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Cossid moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) as pests of woody plants – A review

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Cossidae is a worldwide family of macro‐moths popularly known as carpenter moths due to the larval habit of boring in the wood of living plants. This review compiles current knowledge on the characteristics, diversity and bionomy of cossid moths as well as the damage they cause on woody plants.
Thanapol Choochuen, Jiří Foit
wiley   +1 more source

A History of Nonviolence: Insecurity and the Normative Power of the Imagined in Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes
Crime, violence, and insecurity are among the most important social topics in contemporary Costa Rica. These three issues play a central role in the media, politics, and everyday life, and the impression has emerged that security has changed for the ...
Sebastian Huhn
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Unpacking Side‐Selling: Experimental Evidence From Rural Mexico

open access: yesAgricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the rise of market‐led development, marketing cooperatives have emerged that offer smallholder producers a guaranteed minimum price for their cash crops. Their existence is threatened when members side‐sell a part of their harvest to outside buyers.
Stephen Pitts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica: Market Failures, Government Failures, and Policy Outcomes [PDF]

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This paper analyzes five Productive Development Policies (PDPs) implemented in Costa Rica, finding that they are not optimally addressing market failures. Moreover, government failures rather than market failures represent the main justification for PDPs.
Julio Rosales-Tijerino   +2 more
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Biased bureaucrats and the policies of international organizations

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article advances a novel argument about the policy output of international organizations (IOs) by highlighting the role of individual staffers. We approach them as purposive actors carrying heterogeneous ideological biases that materially shape their policy choices on the job.
Valentin Lang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica Isolates, Costa Rica. [PDF]

open access: yesEmerg Infect Dis
Savin C   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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