a unique dataset on time use to study the determinants of the number of hours allocated to market work, household chores, and school related activities of Guatemalan children between 2000 and 2011. The paper also exploits information on the duration of schooling in order to...
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    Globalization and Smallholders
    – The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala
    Calogero Carletto, Angeli Kirk, Paul Winters, Benjamin Davis - World Development , 2010
    Part of Journal Special Issue Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
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    Globalization and Smallholders
    – The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-traditional Export Crops in Guatemala
    Calogero Carletto, Angeli Kirk, Paul Winters, Benjamin Davis - UNU-WIDER , 2008 - Helsinki, Finland
    This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning over 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala to explore how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes of non-traditional exports among smallholders...
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    Learning from Visa®?
    – Incorporating Insurance Provisions in Microfinance Contracts
    Loic Sadoulet - , 2005
    From the book: Insurance Against Poverty
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    Incorporating Insurance Provisions in Microfinance Contracts
    – Learning from Visa®?
    Loic Sadoulet - UNU-WIDER , 2002 - Helsinki, Finland
    We examine a simple extension to existing credit contacts for the poor (‘microfinance contracts’), that would allow financial institutions to provide repayment insurance to their clients. The proposed contract uses the repeated nature of loans to build credit records that borrowers in good standing...
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