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Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-pan American Journal of Public Health, 2018 Objective We extend the EPIC model of the World Health Organization (WHO) and apply it to analyze the macroeconomic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions in Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Peru. Methods The EPIC model quantifies
D. Bloom, Simiao Chen, M. McGovern
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Intra-country study of global competitiveness from the double diamond approach for Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Singapore [PDF]
, 2014 Muchos investigadores y economistas han argumentado que los estudios de competitividad del WEF e IMD muestran limitaciones en pequeñas economías, más aún cuando estas tienen características distintas.
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Niche breadth and overlap of Sphagnum species in Costa Rica [PDF]
, 1995 Niche breadth and overlap values of Sphagnum species in Costa Rica are similar to those reported for Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in North America. Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. and S.
McQueen, Cyrus B.
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Geomorphology of the Upper General River Basin, Costa Rica
Journal of maps, 2018 In spite of the geomorphological diversity of Central America and Costa Rica, there are few detailed geomorphological maps. A 1:25,000 scale map of the Upper General River Basin (UGRB) in Costa Rica is presented, based on the interpretation of aerial ...
A. Quesada-Román, J. J. Zamorano-Orozco
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Subduction-zone structure and magmatic processes beneath Costa Rica constrained by local earthquake tomography and petrological modelling [PDF]
, 2017 A high-quality data set of 3790 earthquakes were simultaneously inverted for hypocentre locations and 3-D P-wave velocities in Costa Rica. Tests with synthetic data and resolution estimates derived from the resolution matrix indicate that the velocity ...
Hacker, B. +3 more
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, 2016 While tropical deforestation remains widespread, some countries experienced a forest transition—a shift from net deforestation to net reforestation. Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the 1980s and is now considered as a model of ...
I. Jadin, P. Meyfroidt, Eric F. Lambin
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, 2016 Costa Rica’s annual mean precipitation is above 3300 mm, but this precipitation is not evenly distributed in time or space, producing clear differentiated wet and dry seasons in most of the country. Droughts are also common phenomena which greatly affect
J. P. B. Valverde +4 more
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How Strong is the Case for Dollarization in Costa Rica? A Note on the Business Cycle Comovements with the United States [PDF]
We evaluate the proposal for official dollarization in Costa Rica by applying a new approach to measure the business cycle comovements with the United States. While the literature often focuses on the correlation of shocks, we point out that the response
Frank Westermann, Nannette Lindenberg
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Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy [PDF]
This paper shows that, in spite of a reasonably sized fiscal stimulus package, Costa Rica’s economy continues on a downward path, partly because fiscal policy is being offset by a tightening of monetary policy.
Jose Antonio Cordero
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Las hipótesis de Fisher en Latinoamérica: un análisis de cointegración [PDF]
, 2016 En este artículo se evalúan las hipótesis de Fisher y de integración de los mercados latinoamericanos mediante pruebas de cointegración y de cambio estructural endógeno.
Cruz-Ruiz, Fidel Gustavo +1 more
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