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The Impact of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure on Maternal Health: Empirical Evidence from Central and Latin American Countries

open access: yesJournal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2019
Objective: The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditure on maternal health outcomes using a panel of twenty Central and Latin American countries between 2000 and 2015.
Achille Dargaud Fofack, Steve Sarpong
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Why Do the Children Flee? Public Security and Policing Practices in Central America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this brief, author Mary Fran Malone discusses the security crisis in Central America and successful policing strategies for confronting this crisis.
Malone, Mary Fran T.
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Economic perspectives for Central America after CAFTA; a GTAP-based analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a GTAP CGE application, we assess the main economic results of CAFTA for Central America (CA). Currently, Central America enjoys preferential access to the US market through the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI).
Hugo Rojas-Romagosa   +2 more
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Cyperus canus J.Presl & C.Presl – A traditional source of fiber, its uses, products and cultural significances among ethnic communities of Central America

open access: yesAnnales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae, 2016
Rodzaj Cyperus L. (Cyperaceae) obejmuje od 750 do 950 gatunków. Występuje w ścisłym powiązaniu z ekologicznymi ugrupowaniami różnych gatunków traw. Gatunki z rodzaju Cyperus posiadają rozmieszczenie kosmopolityczne.
Edgar Mó   +5 more
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Case Summary: Calypso, Atlantic and Manufacturas del Rio (Nicaragua and El Salvador) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
WRC report on an investigation of labor violations at three factories in Central America owned by the Argus Group.
Worker Rights Consortium
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Phoresy by Pseudoscorpions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Excerpt: Phoretic behavior involving a non-parasitic association of a larger animal by a smaller animal resulting in transportation is well-documented in some pseudoscorpions.
Nelson, Sigurd, Jr.
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Testimony Regarding the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Athreya argues that the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is s step backward from previous trade agreements that required countries to take steps to ensure that workers enjoy certain basic rights.
Athreya, Bama
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Business Cycle Synchronization and Regional Integration: A Case Study for Central America [PDF]

open access: yes
In early January 2003, the United States and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua launched official negotiations for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a treaty that would expand NAFTA-style trade barrier reductions ...
Norbert Fiess
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Harmonizing tax policies in Central America [PDF]

open access: yes
This report proposes an action plan for the rationalization of tax structures for Central America. To harmonize tax policies among Central American nations, the report recommends the following: (a) continuing trade liberalization, by reducing thelevel ...
Baran, Yalcin M.
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A new genus and species of cryptocephaline leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Aulacothoracicus coastaricensis Watts, new genus and new species of cryoptocephaline Chrysomelidae, is described from Costa Rica.
Watts, John R.
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