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Represas y mercados: Ríos y energía eléctrica en Chile

, 2016
How are river systems governed under market-oriented water and electricity policies? How are competing water and energy uses coordinated in a context of markets and privatization?
Bauer, Carl
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El Acuerdo de París sobre cambio climático y el proyecto de la ley marco en Chile: Entre el protagonismo y la denegación de los pueblos indígenas

, 2020
This paper refers to the role of indigenous peoples on the world stage in strategies to confront climate change, due to their traditional ecological knowledge, as enshrined in the Paris Agreement, and which has been reflected in national laws in Latin ...
Millaleo Hernández, Salvador
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El Régimen de protección de las obtenciones vegetales en Chile. Propuestas para su reformulación

, 2022
This paper analyzes the legal framework for the protection of plant varieties in Chile. Specifically, the protection mechanisms contemplated in the legislation of that country are reviewed in favor of the breeder of a plant variety, focusing on the ...
Concha Machuca, Ricardo Alberto, Parra Sepulveda, Dario   +1 more
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Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis del desarrollo económico - comercial del sector forestal productivo de Chile en el período 1995 - 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
Memoria para optar al Título Profesional de Ingeniero ForestalEn los últimos veinte años Chile ha tenido un desarrollo forestal importante, influenciado por estrategias políticas y económicas direccionadas a participar de forma activa en el comercio ...
Armijo Rodríguez, Gianfranco Daniel
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The FemTech revolution: Unlocking the potential of new technology for optimizing pregnancy outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries and remote areas

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity rates uncover major global health disparities. Despite ongoing efforts, the rates of maternal and neonatal complications remain substantially higher in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) compared to high‐income countries (HICs). These high rates are the result of several unmet needs in LMICs,
Nir Melamed, Hema Divakar, Mahesh Choolani, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Lin Foo, Hassan Shehata, Gabriel Jones, Vyta Senikas, Eline M. Van der Beek, Nandita Palshetkar, Gabriele Saccone, Vincenzo Berghella, Mauricio A. Cuello, Justin Konje, Bhaskar Bhatt, Augusto Cam, Moses Obimbo, Aris Papageorghiou, Moshe Hod, on behalf of the FIGO Committee on Women's Health and Technology   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

CHILD MIGRATION: the rights to family reunification of peruvian children in Chile

, 2013
This article aims to analyze the ways migrant Peruvian children in Santiago, Chile experience family reunification. The article considers the various ways in which the multi-national socio-juridical structure influences and, somehow, determines child ...
Pavez Soto, Iskra; University of Chile
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Evidence on the Relationship Between Financial Literacy and Corporate Cash Holdings

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study is the first investigation of the relationship between corporate cash holdings and financial literacy (FL). We find that a one‐standard‐deviation increase in FL is associated with an 8%–27% reduction in corporate cash holdings, depending on the measure of FL used.
Kenneth Yung, Reza Kahibavil, Su Li, Arian Amidi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source