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Inflation Experiences in Latin America, 2007-2008 [PDF]
This paper looks briefly at the recent inflation experiences of ten Latin American countries: Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Bolivia.
David Rosnick, Mark Weisbrot
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1985 A random, double-blind, parallel group clinical trial program was carried out to compare praziquantel, a recently developed anti-helmintic drug, and oxamniquine, an already established agent for treating mansoni schistosomiasis.
Getúlio Leonel de Rezende
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
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WHEN DID LATIN AMERICA FALL BEHIND?.EVIDENCE FROM LONG-RUN INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITY [PDF]
When did Latin America fall behind?. Has the gap between developed countries and Latin America widened over time?. This paper addresses these recurrent questions with the tools provided by the inequality literature.
Leandro Prados de la Escosura
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Review of the Challenges and Prospects in Agrivoltaics
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This articles reviews the recent prospects of agri‐photovoltaics (agri‐PV) across continents. The existing standards and pilot projects to standardize new codes and regulations are discussed. The state‐of‐the‐art agri‐PV scheme's benefits and lackings are presented. Community acceptance and policy barriers are also discussed where prospective solutions
Tanvir M. Mahim +2 more
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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in Latin America.: [PDF]
This is a thoughtful statement representing a genuine Latin American perspective of the goals and strategies relating to food, agriculture, and the environment as we head toward the year 2020. This document represents a synthesis of documents prepared by
Garrett, James L.
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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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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li +2 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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