This study analyzes the relationship between social capital types and access to health services in Mexico. To this end, access to healthcare data from the 2006 ENCASU and 2011 ENCAS was validated using 2006 and 2012 ENSANU results. Indicators were found to be consistent. A statistical analysis of the distribution of social capital and health indicators by region, as well as by rural or urban area...

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Contenido: Participantes. Sesión única. Presidium y quorum. Acta de la XXXIII Reunión del CPISS. Informe y programa 1991 de la Secretaria General de la CISS. 1 Introducción. 2 Nuevas Autoridades de la CISS. 3 Acción de las CASS. 4 Acción del CIESS. 5 Relación con otros Organismos Internacionales. 6 Cooperación Técnica Horizontal. 7 Sistema de Información de la Seguridad Social Americana. 8...

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CPISS -- CIESS. Estructura. Participantes. Tipo de evento. Programa académico. Instalaciones. CASS. CAMS. CAJS. CAOSA. CAPRT. CAAF.

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La seguridad social y la política exterior / Genaro Borrego Estrada – Salud y transformación productiva con equidad / Pablo Serrano Calvo – Mejoramiento integral de los ancianos jubilados / Manuel Barquin Calderón – Consideraciones bioéticas y derechos humanos en la atención a grupos prioritarios / Manuel Velasco Suárez –Salud reproductiva en la adolescencia / Francisco Alarcón Navarro – Cirugía...

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This research assessed the effects of several contextual factors (e.g, neighborhood insecurity, evaluation of public spaces, infrastructure, low risk behaviors) on social cohesion and residential satisfaction, in the context of low and medium-low socio economic status of individuals nearby renovated public spaces (parks and recreational facilities) in Mexico. The research method is based on...

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The formation of social capital is critical for developing countries. This paper investigates the effects of attempts to recover public spaces in marginalized areas of Mexico. The effects are estimated through balancing in the propensity scores. We focus on the results of perception of safety, support and social capital. When efforts are made to recover public spaces, the perception of safety...

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Increasing levels of violence in Mexico, which have the potential to damage the very fabric of 1 society, as well as impact key economic variables, led us to analyze the effect that changes in the perception of violence had on social capital fluctuations (including associative capital) between 2006 and 2011. This was a period in which an anti-violence and anti-organized crime policy was launched...

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Social capital, defined as the set of social networks that a person has in order to obtain benefits, is used by the population as a mechanism for providing resources, to cushion shocks in consumption and to obtain information on available employment opportunities. This study employs a logistic model to characterize the manner in which people access the labor market in Mexico through the use of...

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Se ha relacionado el capital social a la eficiencia en los mercados (Arrow, 1972), al refuerzo del contrato (Durlauf y Fafchamps, 2004) y en general al desarrollo y bienestar (Keefer y Knack 1997; Putnam 2000; Knack y Zak 2003). En el presente trabajo hemos investigado los determinantes del capital social empíricamente, centrándose en tres medidas comunes aproximadas de este: dos ligadas a la...

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Contenido: Declaración de México. Comentarios: Benito Coquet. Antonio Zelenka. Beryl Frank. Gonzalo Arroba. Integración de las Delegaciones. Firmas.

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In recent decades, interest has increased in identifying, estimating and linking social capital to a variety of well-being variables in which the production of certain benefits or performance is key. Research has involved the confluence of several disciplines: economics, sociology, anthropology and psychology, to name a few. Although consensus on the definition of a single indicator for measuring...

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El presente documento, está centrado en las Mipyme y en las políticas públicas para su fomento en la economía costarricense. El análisis, se hace a partir de un enfoque alternativo de clasificación de las actividades económicas, el cual permite precisar con mayor detalle las desigualdades entre las actividades tradicionales de amplia trayectoria en la economía, de aquellas actividades que han...

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We present a descriptive analysis of the results of Mexico's 2009 Economic Census regarding the use of bank credit and accounts by productive entities (companies). INEGI was requested to prepare a set of statistics regarding various company characteristics that are relevant to the decisions made by institutions offering banking services. Information was grouped according to company size and to...

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Micro and small-sized enterprises (MSE) have a central role in economic development in Latin America given their large contribution to employment generation, their share in the total number of firms and, to a lesser extent, their contribution to gross domestic product. Yet, their production is mainly oriented to the domestic market and they are characterized by an increasing productivity gap with...

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This paper aims to analyse the space and time distribution of the infant mortality rate (IMR) at municipality level in Colombia before and after conferring greater responsibilities to the municipalities for the administration of the local health care systems. Using special econometrics, we find that there is a geographical concentration of IMR persisting over time and defining two groups of...

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As Latin American and the Caribbean countries face rapid aging transitions, the economic contribution of older workers would need to be strengthened. This paper uses household data from Brazil and Mexico to characterize labor market behavior of older workers, such as participation, sector and type of employment, and productivity, to identify critical areas for policy intervention. The paper also...

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Using Mexican cohort data for 1991-2000 this article examines the relationship between retirement decisions —the transition from work to labor market inactivity— and social security (contributive) pensions in less developed countries. The available large time series also makes possible to examine how a financial crisis that took place in 1995 has affected retirement incentives. In most Latin...

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Contenido: I Participantes. III Presidium y quorum. III. Aprobación del acta de la XXXVIII reunión del CPISS e informe y programa de la Secretaria General. IV. Informe y dictamen de la comisión revisora de finanzas. V. Informe y programa del director del centro interamericano de estudios de seguridad. Social. VI. Afiliación de nuevos miembros. VII. Informe y programa de los presidentes de las...

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Estatuto vigente de la CISS. Estatutos. Reglamentos vigentes de la Conferencia y del Comité Permanente Interamericano de Seguridad Social. Reglamento de la CISS. Reglamento del CPISS. Acuerdos y precedentes que alteran o complementan el Estatuto y los Reglamentos actuales. A. Acuerdo de la Conferencia. B. Acuerdos de la Comisión General de la Conferencia. C. Acuerdos del Comité Permanente. D....

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The document that was presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2011 sets forth a series of proposals to encourage member countries to achieve universal health coverage. These proposals are presented in detail and are based both on world statistics and case studies.

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