Microfinance Market Niches and Client Profiles in Bolivia [PDF]
This paper presents and interprets descriptive statistics generated from data obtained in a survey of clients of five microfinance organizations believed to be among the best in Bolivia.
Claudio Gonzalez-Vega +5 more
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Impressions of Interculturality and Health Care in Bolivia: Three Cases from Cochabamba [PDF]
, 2012 Considerable health disparities exist that result in both poorer health outcomes and relatively low accessibility of health care for the world’s indigenous populations.
DeLoge, Alana
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multinational enterprises (MNEs) leverage strategies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the parent and subsidiary levels to build a reputation overseas. Nevertheless, institutional distance can weaken this connection in developing host countries, where MNEs face significant institutional voids.
Francisco Javier Forcadell +3 more
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Child Malnutrition, Social Development and Health Services in the Andean Region [PDF]
This paper analyzes the social, ethnic and regional determinants of child malnutrition, as well as the effects of access to health services in the Andean region, by comparing conditions in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Ana María Ricaurte +2 more
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Adherence to Treatment in Allergic Rhinitis During the Pollen Season in Europe: A MASK‐air Study
Clinical &Experimental Allergy, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 226-238, March 2025.In a study assessing mobile health data, (i) adherence to rhinitis medication was highest for oral antihistamines and lowest for azelastine‐fluticasone, (ii) in weeks of partial adherence, azelastine‐fluticasone was associated with lower levels of reported rhinitis symptoms than other medication classes.
Bernardo Sousa‐Pinto +121 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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Revealing patterns of endemism in the transatlantic family Chelodesmidae (Polydesmida: Diplopoda)
Cladistics, EarlyView.Abstract With fossil records dating back to the Silurian/Late Ordovician, millipedes stand out as one of the earliest terrestrial animal groups. Their limited vagility and high endemism make them valuable tools for formulating and testing biogeographic hypotheses, including those related to macro‐vicariance events.
Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan +4 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Recognition and engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP&LCs) and other traditional knowledge (TK) holders in formal biodiversity governance remain limited, despite their significant contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through their knowledge, innovations, practices, and land stewardship.
Kinga Öllerer +8 more
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The Bolivian Hyperinflation and Stabilization [PDF]
Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction to the Bolivian economy. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the political economy of macroeconomic policymaking in Bolivia since the 1952 Revolution.
Jeffrey Sachs
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Informed Consent as a Human Right in the Inter‐American Human Rights System (IAHRS)
Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Informed consent is presented as a fundamental right and principle in modern medical practice. It involves obtaining permission from a patient before any medical procedure, treatment, or research protocol. Although not explicitly recognized as a standalone right in international human rights instruments, informed consent in healthcare is ...
Diana Rocío Bernal‐Camargo +1 more
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