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    By Fiscal Management Division (VPS/IFD/FMM)
    The Dataset of Housing Indicators aims to give users access to quality information regarding urban housing and development, including policies and best practices related to housing conditions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
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    By Gender and Diversity Division (VPS/SCL/GDI)
    This file contains data from a survey carried out to establish baseline indicators of women´s needs in the areas of economic autonomy, sexual and reproductive health and services to prevent and redress intimate partner violence in November of 2015 with the participation of 227 women between the ages of 15 and 70 years residing in a low- and middle-income neighborhood in a populated urban area of Trinidad and Tobago. A Word document containing the response key for all questionnaire items is attached as an annex.
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    By Gender and Diversity Division (VPS/SCL/GDI)
    This file contains descriptive data derived from the end line data set collected for a survey carried out to establish baseline indicators of women´s needs in the areas of economic autonomy, sexual and reproductive health and services to prevent and redress intimate partner violence in November of 2015 with the participation of 227 women between the ages of 15 and 70 years residing in a low- and middle-income neighborhood in a populated urban area of Trinidad and Tobago.
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    By Gender and Diversity Division (VPS/SCL/GDI)
    This file contains data from an evaluation study of the impact of participation in a psychological intervention designed by the NGO, Centro de Prevención de la Violencia (CEPREV), on intimate partner violence among at-risk youth living in three neighborhoods in the vicinity of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The intervention ran from January 2015 through October 2015. Study participants were 934 young women and men (589 treatment and 345 controls) between the ages of 13 and 30. Baseline data collection took place in November of 2014 while final data was collected between December 2015 and February 2016.
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This dataset contains the tables and figures for the 2016 edition of Development in the Americas. Book description: Why should people--and economies--save? The typical answer usually focuses on the need to protect against future shocks, to smooth consumption during hard times, in short, to save for the proverbial rainy day. This book approaches the question from a slightly different angle. While saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save so they can invest in their own and their children's health and education, live productive fulfilling lives, and end their days in comfort and peace. Firms must save so they can grow productive enterprises that employ more workers in better jobs to produce quality goods for domestic and international markets. Governments must save to build bridges, highways, and airports that support a productive economy, to provide quality services such as education, health, water, and...
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