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Gender Differences in Multidimensional Poverty in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing demand for gender‐disaggregated statistics on poverty, there is hardly any cross‐country evidence of gender disparities in poverty. The paper contributes to filling this gap, by using two novel individual‐level indices of multidimensional poverty.
Francesco Burchi, Daniele Malerba
wiley   +1 more source

The regulatory frameworks surrounding CRISPR‐edited papaya and their impact on international commerce

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract The papaya tree (Carica papaya L.), native to the Americas, is cultivated in tropical regions and holds substantial economic importance, with an estimated export volume of 365 000 t in 2023. However, diseases caused by viruses, fungi, bacteria, and nematodes can lead to severe losses.
Luíza Favaratto, Mirielson L da Silva, David S Buss, Oeber F Quadros, Raul Tapia‐Tussell, José A Ventura, Antonio Alberto R Fernandes, Patricia M B Fernandes   +7 more
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Treatment Compliance as a Major Barrier to Optimal Cervical Cancer Treatment in Guatemala

Journal of Global Oncology, 2019
PURPOSE: Despite being the only hospital to provide comprehensive cervical cancer treatment to many medically underserved Guatemalan women, no assessment of the cervical cancer patient population at the Guatemala Cancer Institute has been performed.
Abigail S. Zamorano, Joaquin Barnoya, Eduardo Gharzouzi, Camaryn Chrisman Robbins, Emperatriz Orozco, Sarita Polo Guerra, David G. Mutch   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new U.S. record for a secondary fruit infester, Neosilba baresi (Curran) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) [PDF]

, 2011
A lonchaeid fly, Neosilba batesi, first described by Curran in 1932 from Guatemala, is here reported in Florida as of September 1994, a new U.S ...
Ahlmark, Kurt, Steck, Gary J.
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Nuestra Comunidad: The Role of Latin American Networks in Supporting Ecologists Throughout Their Careers

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Shersingh Joseph Tumber‐Dávila, Angelique Rosa Marín, Rodrigo Felipe Rodrigues do Carmo, Sergio González‐Mollinedo, Luis Y. Santiago‐Rosario, Coral del Mar Valle Rodríguez   +5 more
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Leukemia in Older Adults: Global, National, and Regional Disease Burden Patterns During 1990–2019 and Forecasted Trends to 2030

Medicine Advances, EarlyView.
After analyzing the burden of leukemia in the elderly aged 60–89 years from 1990 to 2019 using the Global Burden of Disease database, we found that although the burden of chronic myeloid leukemia has decreased over the past 30 years, the burden of other types of leukemia has continued to increase to varying degrees.
Jing Wei, Qijian Feng, Ziyuan Lu
wiley   +1 more source

Maquiladoras and market mamas [PDF]

"This study analyzes work, childcare arrangements, and earnings of mothers in the poor neighborhoods of Guatemala City and Greater Accra, Ghana, two urban areas where formal- and informal-sector work differ in importance.
Hallman, Kelly, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ruel, Marie T.   +2 more
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Rediscovery of Passiflora clypeophylla (subgenus Decaloba): a highly threatened and narrow endemic species found within a karstic canyon in Guatemala

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Passiflora clypeophylla, an endemic species to the Guatemalan karstic forests last seen in 1889 and deemed extinct, was rediscovered in the Department of Alta Verapaz, east of Cobán. The species was known only from a single specimen hailed from the type locality, Rubel Cruz, where it has been found again. An additional location has been identified in a
J.R. Kuethe, Dennis I. Medina, Saban Sequen, Maura L. Quezada   +3 more
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Effects of schooling levels on economic growth: time-series evidence from Guatemala [PDF]

This paper examines the determinants of economic growth in Guatemala, with a particular focus on the schooling level. Results based on an error-correction methodology show a better educated labour force has a positive and significant impact on economic ...
Loening, Josef, Rao, B. Bhaskara, Singh, Rup   +2 more
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Public Report of Review of Office of Trade and Labor Affairs U.S. submission 2008-01 (Guatemala) [PDF]

, 2009
The document reports on allegations that the Government of Guatemala has violated articles of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Labor Chapter.
United States Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs
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