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Reducing Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]
Poverty, Latin American ...
Sebastian Galiani
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease (PD) is substantial, but heterogeneity in methodology and lack of categorization according to the type of exposure and pesticide classes in previous meta‐analyses impair the interpretation of data. This study aims to update evidence of the association between pesticide exposure
Pedro Henrique Passos da Silva +6 more
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Water Alternatives, 2013 The 1990s were an ideological period whose paradigm was the Washington Consensus. The principles of the Consensus were the guidelines for the privatisation of public utilities, and the dismantling of public service. Dogma and ideology replaced experience
Miguel Solanes
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World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.This work has been conducted as partial fulfillment of the Global Surgery master's degree, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Moreover, it has not been previously published, and the manuscript (including related data) is not currently under consideration elsewhere.
Ali Yasen Mohamedahmed +7 more
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Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro +4 more
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Financial Inclusion In Latin America and the Caribbean: Data and Trends [PDF]
, 2014 This report takes a look at financial inclusion, a complex issue, difficult to analyze because of the diverse perspectives that have to be taken into account to understand and measure it.
Sergio Navajas, Verónica Trujillo
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International Tourism in the Global South: Revealing an Extractive Development Process
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Hosting international tourism remains a key development strategy for many Global South countries to generate economic growth, government revenue and employment. However, this conventional wisdom can be contested: tourism may instead be seen as an extractive process that disrupts livelihoods, ecosystems and host economies.
Julia Jeyacheya, Mark P. Hampton
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Labor Market Regulation and Employment in the Caribbean [PDF]
This research project focuses on the demand side of the labor market by examining the impact which labor market regulations have had on employment creation in the English-speaking Caribbean countries of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Although
Andrew S. Downes +2 more
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]
This paper examines how Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations have proceeded in addressing the issues of food insecurity and vulnerability in response to the 1996 Rome Declaration on World Food Security.
Corral, Leonardo +2 more
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