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Is Latin America an Optimal Currency Area? Evidence from a Structural Vector Auto-regression analysis [PDF]

This paper evaluates the advisability of a monetary union in Latin America applying the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA). The analysis, based on the traditional OCA criteria, suggests that there is no evidence for any monetary integration in Latin ...
Foresti, Pasquale
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Child Labour in Latin America [PDF]

, 2005
Fact sheet on child labor in Latin America, compiled by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in ...
International Labour Organization
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Afrodescendants, Law, and Race in Latin America [PDF]

, 2019
Law and Society research in and about Latin America has been particularly beneficial in elucidating the gap between the ideals of racial equality laws in the region and the actual subordinated status of its racialized subjects.
Hernandez, Tanya K.
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The invisible frontline: experiences of public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and health emergencies in Colombia

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers were widely recognized for their efforts, with an emphasis largely placed on clinical personnel providing individual care.
Sandra Martínez-Cabezas, Adriana Díaz del Castillo, Johana Linares-García, Natalia Niño-Machado, Alvaro J. Idrovo, Myriam Ruiz-Rodríguez, Catalina González-Uribe   +6 more
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Does Latin America lag behind due to shaper recessions and/or slower recoveries? [PDF]

Since the 1950’s Latin America and the Caribbean have lost relative income share on a consistent basis in relation to the World and the developed countries on average.
Perez Caldentey, Esteban, Pineda, Ramon
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Private Social Investment Trends in Latin America [PDF]

, 2011
This publication, coordinated by Institute for Development of Social Investment (IDIS) in Brazil, brings to the public the debates of the International Seminar on Social Investment in Latin America, in 2007.
Helena Monteiro, Marcos Kisil
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Forests and climate change in Latin America: Linking adaptation and mitigation in projects and policies [PDF]

, 2010
Integrating adaptation and mitigation in forestry projects and policies would maximise local cobenefits and contribute to increased capacity to cope with the risks associated with climate change. Latin America has had some preliminary experience with the
Andrade, Angela, Evans, Vanessa, Locatelli, Bruno, Vignola, Raffaele, Wardell, Andrew   +4 more
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Real‐time fault detection in multicomponent nuclear‐waste slurries through data fusion of spectroscopic sensors

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Three instruments–Raman spectroscopy, attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and focused beam reflectance measurement–were used to detect sensor faults, mixing faults, and unanticipated chemistry in a system of multicomponent slurries.
Steven H. Crouse, Ronald W. Rousseau, Martha A. Grover   +2 more
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Cassava for the future: embryogenic liquid cultures suitable for new biotech techniques

BioTechniques
Cassava, a crop of importance for subsistence farming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, has the potential to benefit from global economic integration as a versatile industrial resource.
Beata Dedičová, Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle   +1 more
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Yemaya, No. 26, November 2007 [PDF]

, 2007
Asia/ India - Restricting Lives and Livelihoods. North America/ Mexico - Empowering Agenda?. Africa/ South Africa - Aren’t We Missing Something?. Africa/ Zanzibar - Winning Strategies.

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