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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015 Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) in schools contributes to better health and educational outcomes among school-aged children. In 2012, UNICEF Nicaragua and partners conducted a cross-sectional survey of WaSH in 526 schools in 12 low socio-economic ...
Tania Jordanova +5 more
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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social [PDF]
"In 2000, the Nicaraguan government implemented a conditional cash transfer program designed to improve the nutritional, health, and educational status of poor households, and thereby to reduce short- and long-term poverty.
Flores, Rafael, Maluccio, John A.
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A revision of the striatella species group of the genus Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]
, 1999 A taxonomic revision of species of the striatella group, including descriptions ofthree new species from Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica is presented. To date we recognize 6 species in this group: Rhagoletis striatella, R. jamaicensis, R. macquartii, R.
Frias L., Daniel +1 more
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A computational framework to characterize and compare the tonal repertoires of toothed whales
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Toothed whales, despite being one of the most acoustically specialized lineages of vertebrates, lack detailed vocal repertoire characterizations comparable to those of songbirds and primates. Current descriptions often lack standardization, limiting interspecies and intraspecies comparisons critical for understanding the contribution of ...
Maia Austin +7 more
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Education of the Deaf in Nicaragua [PDF]
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2001 Nicaragua now ranks as the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Interamerican Development Bank [IDB], 1995). Occasionally educational improvement has been a national priority (Arrien & Matus, 1989). Usually, however, education rests at the lower end of a long list of national needs.
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Why Do the Children Flee? Public Security and Policing Practices in Central America [PDF]
, 2015 In this brief, author Mary Fran Malone discusses the security crisis in Central America and successful policing strategies for confronting this crisis.
Malone, Mary Fran T.
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The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rise of neoliberal reforms in the period of globalization is often claimed to be linked with wider outcomes, such as increased inequality, unemployment, and different cultural grievances. Because of these economic and cultural concerns, voters might seek solutions to their ostensible problems by turning to illiberal populist parties, which
Stefani Branilović, Tibor Rutar
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BMC Psychiatry, 2015 BackgroundAround the world, maternal psychopathology during pregnancy is associated with a range of negative consequences for mother and child. Nevertheless, in Central America the magnitude of this public health problem is still unknown.
T. Verbeek +4 more
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A Primer on Exporting to Nicaragua
EDIS, 1969 Every year the U.S. Department of State publishes extensive Country Commercial Guides for a large number of countries. These guides provide a great deal of information useful to individuals interested in developing export markets either through direct exports or through direct foreign investment.
Timothy G. Taylor +2 more
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