Far from champions, close to midgets : international production sharing in Central and South America [PDF]
This paper assesses the relative participation of Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala and Nicaragua in fragmented world production. Based on trade statistics from 2000 to 2004, it analyses whether the trade flows of these economies have evolved towards ...
Calfat, Germán +3 more
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Some Reflections on the Relationship between Politicians and Politics in Latin America after Twenty Five Years of Democracy. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol.8 No.1, January 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 Almost three decades after democratic transition numerous political reforms have appeared. No country in the region, with the obvious exception of Cuba, has been left out of this wave of political transformations.
Sáez, Manuel Alcántara.
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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
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Rebels, Negligent Support, and State Accountability: Holding States Accountable for the Human Rights Violations of Non-State Actors [PDF]
, 2013 This Note discusses a crucial problem in the law of state accountability for human rights abuses. Specifically, it analyzes the difficulty of attaching liability when a state negligently supports a group that it should reasonably expect to commit human
Cronogue, Graham
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS
History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
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Work-Related Violence Research Project: Overview and Survey Module and Focus Group Findings [PDF]
, 2016 [Excerpt] The main goal of the contract was to provide ILAB with a newly developed set of high quality research tools (i.e., new survey questions module and related focus group protocols) and corresponding methodological recommendations to meet ILAB’s ...
Delclos, George L, Gimeno, David
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PARP Inhibitors in Genitourinary Cancer: A New Paradigm Beyond Prostate Cancer
International Journal of Urology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Alterations in the homologous recombination repair genes, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, are prevalent in various cancers, presenting a unique opportunity to develop synthetic lethal strategies that target homologous recombination deficiency (HRD).
Yohei Okuda +8 more
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