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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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Bayesian Optimisation for the Experimental Sciences: A Practical Guide to Data‐Efficient Optimisation of Laboratory Workflows

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study provides an introduction to Bayesian optimisation targeted for experimentalists. It explains core concepts, surrogate modelling, and acquisition strategies, and addresses common real‐world challenges such as noise, constraints, mixed variables, scalability, and automation.
Chuan He, Martin Singull, T. Jesper Jacobsson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Is Latin America Retreating From Individual Retirement Accounts? [PDF]

In 1981, Chile initiated old-age pension reforms that introduced mandatory funded individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and moved away from public systems. Beginning in the 1990s, ten other Latin American countries followed in Chile’s wake.
Esteban Calvo, Evelina Bertranou, Fabio Bertranou   +2 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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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
wiley   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Latin America

, 2013
This paper examines the extent to which poverty reduction schemes and targeting replaced the incomplete framework of social protection and universality in Latin America over the last decade, through the provision of monetary cash transfers rather than decommodified goods and services.
openaire   +2 more sources