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Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Future of the Information Revolution in Latin America: Proceedings of an International Conference

Reports the results of a conference held to chart the future course of changes brought about by the revolution in information technology (IT) in Latin America.

Jan 1, 2001
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Diffusion of Ideas About Personal Hygiene and Contamination in Poor Countries: Evidence from Guatemala

In this paper, The authors explore the diffusion of beliefs pertaining to the causes of childhood diarrhea in rural Guatemala.

Jan 1, 2001
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Discovery and Innovation: Federal Research and Development Activities in the Fifty States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

This report details the full range of federal R&D activities in terms of the individual laboratories, universities, and companies performing the research, doing the studies, and conducting the analyses.

Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article

Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico

The authors analyze mobility in urban Mexico between three labor market states: working in the formal sector, working in the informal sector, and not working.

Jan 1, 2000
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The RAND Forum on Cuba

This report presents conference proceedings from

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Beliefs About Children's Illness

Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.

Jan 1, 1999
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U.S. Government Funding of Cooperative Research and Development in North America

Since 1993, U.S. government agencies have spent, on average, more than $100 million a year on research and development projects involving the participation of researchers from Canada and/or Mexico.

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Does It Matter Who Answers the Race Question? Racial Classification and Income Inequality in Brazil

Using novel data from a 1995 national survey in Brazil, we find that the estimates of racial income inequality based on self-classification are lower than those based on interviewer classification.

Nov 1, 1998
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Commercial Power Centers in Emerging Markets

As the ongoing Asian crises underscore, policymaking and policies are becoming less the exclusive purview of governments and more the outcome of a complex process in which diverse groups participate actively, with varying degrees of influence.

Jan 1, 1998
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Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report

Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report

Jan 1, 1998
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The Use of Calendars to Measure Child Illness in Health Interview Surveys

During the past two decades, health interview surveys have become an increasingly common source of information about current morbidity patterns and utilization of health services in developing countries.

Jan 1, 1998
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An Intercultural Comparison of Home Case Management of Acute Diarrhea in Mexico: Implications for Program Planners

The results suggest that the propensity of families to choose private schools is insensitive to out-of-pocket tuition costs.

Jan 1, 1998
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The Zapatista "Social Netwar" in Mexico

The Zapatista movement in Mexico is a seminal case of a new mode of conflict -- netwar -- in which the protagonists depend on using network forms of organization, doctrine, strategy, and technology.

Jan 1, 1998
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The Policy Implications of Better Structure and Process on Birth Outcomes in Jamaica

Prenatal care in Jamaica, while generally available, provides care to many women who are at particular risk because of parity, age and poverty.

Jan 1, 1998
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Growing Pains: The Challenges of Medical Support for Operations Other Than War

What is the appropriate future role of U.S. medical forces in OOTW?; and How can these military assets be most effectively utilized?

Jan 1, 1998
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Community characteristics, individual and household attributes, and child survival in Brazil

Community characteristics, individual and household attributes, and child survival in Brazil

Jan 1, 1998
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Family level clustering of childhood mortality risk in Northeast Brazil

Family level clustering of childhood mortality risk in Northeast Brazil

Jan 1, 1998
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A nested frailty model for survival data, with an application to the study of child survival in Northeast Brazil

A nested frailty model for survival data, with an application to the study of child survival in Northeast Brazil

Jan 1, 1998
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What explains rural-urban differentials in child mortality in Brazil?

What explains rural-urban differentials in child mortality in Brazil?

Jan 1, 1998
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Demographic Diversity and Change in the Central American Isthmus

This book is the first English-language collection of recent research on demographic, social, and environmental issues in Central America.

Jan 1, 1997

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