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Latin America and the Caribbean

Journal Article

Pobreza Y Vulnerabilidad En México: El Caso De Los Jóvenes Que No Estudian Ni Trabajan

Recently, the phenomenon of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has come to the fore due to the risks associated to this situation.

May 11, 2015
Journal Article

Self-employment, Health Insurance, and Return Migration of Middle-Aged and Elderly Mexican Males

In this study, the authors analyze the labor-market dynamics of middle-aged and older men in Mexico.

May 11, 2015
Research Brief

Evaluating conditional cash transfer programmes: The case of Bolsa Familia

Summary of report examining factors affecting quality of implementation of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme Bolsa Familia.

Apr 30, 2015
Journal Article

Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an Mhealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America

This study highlights the importance of developing and validating a package of simple, preventative SMS text messages, grounded in evidence and theory, across three different Latin American countries with active engagement of end users.

Apr 22, 2015
Commentary

Paying People to Change Behavior in the UK: Lessons from Latin America

Policymakers in Western countries seeking new policy levers to tackle costly lifestyle behaviors in the age of austerity may do well to take up programs based on cash incentives. Recent analysis of conditional payment programs in Latin America highlights some useful lessons.

Mar 30, 2015
Project

Assessing the Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers as a Development Mechanism

Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) are seen as particularly effective in low- and middle-income countries, but relatively little is known about the interface between the supply of services and program administration and specific human development outcomes. RAND Europe assessed the effectiveness of CCTs through a two-year grant from UK Economic Social Research Council and Department for International Development.

Mar 30, 2015
Journal Article

Making the Invisible, Visible: A Cross-Sectional Study of Late Presentation to HIV/AIDS Services Among Men Who Have Sex with Men from a Large Urban Center of Brazil

Late presentation to testing, treatment and continued care has detrimental impacts on the health of HIV-positive individuals as well as their sexual partners' health.

Mar 9, 2015
Journal Article

Mexico Is Not Colombia: Seeking More Productive Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations

This article compares the security situation in Mexico to historical examples of similar situations in a range of other states.

Feb 16, 2015
Journal Article

How Do Management Fees Affect Retirement Wealth Under Mexico's Personal Retirement Accounts System?

In 1997, Mexico transformed its pay-as-you-go social security system to a fully funded system with personal retirement accounts, including management fees. This article examines changes in retirement wealth resulting from this new system.

Feb 16, 2015
Journal Article

Male Labor Force Participation and Social Security in Mexico

The retirement incentives of the Mexican social security system affect retirement behavior, and may be one of the main contributors to early retirement decisions, particularly for lower-income populations.

Feb 16, 2015
Report

Building the Guatemalan Interagency Task Force Tecún Umán: Lessons Identified

USSOUTHCOM intends to use the Interagency Task Force (IATF) Tecún Umán as a model for new counternarcotics units in Guatemala. This report describes lessons learned from the IATF and provides recommendations for resolving challenges.

Feb 9, 2015
Commercial Book

China's Great Leap Outward: Hard and Soft Dimensions of a Rising Power

This book brings together essays with material that explores China's economic and military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the core principles and motivations that guide China's growing influence in Latin America and Africa.

Jan 29, 2015
Report

Understanding the factors that matter in the implementation of Bolsa Família: Using an analysis of federal datasets to look inside the programme's 'black box'

This report aims to promote a greater understanding of how the 'black box' of implementation in a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme interacts with the quality of implementation.

Jan 28, 2015
Journal Article

Symptoms of Anxiety on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border: The Role of Immigration

The authors examine the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety in a bi-national context.

Jan 19, 2015
Report

Developing and Testing Informed-Consent Methods in a Study of the Elderly in Mexico

This report documents a culturally sensitive process developed to obtain informed consent from elderly human research subjects in Yucatan while observing U.S. and Mexican norms and regulations for conducting such research.

Jan 13, 2015
Journal Article

Effects of Income Supplementation on Health of the Poor Elderly: The Case of Mexico

The poor elderly who received an income supplement had significantly better health, including improvements in lung functioning and memory.

Jan 8, 2015
Journal Article

Impact of Food Support on Food Security and Body Weight Among HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Recipients in Honduras: A Pilot Intervention Trial

Optimal strategies to improve food security and nutrition for people living with HIV (PLHIV) may differ in settings where overweight and obesity are prevalent and cardiovascular disease risk is a concern.

Dec 11, 2014
Commentary

Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes Are Scary, but Do They Work?

“Graphic warning labels” pair gruesome images with warnings about the dangers of smoking, covering anywhere from 30 to 80 percent of cigarette pack “faces” (the front and back). Do they prevent people from starting to smoke or cause current smokers to quit?

Sep 30, 2014
Blog

Summer Reading for Congress

No matter how policymakers spend their break—meeting with home-state constituents, traveling abroad with congressional delegations, or spending time with family—this summer reading list contains policy ideas that can help them hit the ground running when they return.

Jul 31, 2014
Commentary

With Child Migrants Set to Become Students, Educators Must Prepare

Between 70,000 and 90,000 unaccompanied children are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end. Lost in an intensifying debate over U.S. immigration policy is the possibility that this wave will spill from shelters to schools. To best respond to this reality, policymakers and educators should consider what research says about educating migrant children.

Jul 14, 2014

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