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As land use intensifies globally, it increasingly exerts pressure on protected areas. Despite open, nonforested landscapes comprising up to 40% of protected areas globally, assessments have predominately focused on forests, overlooking the major pressures on rangelands from livestock overgrazing and land conversion. Across the southern Caucasus, a biodiversity hotspot extending over 5 countries, we conducted a broadscale assessment of the extent to which protected areas mitigate land‐use pressure on rangelands in them. Using satellite‐based indicators of rangeland vegetation greenness from 1988 to 2019, we assessed the effectiveness of 52 protected areas. This period encompassed the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic crises, armed conflicts, and a major expansion of the protected area network. We applied matching statistics combined with fixed‐effects panel regressions to quantify the effectiveness of protected areas in curbing degradation as indicated by green vegetation loss. Protected areas were, overall, largely ineffective. Green vegetation loss was higher inside than outside protected areas in most countries, except for Georgia and Turkey. Multiple‐use protected areas (IUCN categories IV–VI) were even more ineffective in reducing vegetation loss than strictly protected areas (I & II), highlighting the need for better aligning conservation and development targets in these areas. Mapping >10,000 livestock corrals from satellite images showed that protected areas with a relatively high density of livestock corrals had markedly high green vegetation loss. Ineffectiveness appeared driven by livestock overgrazing. Our key finding was that protected areas did not curb rangeland degradation in the Caucasus. This situation is likely emblematic of many regions worldwide, which highlights the need to incorporate degradation and nonforest ecosystems into effectiveness assessments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Review of the book edited by Manuel Tamayo Sáez, Isabel Bazaga Fernández and Rut Bermejo Casado, Evaluación de la gestión de la pandemia COVID-19 en España, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2024, 359 pp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The characteristics of the postgraduate course in health, and especially the development of master's degrees, are sources of research in impact evaluation due to the importance they have in academic quality. Objective: To evaluate the impact of the Diagnostic Media master's program at the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Methods: A prospective, analytical, longitudinal impact evaluation project was carried out during the period between 2019 and 2023. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were applied to determine the quality of the training program and its transformations. Results: This type of evaluation allowed to know essential elements in the development of the master's program in the institution and to obtain relevant information on its influence on the individual, institutional and social-community aspects. Conclusions: The evaluation of the impact of the master's degree under study, feedback was achieved for the continuous improvement of the training program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el impacto del programa de intervención en salud reproductiva masculina a través del desarrollo de competencias ciudadanas en adolescentes de instituciones de educación básica. El diseño de la investigación fue cuasiexperimental, con un enfoque preprueba-posprueba. La muestra estuvo conformada por 21 estudiantes varones. Se obtuvieron los siguientes resultados: dimensión salud sexual y reproductiva masculina, el mayor porcentaje de logro se alcanzó en las competencias emocionales “me enfado cuando se burlan del tamaño de mi pene” y en la competencia comunicativa “debato con mis amigos cuando hablan falsedades sobre el uso del condón”. En la dimensión de riesgos en la salud reproductiva masculina, el mayor porcentaje de logro correspondió a la competencia emocional “cuando me niego a consumir algún tipo de droga, no me afecta el rechazo por mi decisión”. En la dimensión práctica del aborto, el mayor porcentaje de logro se obtuvo en la competencia comunicativa “hablo con mi entorno sobre los riesgos a los que corre una mujer cuando aborta”. En la dimensión estereotipos patriarcales, el mayor porcentaje de logro se obtuvo en la competencia comunicativa “converso en mi entorno sobre los riesgos del machismo en nuestra salud reproductiva”.

Recensión del libro editado por Manuel Tamayo Sáez, Isabel Bazaga Fernández y Rut Bermejo Casado, Evaluación de la gestión de la pandemia COVID-19 en España, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2024, 359 pp.

ABSTRACT: Introduction / Objective: Educational funding in Venezuela is limited, especially in private higher education institutions, due to existing budget constraints. Despite these limitations, some grant programmes manage to serve a significant proportion of students. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of a financial aid programme at a Latin American university by analysing the probability of employment and remuneration at three key points in time: during the degree programme, upon graduation, and three years after graduation. Methodology: A sample of graduates from various programmes was used, and information about their career paths was collected by means of a follow-up survey. The analysis was conducted using propensity score matching through the Average Treatment Effect on the Treated (ATT) estimator, employing both parametric and non-parametric methods. Results: The results indicate an inverse relationship between the financial aid received and the salary earned during the evaluation periods, alongside a positive relationship with the probability of being employed. However, none of the estimated coefficients were significant, whether for the nearest neighbour, the 5 or 10 nearest neighbours, the Kernel estimation, or the local linear estimation, taking into account the common support and the 20% trimming. Conclusions: It cannot be concluded that the grant received during the degree programme significantly improves employment and remuneration outcomes. This suggests the need for a comprehensive programme that includes support in job placement processes in order to enhance these outcomes. RESUMEN: Introducción / objetivo: el financiamiento educativo en Venezuela es limitado, especialmente en instituciones de educación superior privadas, debido a restricciones presupuestarias. A pesar de estas limitaciones, algunos programas de subvenciones logran atender a una proporción significativa de estudiantes. El propósito de esta investigación fue evaluar el impacto de un programa de ayuda financiera en una universidad latinoamericana, analizando la probabilidad de empleo y la remuneración en tres momentos clave: durante la carrera, al graduarse y tres años después de egresar. Metodología: se utilizó una muestra de graduados de diversos programas, recolectando información sobre su trayectoria laboral mediante una encuesta de seguimiento. El análisis se realizó utilizando la metodología de propensity score matching mediante el estimador del efecto medio del tratamiento (ATT), empleando tanto metodologías paramétricas como no paramétricas. Resultados: los resultados muestran una relación inversa entre el tratamiento y el salario percibido en los períodos de evaluación, y una relación positiva con la probabilidad de empleo. Sin embargo, en ningún caso los coeficientes estimados fueron significativos, tanto para el vecino más próximo, como para los cinco o diez vecinos más próximos, la estimación Kernel y la estimación lineal local, considerando el soporte común y el recorte del 20 %. Conclusiones: no se puede afirmar que la subvención recibida durante la carrera mejore de manera significativa las variables de inserción laboral y remuneración. Esto sugiere la necesidad de un programa integral que incluya apoyo en los procesos de inserción laboral para mejorar estos resultados.

El presente trabajo revisa el efecto en los ingresos de los hogares rurales a beneficiarios de los programas PROAGRO y Bienestar (Precios de Garantía, Sembrando Vida y Producción para el Bienestar) a través de la aplicación Kernel Matching, para calcular los impactos mostrados en los Efectos de Tratamiento Promedio tanto a nivel Nacional como en la región Golfo-Centro de México. El objetivo es realizar evaluaciones de impacto por programa sexenal en los ingresos a causa de la aplicación de dichas políticas públicas. Se utilizan los datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso y Gasto de los Hogares (ENIGH) de los años 2016 y 2022. Los resultados muestran que los impactos resultan ser estadísticamente significativos en ambos programas, aunque son más altos en los programas del Bienestar.

Producto de la pandemia de COVID 19 se implementaron un conjunto de modificaciones en la forma cómo se enseñaba. Las instituciones de educación superior en Chile no estuvieron ajenas a ese fenómeno, y a este escenario se sumó un conjunto de tendencias que ya venían planteando la necesidad de revisar la didáctica, en cuánto al qué y al cómo se enseña. Diferentes iniciativas llevaron al desarrollo e implementación de estrategias didácticas que buscaron resolver los desafíos que enfrentaba el sistema educativo. Aun cuando han surgido innumerables artículos referidos a la implementación de estas innovaciones didácticas, la evidencia respecto del impacto de sus adaptaciones permanece escasa. El objetivo de la presente investigación es evaluar el impacto del uso del Método del Caso en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de los estudiantes de la asignatura de cálculo de la carrera Ingeniería en Administración de Empresas de una institución de educación superior chilena en un contexto online mediante un modelo de diferencias en diferencias usando grupos de control generados con la técnica de Propensity Score Matching. Los resultados muestran un efecto positivo y estadísticamente significativo en las calificaciones de los estudiantes.

The study conducted stands out for its focus on the implementation of a neurodidactic strategy for the development of mathematical logical thinking in seventh-grade students, thus addressing a topic of relevance in the current educational environment. The main objective was to evaluate the impact of this strategy on the development of specific cognitive skills. The sample consisted of 24 seventh-grade students from the El Angel Educational Unit, selected by simple random sampling. A pretest-posttest design with a single group was applied to evaluate the effect of the strategy, collecting data through exploratory surveys, pretest and posttest tests, and evaluations of the implemented strategy. A mixed research approach was used to obtain a complete understanding of the phenomenon studied. The results revealed significant progress in several dimensions of mathematical logical thinking after the implementation of the strategy, supporting its effectiveness. Evaluation of the strategy by experts in the educational field also highlighted its value in promoting meaningful learning and the development of cognitive skills in students. This study contributes to the body of knowledge on the integration of neuroscience in education and highlights the importance of adopting evidence-based pedagogical approaches to improve academic achievement in mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We evaluated the impact of a philanthropic program investing in the conservation of sites along the Pacific Americas Flyway, which spans >16,000 km of coastline and is used by millions of shorebirds. Using a quasi‐experimental, mixed methods approach, we estimated what would have happened to shorebird populations at 17 wintering sites without the sustained and additional investment they received. We modeled shorebird populations across the entire flyway and at sites with and without investment. Combining shorebird abundance estimates with a land‐cover classification model, we used the synthetic control method to create counterfactuals for shorebird trends at the treatment sites. We found no evidence of an overall effect across three outcome variables. Species‐ and site‐level treatment effects were heterogeneous, with a few cases showing evidence of a positive effect, including a site with a high level of overall investment. Results suggest six shorebirds declined across the entire flyway, including at many Latin American sites. However, the percentage of flyway populations present at the sites remained stable, and the percentage at the treatment sites was higher (i.e., investment sites) than at control sites. Multiple mechanisms behind our results are possible, including that investments have yet to mitigate impacts and negative impacts at other sites are driving declines at the treatment sites. A limitation of our evaluation is the sole focus on shorebird abundance and the lack of data that prohibits the inclusion of other outcome variables. Monitoring infrastructure is now in place to design a more robust and a priori shorebird evaluation framework across the entire flyway. With this framework, it will prove easier to prioritize limited dollars to result in the most positive conservation outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper performs an impact evaluation on the income in rural households in the regions in different regions of Mexico, considering the Bienestar's programs. To carry out this evaluation, the realization of Kernel Matching is considered to calculate the Average Treatment Effects. The source of information for obtaining data is the National Household Income-Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) for the year 2020, which is published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). From the results it is found that there are differences in the benefits, considering that they are not always statistically significant, in addition to the fact that the impacts of these policies vary according to the area that is analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) is an important tool for biological invasion policy and management and has been adopted as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) standard to measure the severity of environmental impacts caused by organisms living outside their native ranges. EICAT has already been incorporated into some national and local decision‐making procedures, making it a particularly relevant resource for addressing the impact of non‐native species. Recently, some of the underlying conceptual principles of EICAT, particularly those related to the use of the precautionary approach, have been challenged. Although still relatively new, guidelines for the application and interpretation of EICAT will be periodically revisited by the IUCN community, based on scientific evidence, to improve the process. Some of the criticisms recently raised are based on subjectively selected assumptions that cannot be generalized and may harm global efforts to manage biological invasions. EICAT adopts a precautionary principle by considering a species' impact history elsewhere because some taxa have traits that can make them inherently more harmful. Furthermore, non‐native species are often important drivers of biodiversity loss even in the presence of other pressures. Ignoring the precautionary principle when tackling the impacts of non‐native species has led to devastating consequences for human well‐being, biodiversity, and ecosystems, as well as poor management outcomes, and thus to significant economic costs. EICAT is a relevant tool because it supports prioritization and management of non‐native species and meeting and monitoring progress toward the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Target 6. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El presente artículo constituye una síntesis de una investigación llevada a cabo a partir de la aplicación del Modelo de Evaluación de Stufflebeam C.I.P.P., con el propósito de evaluar el impacto del programa de lactancia materna ofrecido a madres adolescentes de la Obra Social de la Madre y el Niño (OSMAN), ubicado en Caracas. El estudio se enmarcó bajo un enfoque onto-epistemológico de carácter cuantitativo, con un diseño de campo de carácter descriptivo-evaluativo. La muestra seleccionada estuvo conformada por veinte madres adolescentes del (OSMAN). Las técnicas de recolección de información fueron la entrevista no estructurada y el cuaderno de campo. Se aplicó un cuestionario autoadministrado a las madres adolescentes. Los resultados de este estudio permitieron determinar el impacto positivo del Programa Social Lactancia Materna en las madres adolescentes. Entre las recomendaciones se sugiere no adoptar o encerrarse en un solo modelo o enfoque de la evaluación de impacto.

Los programas de transferencias monetarias (PTM) se han convertido en una de las estrategias más populares de la política social en la lucha contra la pobreza en los países en desarrollo. Estos programas han demostrado tener efectos positivos sobre la pobreza; sin embargo, también generan preocupación por sus posibles consecuencias sobre el mercado laboral. En este sentido, el objetivo de este artículo es realizar una caracterización de la evolución de los programas de transferencias frente a las variables de pobreza monetaria y extrema, y las variables del mercado laboral como participación e informalidad. Adicional, se realiza la estimación del efecto que ha tenido Familias en Acción sobre estas variables, utilizando la metodología de diferencias en diferencias para datos trasversales repetidos y la metodología compuesta de Propensity Score Matching con diferencias en diferencias. Los resultados indican que los PTM han contribuido de manera moderada en la disminución de la pobreza y no tienen mayores efectos sobre el mercado laboral. No obstante, su efecto ha estado más relacionado con el alivio transitorio de la pobreza que con su reducción intergeneracional a largo plazo.

La evolución constante de la tecnología ha modificado la economía de las familias, empresas y países, como también de la educación, en relación con los modos tradicionales de enseñanza-aprendizaje a uno mediados al uso de la tecnología. En tal sentido el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo, estimar el impacto o efecto causal de la aplicación de la enseñanza virtual sobre el rendimiento académico universitario en el segundo y tercer semestre en la carrera de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (Santa Cruz – Bolivia) en el periodo 2019-2020, la metodología utilizada es de un enfoque econométrico de evaluación de impactos, el método aplicado es de Difference in Difference. Los resultados estimados indican que la enseñanza virtual tuvo incidencia de 19.10 % sobre el rendimiento académico universitario, además el efecto sobre la mujer es +0.0035 % superior al hombre, la inclusión de otras variables estado y control, modifica en términos absolutos la variable de interacción de 19.10 % a 18.30 %, el efecto dinámico para el 2020 es 18.33 %. Se concluye, la aplicación de la enseñanza virtual como política educativa en la educación superior tuvo una incidencia positiva y significativa sobre el rendimiento universitario para el periodo de análisis.

Se realizó la investigación “Evaluación de Impacto del Proyecto Agua Fuente de Vida en los acueductos rurales y comunitarios del corredor oriental de Pasto en la ventana de observación 2016-2020”, desde los componentes técnico, ambiental, administrativo-contable, y psicosocial a través de 3 objetivos específicos: 1) Identificar los resultados en cada uno de los componentes del proyecto, 2) Analizar los resultados de las variables, y 3) Establecer la metodología para el fortalecimiento de acueductos comunitarios. Por tanto, el presente artículo se enfoca en la metodología de diagnóstico utilizada para evaluar las condiciones de los acueductos en el tiempo t3 (2022), posterior a la ventana de observación, a través del análisis de variables para cada componente. Se divulgan resultados para cada componente y se concluye que todas las variables utilizadas son pertinentes para realizar diagnóstico como base para la evaluación de impacto en acueductos comunitarios y rurales en el municipio de Pasto.

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Programs to protect biodiversity on private land are increasingly being used worldwide. To understand the efficacy of such programs, it is important to determine their impact: the difference between the program's outcome and what would have happened without the program. Typically, these programs are evaluated by estimating the average program‐level impact, which readily allows comparisons between programs or regions, but masks important heterogeneity in impact across the individual conservation interventions. We used synthetic control design, statistical matching, and time‐series data to estimate the impact of individual protected areas over time and combined individual‐level impacts to estimate program‐level impact with a meta‐analytic approach. We applied the method to private protected areas governed by conservation covenants (legally binding on‐title agreements to protect biodiversity) in the Goldfields region of Victoria, Australia using woody vegetation cover as our outcome variable. We compared our results with traditional approaches to estimating program‐level impact based on a subset of covenants that were the same age. Our results showed an overall program‐level impact of a 0.3–0.8% increase in woody vegetation cover per year. However, there was significant heterogeneity in the temporal pattern of impact for individual covenants, ranging from −4 to +7% change in woody vegetation cover per year. Results of our approach were consistent with results based on traditional approaches to estimating program‐level impact. Our study provides a transparent and robust workflow to estimate individual and program‐level impacts of private protected areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En el último tiempo crecieron ampliamente los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas como herramienta de política pública para aliviar la pobreza y la desigualdad, especialmente en los países latinoamericanos. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo medir el impacto de la Asignación Universal por Hijo sobre la salud en niños menores de 5 años en Argentina, aproximada mediante medidas antropométricas. Se utilizaron datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes (MICS) 2019-2020 y se empleó la técnica de evaluación de impacto Propensity Score Matching. Según los resultados, no se encuentra efecto significativo del programa en ninguna de las variables resultado analizadas, por lo que la AUH no tendría impacto sobre las medidas antropométricas de los niños que reciben la asignación.

Este trabajo presenta la evaluación de impacto experimental de una política de difusión de los derechos laborales de las trabajadoras domésticas, llevada adelante por el Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, en 2017, mediante el envío de cartas a posibles hogares empleadores. Se encuentra evidencia empírica de que existe un efecto positivo y estadísticamente significativo sobre la formalización; el impacto estimado de la carta es de 0,22 puntos porcentuales, lo que implica que de cada mil hogares que recibieron la carta se registraron dos hogares empleadores más que en el grupo que no la recibió.

The evaluation of the impact of training is an aspect of great importance not only for the organizations that receive the training, but also for the institutions that provide it, as a way of evaluating the quality of the training process. The objective of this work is to develop an impact assessment system for the Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad de Oriente, which contributes to the continuous improvement of its quality. Theoretical level methods were used: historical-logical, systemic and modeling. For the implementation of the system, the application of techniques is proposed, such as surveys and interviews with doctoral students, graduates, faculty, employers and managers of the area to which the Doctoral Program belongs. The proposed system is made up of six components, which together will contribute to the continuous improvement of the quality of the Program in question. The dimensions for the evaluation of the impact of the Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering of the Universidad de Oriente are: impact of individual growth that includes doctoral students and faculty, impact on the organizational growth of the Doctoral Program and the University, and socioeconomic impact that includes: country, sector/branch and business focus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small-scale fisheries are an important livelihood and primary protein source for coastal communities in many of the poorest regions in the world, yet many are overfished and thus require effective and scalable management solutions. Positive ecological and socioeconomic responses to management typically lag behind immediate costs borne by fishers from fishing pressure reductions necessary for fisheries recovery. These short-term costs challenge the long-term success of these interventions. However, social marketing may increase perceptions of management benefits before ecological and socioeconomic benefits are fully realized, driving new social norms and ultimately long-term sustainable behavior change. By conducting underwater visual surveys to quantify ecological conditions and by conducting household surveys with community members to quantify their perceptions of management support and socioeconomic conditions, we assessed the impact of a standardized small-scale fisheries management intervention that was implemented across 41 sites in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The intervention combines TURF reserves (community-based territorial use rights for fishing coupled with no-take marine reserves) with locally tailored social-marketing behavior change campaigns. Leveraging data across 22 indicators and 4 survey types, along with data from 3 control sites, we found that ecological and socioeconomic impacts varied and that communities supported the intervention and were already changing their fishing practices. These results suggest that communities were developing new social norms and fishing more sustainably before long-term ecological and socioeconomic benefits of fisheries management materialized.

Development banking experience was an inescapable reference in the macroeconomic evolution of Latin America and contributed to the recognition of the need for an active presence in the credit market. Public banks contributed to this agenda, in parallel with their commercial activity. Over the past few years, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires has supported the productive activity ofMSMEs (micro, small and medium-sized firms) financing for strengthening of working capital, investment, the production of goods and services, and employment. Within this framework, it has financed the industrial and agricultural sectors through different strategies, including "soft" financial lines (with "softened" interest rates). The bank has also introduced innovations, deepened its traditional fonction of proximity banking, and broadened the scope of financial inclusion in the Province of Buenos Aires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research "Impact Assessment of the Agua Fuente de Vida Project on the rural and community aqueducts of the eastern corridor of Pasto in the 2016-2020 observation window" was carried out, from the technical, environmental, administrative-accounting, and psychosocial components through of 3 specific objectives: 1) Identify the results in each of the project components, 2) Analyze the results of the variables, and 3) Establish the methodology for strengthening community aqueducts. Therefore, this article focuses on the diagnostic methodology used to assess the conditions of the aqueducts at time t (2022), after the observation window, through the analysis of variables for each component. Results for each component are disclosed and it is concluded that all the variables used are pertinent to carry out a diagnosis as a basis for the evaluation of the impact on community and rural aqueducts in the municipality of Pasto. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chronic child undernutrition is inadequate food intake, has negative consequences on child development in the short and long term, and as intergenerational consequences affects social welfare. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the impact of the Vaso de Leche and Qali Warma social food programs on chronic child undernutrition in children under 3 to 5 years of age in the Puno region. The Logit model and the Average Treatment Effect on the Treated Population (ATET) method were used to evaluate the impact, 3482 observations were used, the data came from the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES). The results show that the social food program Qali Warma would not have an impact on the reduction of chronic child undernutrition in the Puno region, but Vaso de leche did have a significant impact of minus 1.4%. Finally, the lack of impact of Qali Warma on undernutrition shows that deficiencies persist in the design and management of its operation, while the assistance of Vaso de Leche, breastfeeding, drinking water and educational level of the mother determine the reduction of chronic undernutrition and the severity of anemia increases undernutrition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Antarctic specially protected areas (ASPAs) are a key regulatory mechanism for protecting Antarctic environmental values. Previous evaluations of the effectiveness of the ASPA system focused on its representativeness and design characteristics, presenting a compelling rationale for its systematic revision. Upgrading the system could increase the representation of values within ASPAs, but representation alone does not guarantee the avoided loss or improvement of those values. Identifying factors that influence the effectiveness of ASPAs would inform the design and management of an ASPA system with the greatest capacity to deliver its intended conservation outcomes. To facilitate evaluations of ASPA effectiveness, we devised a research and policy agenda that includes articulating a theory of change for what outcomes ASPAs generate and how; building evaluation principles into ASPA design and designation processes; employing complementary approaches to evaluate multiple dimensions of effectiveness; and extending evaluation findings to identify and exploit drivers of positive conservation impact. Implementing these approaches will enhance the efficacy of ASPAs as a management tool, potentially leading to improved outcomes for Antarctic natural values in an era of rapid global change. Evaluación del impacto de conservación de las áreas protegidas de la Antártida [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic, since March 2020, had a strong influence on the Cuban educational system in general and on the higher education subsystem, in particular. At the University of Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca" there were important transformations in all its substantive processes, which raised the need to draw up a POSCOVID recovery strategy. The purpose of this work is to validate the indicators designed to evaluate the impact of said strategy. For the validation, from the empirical point of view, experts were consulted, for which a sample of 32 experts was taken, to whom an initial survey was applied, selected by calculating the Expert Competence Coefficient. Their answers were analyzed through the Content Validity Coefficient of Hernández-Nieto (2002), through which it was possible to establish the degree of agreement and validity of the indicators among the experts. After the analysis of the experts, an "acceptable" Content Validity Coefficient was obtained for all the indicators. According to the data obtained, it is shown that all the indicators are valid to evaluate the impact of the designed POSCOVID strategy.

Background: Due to the increase in life expectation in Cuba, it becomes necessary to insert the elderly adults in community physical activity, which is one of National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation functioning processes, by means of the Elderly Adult Program to improve quality of life in this age group. Objective: To determine the distinguishing features that characterize the integral impact of the Elderly Adult Program on the quality of life of the participants of the Municipality of Trinidad in the Province of Sancti Spiritus. Methodology: An exploratory study was conducted that included 10 managers and 65 teachers who directly attend the Elderly Adult Program in the municipality of Trinidad and 64 systematically practicing elderly adults; interviews were conducted with teachers and managers. Inductive-deductive methods, document analysis, measurement and interview were used. Mathematical-statistical methods were applied to process the data, specifically, within the descriptive statistics, empirical frequency distribution tables were used. Results: The Program and Methodological Indications do not offer information relating to the integral program impact, 100% of the managers consider necessary to investigate the integral impact of the program, most of the teachers interviewed said that only the physical condition of elderly adults is evaluated. The 80% of them are satisfied with their health and 98% believe the program improves their quality of life. Conclusions: The features that characterize the integral impact of the Senior Program are offered; the deficiencies detected suggest the need for a comprehensive evaluation of its impact on the life quality of systematic practitioners.

El modelo docencia-servicio es definido como el vínculo que se establece entre instituciones educativas y otras organizaciones, con el propósito de formar talento humano del área de salud, o entre instituciones educativas, cuando por lo menos una de ellas disponga de escenarios de práctica en salud. Actualmente se desconoce el impacto de la docencia servicio en las prácticas clínicas de los estudiantes de Psicología de la Institución Universitaria de Envigado, aspecto necesario para modificar elementos relacionados con la prestación del servicio de salud y para mejorar la formación del talento humano en el área de la salud en los programas de Psicología. En este sentido, es relevante conocer el impacto que los programas en salud tienen en todas las personas que integran el modelo de docencia-servicio tanto en su aspecto administrativo, formativo, como en el asistencial y de parte de los mismos beneficiarios. En el actual artículo se describe la normatividad vigente que sustenta la implementación del modelo docencia-servicio y se describe detalladamente cada uno de los indicadores necesarios para evaluar el impacto y la calidad de la relación docencia-servicio en las cuatro poblaciones involucradas en su desarrollo: Comité docencia-servicio, docentes, estudiantes y pacientes.

Lograr que las políticas públicas realmente logren resultados que mejoren la calidad de vida de las personas es un tema que siempre preocupa a los decisores públicos; más aún en un contexto de restricciones presupuestales como el que la mayoría de países atraviesa o atravesará en la situación de pospandemia. Por otro lado, la ciencia de datos, la inteligencia artificial, los datos abiertos y, en general, las tecnologías impulsadas por las grandes cantidades de datos cada día van ganando terreno en el ámbito de la gestión pública. El presente artículo tiene por objetivo conocer el estado actual de las investigaciones acerca de la interacción entre estos dos ámbitos, tomando como objeto de estudio la aplicación de la ciencia de datos a la evaluación del impacto de las políticas públicas, a fin de identificar los vacíos en la investigación existente. Luego de una revisión sistemática de la literatura, se encontró que el objeto de estudio propuesto no ha estado en el centro de la investigación académica. Lo que se ha investigado es el ciclo completo de desarrollo de políticas o la gestión pública en general. Se verificó también que esta interacción entre la cosa pública y la ciencia de datos aún es un campo emergente y, en opinión de muchos académicos, hacen falta investigaciones con una visión holística y con una mirada que vaya más allá de lo eminentemente técnico.

Objective: To analyze the implementation of the European Strategy on Drugs 2013-2020 on the Spanish Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020, especially the role of Civil Society Organizations, considering the perceived strengths and proposals for improvement. Methodology: The study was carried out using qualitative methodology. The focus group technique was used, formed by a panel of seven experts working in Civil Society Organizations. For this purpose, a grounded analysis was carried out, the main results of which revolve around a scheme of six themes, made up of sub-themes and codes. The selected themes were, firstly, a general approach; availability, accessibility and quality of interventions; harm reduction; alternative sanctions; research and evaluation; and finally, civil society participation. Results: The participants referred to an adequate design of the National Drug Plan, however, they detected a disconnection with practice in the different thematic areas. Among the points mentioned, the lack of economic resources is perceived as the main obstacle to implementation. Conclusions: The participation of civil society is necessary for the adaptation and implementation of public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maintaining some productivity of the Creole yam (Dioscorea alata L.), affected by anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides), from agrochemicals, generates changes in soil fertility, water quality and in the agricultural ecosystem of peasant agri-food production, but the proportion in which the management of an endemic fungus impacts and therefore persistent over time is unknown. This situation leads to investigate the environmental, economic, and social impact caused by the management of anthracnose in the cultivation of yam in the municipality of Colosó, department of Sucre, Colombia. A descriptive quantitative methodology was followed; A sample of 135 producers participated from techniques such as direct observation, interviews, surveys, focus groups and for the trade-off analysis of environmental, economic and social impacts the Leopold matrix. The results show a peasant production composed mainly of men (96%), of mestizo origin (91.6%), aged 41 to 60 years (55%); level of education in primary (56.5%) and baccalaureate (20.6%); They plant areas of 1.0 to 1.75 hectares (60.1%) and little technical assistance. Soil (47.3%) was impacted by accumulation of agrochemicals and water when contaminated (71.7%). Leopold's matrix considered the transformation of the territory around tutoring, soil loss, contamination of water bodies and burning of crop residues. In conclusion, maintaining the productivity of the Creole yam cultivar involves establishing the trade-off of the relationship between the planned solutions and the impacts on ecosystems in terms of environmental costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Better statistical geodata mean better policies and the experience of the Andalusian Ministry of Health makes a good example about it. Uncertainty in the availability of accurate information on the number and characteristics of populations potentially affected by an intervention is often the major limiting factor in the effectiveness of any impact assessment. One of the keys to the successful implementation of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Andalusia has been the availability of georeferenced population data in grids disseminated by the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia. These data allow the administration and the economic and social agents to face the great challenges posed by the HIA: Identification and characterization of vulnerable population. Technology and free software enabled to go a step further, providing tools for citizens to facilitate the characterization and spatial representation of the indicators necessary for the preparation of assessment reports. It is in this context where a QGIS plugin has been developed using the Python programming language that facilitates accessibility to the geospatial data indicated and its subsequent processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) projects aim to contribute to climate change mitigation by protecting and enhancing carbon stocks in tropical forests, but there have been no systematic global evaluations of their impact. We used a new data set for tropical humid forests and a standardized evaluation approach (based on pixel matching) to quantify the performance of a representative sample of 40 voluntary REDD+ projects in 9 countries certified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). In the first 5 years of implementation, deforestation within project areas was reduced by 47% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 24–68) compared with matched counterfactual pixels, and degradation rates were 58% lower (95% CI: 49–63). Reductions were small in absolute terms but greater in sites located in high‐deforestation settings and did not appear to be substantially undermined by leakage activities in forested areas within 10 km of project boundaries. At the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the international community renewed its commitment to tackling tropical deforestation as a nature‐based solution to climate change. Our results indicate that incentivizing forest conservation through voluntary site‐based projects can slow tropical deforestation and highlight the particular importance of prioritizing financing for areas at greater risk of deforestation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Este estudio evalúa los efectos del Programa Grupos de Ahorro y Crédito Comunitario en Colombia. Con metodología no experimental, se comparó la situación de familias participantes y no participantes, después de dieciocho meses de exposición al programa. Los resultados revelan mayor capacidad de acumular ahorros, reducción de la inseguridad alimentaria y mayor capacidad para enfrentar y mitigar choques inesperados en las familias participantes. También se encontró mayor participación en actividades comunitarias generadoras de ingresos y aumento en el nivel de confianza en las personas y distintas instituciones.