Browsing Program of Development Management & Policy by Creation Date
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Continued struggle for survival: how Plan Jefes y Jefas affected poor women's lives in Greater Buenos Aires, 2002-2005
(2006-12-07)This thesis examines the micro-social effects of the main emergency policy implemented in Argentina in 2002 -the Plan Jefes y Jefas- on its female beneficiaries. The main finding is that while the program reproduced ... -
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Rights and Development: The Incorporation of a Rights-based Approach as a Development Strategy at the International Context and in Latin America
(2007-04-09)Since the nineties, the enthusiasm for a "rights-based approach" as a development strategy has not only been promoted by human rights experts, but also developmental experts. This approach has become an important factor ... -
Innovation funds and higher education reform: a case study of Argentina's FOMEC and PROMEI
(2007-04-20)This thesis seeks to explain the formulation of innovation funds in the Argentine higher education system. It is a case study of two innovation funds in Argentina: the Fund for University Quality Improvement (FOMEC) which ... -
Political Will and the Global Implementation of the UNITAID and the Airline Ticket Tax
(2007-06-28)This thesis analyzes national- and international-level influences regarding policy towards global taxation as a source of financing for development. Using UNITAID (United to Aid), a recently launched International Drug ... -
Social Capital and Development in Context: A Survey of El Salvador
(2007-11-28)An in-depth examination of some of the most significant relations between social capital and development in the Salvadoran context. I hypothesize that generalized social trust is a necessary form of positive social capital ... -
Keeping Up With the Neighbors? Analyzing Argentina's Attempts to Capitalize Upon China's Economic Growth
(2007-12-14)China's increasing economic and political weight present both opportunities and challenges to Latin America. The Southern Cone countries of Argentina, Brazil and Chile stand to benefit more than their neighbors in the rest ... -
Housing policy and participation : Law 341 in the city of Buenos Aires, 2000-2007
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Managing migration for development? : the promise of temporary worker schemes
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Participatory democracy and urban environmental governance
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La reproduccion politica de la precariedad urbana : el caso de la Villa 31 (1996-2007)
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The triple border area : a re-conceptualization of the problem and U.S. policy
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Reforming primary education in Pakistan in the interest of U.S. national security
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Microfinance and inclusive financial systems in Latin America
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Policy, practice and review : evidence based practices in autism spectrum disorders
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Hacia una estrategia integrada de promocion de las exportaciones en Uruguay
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The Impact of War and Outward Male Migration on Female Human Development in El Salvador
(2010-01-27)An investigation into the impact of war and outward male migration on female human development in El Salvador. The objective here is to examine the lives of Salvadoran women, their roles in development, and outside factors ... -
Replication: is the search for best models in microfinance inhibiting innovation and institutional learning?
(2010-03-08)The search for the right way to bring opportunity and sustainable development to the underprivileged parts of the world has led to efforts to move beyond the concept of traditional charity and has begun to encompass ideas ... -
Identity Building in Social Movements: The case of the community organizations in cuartel V
(2010-03-08)The focus of this investigation is how identity comes about and how it was fostered in mutual outside of Buenos Aires; in particular I am going to focus on their newspapers El Colmenar and La Posta. The newspaper El Colmenar ... -
FORTALECIMIENTO ORGANIZATIVO DE LA CORPORACIÓN DE ORGANIZACIONES CAMPESINAS LICTO (CODOCAL) EN LA SIERRA ECUATORIANA: LOS RESULTADOS DEL ESFUERZO LOCAL Y DE LA INTERVENCIÓN DE LA IGLESIA, LAS ORGANIZACIONES NO GUBERNAMENTALES, EL ESTADO Y LOS ORGANISMOS INTERNACIONALES DESDE LOS AÑOS 70 HASTA 2008
(Georgetown University, 2011)Este estudio analiza la creación de capital organizativo en la Corporación de Organizaciones Campesinas de Licto (CODOCAL), a partir de la intervención de la Iglesia Católica, del Estado, de Organismos Internacionales y ...
