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The Static and Dynamic Benefits of Migration and Remittances in Nicaragua [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper utilizes a unique three-wave panel of household data from Nicaragua, which allows a thorough exploration of the relationships between migration, remittances and household consumption.
Bent Jesper Christensen   +1 more
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A Cross-cultural, Comparative Analysis of the Domestic Violence Policies of Nicaragua and Russia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is a cross-cultural comparative analysis of the domestic violence policies of Nicaragua and Russia. While these two countries have striking differences, they both had socialist revolutions that established workers and farmers governments. The Soviet
Della Giustina, Jo-Ann
core   +1 more source

Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far‐reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of alien species represents the most effective solution to reducing their impacts on nature and human well‐being.
Hanno Seebens   +64 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for hemoparasites in cattle in León, Nicaragua

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Agroveterinárias
Hemoparasite infections are a substantial challenge to agriculture, worldwide. Infected cattle suffer malnutrition, stunting, decreased milk production, and reproductive loss, which can result in great economic loss.
Byron Flores   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dying for it: gangs, violence, and social change in urban Nicaragua [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Youth gangs potentially constitute an ideal lens through which to explore the dynamics and ramifications of the new political economy of violence in Latin America, and this paper consequently presents and ethnographic case study of an urban Nicaraguan ...
Rodgers, Dennis
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Understanding Family Dynamics in Mixed‐Status Families: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta‐Synthesis

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the United States, mixed‐status families, where at least one member lacks legal immigration status, face persistent challenges related to deportation, which disrupt family stability, influence parental practices and impact children's identity formation.
Maryam Rafieifar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mining and Structural Change: How Does Mining Affect Participation in the Global Value Chain?

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between mining activity and participation and positioning in the global value chain in 74 developing countries from 1995–2018. Mining activity can impact countries' participation and especially their positioning in this chain through the changes it induces in the industrial and institutional structure of countries ...
Manegdo Ulrich Doamba
wiley   +1 more source

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