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2. Industrial Policy in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico: a Comparative Approach.
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Santarcángelo, Juan E., Schteingart, Daniel, and Porta, Fernando
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INDUSTRIAL policy ,BALANCE of payments ,FINANCIAL crises ,MACROECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC development - Abstract
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- 2017
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3. MERCADOS ACCIONARIOS Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA ECONOMÍA REAL EN AMÉRICA LATINA.
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Brugger, Samuel and Ortiz, Edgar
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STOCK exchanges ,LATIN American economy ,ECONOMETRIC models - Abstract
Copyright of Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía is the property of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2012
4. Rights to Land, Forests and Carbon in REDD+: Insights from Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica.
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Corbera, Esteve, Estrada, Manuel, May, Peter, Navarro, Guillermo, and Pacheco, Pablo
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LAND tenure ,LAND use ,DEFORESTATION ,FOREST degradation ,FOREST management ,RURAL development - Abstract
Land tenure and carbon rights constitute critical issues to take into account in achieving emission reductions, ensuring transparent benefit sharing and determining non-permanence (or non-compliance) liabilities in the context of REDD+ strategies and projects. This is so because tenure systems influence who becomes involved in efforts to avoid deforestation and improve forest management, and that land tenure, carbon rights and liabilities may be linked or divorced with implications for rural development. This paper explores these issues by looking at tenure regimes and carbon rights issues in Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica. It is effectively shown that complex bundles of rights over forest resources have distinct implications for REDD+ design and implementation, and that REDD+ strategies in selected countries have to date failed in procedurally addressing land-use conflicts and carbon rights entitlements and liabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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5. RECONSTRUCTING LABOR INCOME SHARES IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL AND MEXICO, 1870-2000.
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FRANKEMA, EWOUT
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INCOME inequality ,NATIONAL income ,LABOR supply ,WORKING class ,ECONOMIC development ,ARGENTINIAN economy ,ECONOMIC conditions in Brazil ,MEXICAN economy ,ECONOMIC history - Abstract
Copyright of Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian & Latin American Economic History is the property of Cambridge University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2010
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6. Cadenas y especialización funcional latinoamericana. Evidencias sobre integración productiva en el siglo XXI.
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Alejandro Roitbarg, Hernán
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COMMERCIAL treaties ,DATABASES ,RESEARCH & development ,VALUE chains ,ECONOMIES of agglomeration ,PARTICIPATION - Abstract
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- 2022
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7. Mortality amenable to healthcare in Latin American cities: a cross-sectional study examining between-country variation in amenable mortality and the role of urban metrics.
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Mullachery, Pricila H, Rodriguez, Daniel A, Miranda, J Jaime, López-Olmedo, Nancy, Martinez-Folgar, Kevin, Barreto, Mauricio L, Roux, Ana V Diez, Bilal, Usama, and Diez Roux, Ana V
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URBAN growth ,CROSS-sectional method ,SMALL cities ,CITY dwellers ,MORTALITY ,DEATH certificates - Abstract
Background: This study examined the variation in city-level amenable mortality, i.e. mortality due to conditions that can be mitigated in the presence of timely and effective healthcare, in 363 Latin American cities and measured associations between amenable-mortality rates and urban metrics.Methods: We used death records from 363 cities with populations of >100 000 people in nine Latin American countries from 2010 to 2016. We calculated sex-specific age-adjusted amenable-mortality rates per 100 000. We fitted multilevel linear models with cities nested within countries and estimated associations between amenable mortality and urban metrics, including population size and growth, fragmentation of urban development and socio-economic status.Results: Cities in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil had the highest rates of amenable mortality. Overall, >70% of the variability in amenable mortality was due to between-country heterogeneity. But for preventable amenable mortality, those for which the healthcare system can prevent new cases, most of the variability in rates occurred between cities within countries. Population size and fragmentation of urban development were associated with amenable mortality. Higher fragmentation of urban development was associated with lower amenable mortality in small cities and higher amenable mortality in large cities. Population growth and higher city-level socio-economic status were associated with lower amenable mortality.Conclusions: Most of the variability in amenable mortality in Latin American cities was due to between-county heterogeneity. However, urban metrics such as population size and growth, fragmentation of urban development and city-level socio-economic status may have a role in the distribution of amenable mortality across cities within countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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8. POUPANÇA EXTERNA, VULNERABILIDADE E CRISE CAMBIAL: OS CASOS DE MÉXICO, BRASIL E ARGENTINA.
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Alencar, Douglas Alcantara and Scarano, Paulo Rogério
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FOREIGN investments , *SAVINGS , *FINANCIAL crises , *EXCHANGE - Abstract
The aim of this work is to identify if there was some link between the use of foreign savings and the deterioration of indicators of external vulnerability in the period preceding the exchange crises in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, which occurred between 1994 and 2001. For that, one needs to provide a brief theoretical discussion on the issue of external vulnerability and the ways to measure it, in order to establish the possible relations between this and the use of foreign savings. Among the methodological procedures needed to develop this work, let us first point out the gathering of data from the countries analyzed; these data are: national accounts, net foreign debt, short-term external debt, external debt service, exports of goods and services, international reserves, and GDP, which were obtained from international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. These data allowed us to calculate different indicators of vulnerability, as the ratios external debt/exports, reserves/foreign debt, the debt service/exports, and the debt service/GDP, in order to make a comparative analysis of the economies involved. It is important to highlight that the economies analyzed had in common the indiscriminate use of foreign savings in the periods that preceded their respective crises. However, the economic growth of the countries in that period was negligible when compared to the average growth of the emerging economies. The study shows it is due to the fact that these countries did not direct the bulk of capital raised abroad to the productive sector, as evidenced by the low proportion of gross fixed capital formation in relation to GDP in that period. The data analyzed also reveal a deterioration of indicators of external vulnerability in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. The paper concludes that this deterioration is associated to the way of using foreign savings, since they replaced the domestic savings instead of complementing them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
9. State-level Citizen Response to COVID-19 Containment Measures in Brazil and Mexico.
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Dunn, Claire and Laterzo, Isabel
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COVID-19 ,SOCIAL distancing ,COUNTRIES ,CITIZENS ,SUBNATIONAL governments ,PRESIDENTS ,MIDDLE-income countries - Abstract
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- 2021
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10. Institutions, Policy, and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Latin America.
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Gómez, Eduardo J. and Méndez, Claudio A.
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NON-communicable diseases ,HEALTH facilities ,POLICY diffusion ,POWER (Social sciences) ,POLICY sciences ,CRITICAL success factor ,COUNTRIES ,NATIONAL interest - Abstract
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- 2021
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11. DIREITOS DIGITAIS DURANTE A PANDEMIA DE COVID-19 NA AMÉRICA LATINA.
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Soledad Segura, María and Bizberge, Ana
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COVID-19 pandemic ,FREEDOM of expression ,INTERNET service providers ,COVID-19 ,INFORMATION & communication technologies ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
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- 2021
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12. Technological change and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: Which workers are most affected?
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ARIZA, John and RAYMOND BARA, Josep Lluís
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EMPLOYMENT changes ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,EMPLOYMENT ,YOUNG workers ,EMPLOYEES - Abstract
This article adopts a task‐based approach to analyse employment patterns in terms of skill distribution and occupations in the urban labour markets of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico during 2002–15. The results suggest that employment fell strongly for some medium‐skilled occupations, and increased slightly for both low‐skilled and high‐skilled occupations. Decomposition results suggest that the decreasing share of employment of secretaries and stenographers is fully explained by changes within industries (routinization hypothesis), whereas the decrease in machinery operation and handicraft jobs is mainly explained by changes between industries. By socio‐demographic group, technological changes negatively affected women but benefited younger workers and those with higher educational attainment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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13. A civil society view of rare disease public policy in six Latin American countries.
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Mayrides, Mo, Ruiz de Castilla, Eva Maria, and Szelepski, Silvina
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RARE diseases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,CIVIL society ,DRUG control ,ORPHAN drugs ,SYMPTOMS - Abstract
Patients with rare diseases across the world struggle to access timely diagnosis and state-of-the-art treatment and management of their conditions. Several recently published reviews highlight the importance of country efforts to address rare diseases and orphan drugs policy comprehensively. However, many of these reviews lack depth and detail at the local level, which we believe is necessary for rare disease advocates to identify and prioritize opportunities for strengthening each country's policy framework.We asked leading patient advocates from civil society organizations their views on rare disease public policy in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru with a focus on whether specific laws and regulations in these six Latin American countries have been promulgated. From December 2018 to March 2019 we supplemented their perspectives with evidence from accessible literature using key search terms. For each country, we prepared a detailed analysis on how laws or other policy initiatives took shape and the steps taken since to implement them. This allowed us to identify five broad policy categories for subsequent analysis: national laws, national regulations, health system incorporation of rare disease treatments, care delivery, and patient engagement.By describing the different approaches, challenges and timelines across six countries, our research demonstrates that strengthening rare disease policy first requires a common understanding and local consensus of each country's recent past and current situation. Subsequent analysis based on a set of common policy dimensions led us to where we believe salient opportunities lie for each of these countries to strengthen their overall policy framework for rare disease patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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14. The loyalty to pay TV in periods of economic difficulty in Mexico and Brazil.
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CASTRO, DEBORAH, DUARTE, LUIZ G., and STRAUBHAAR, JOSEPH D.
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SUBSCRIPTION television ,DIRECT broadcast satellite television ,CABLE television ,TELEVISION viewing ,LOYALTY ,QUALITY of service - Abstract
Copyright of Cuadernos.info is the property of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Comunicaciones and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2019
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15. Progress towards elimination of trans-fatty acids in foods commonly consumed in four Latin American cities.
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Monge-Rojas, Rafael, Colón-Ramos, Uriyoán, Jacoby, Enrique, Alfaro, Thelma, Tavares do Carmo, Maria das Graças, Villalpando, Salvador, Bernal, Claudio, Colón-Ramos, Uriyoán, and Tavares do Carmo, Maria das Graças
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TRANS fatty acids ,FAT content of food ,UNSATURATED fatty acids ,FOOD industry ,FOOD supply ,COMPARATIVE studies ,FOOD chemistry ,FOOD handling ,HEALTH planning ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,MEDICAL protocols ,NUTRITION policy ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICS ,SURVEYS ,URBAN health ,EVALUATION research ,STANDARDS - Abstract
Objective: To assess progress towards the elimination of trans-fatty acids (TFA) in foods after the 2008 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommendation of virtual elimination of TFA in Latin America.Design: A descriptive, comparative analysis of foods that were likely to contain TFA and were commonly consumed in four cities in Latin America.Setting: San José (Costa Rica), Mexico City (Mexico), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina).Subjects: Foods from each city were sampled in 2011; TFA content was analysed using GC. TFA of selected foods was also monitored in 2016.Results: In 2011-2016, there was a significant decrease in the content of TFA in the sampled foods across all sites, particularly in Buenos Aires (from 12·6-34·8 % range in 2011-2012 to nearly 0 % in 2015-2016). All sample products met the recommended levels of TFA content set by the PAHO. TFA were replaced with a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fats.Conclusions: Our results indicate a virtual elimination of TFA from major food sources in the cities studied. This could be due to a combination of factors, including recommendations by national and global public health authorities, voluntary and/or mandatory food reformulation made by the food industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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