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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"Central American"”.
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An urbanization policy for Central American countries.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1965. M.C.P.
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Central American refugee claimants’ experiences accessing health care
… statistics indicate that individuals from Central America continue to claim refugee status at B. C. port-of-entry. No studies have been conducted examining Central American refugee claimants' experiences when trying to access health care services. The purpose of this study, therefore, was …
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Measuring efficiency and effectiveness of university instruction : a Central American case
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. College of Education, Dept. of Administration and Higher Education, 1967
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Immigrant workers in the cleaning industry : the Central American experience in Boston
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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An Assessment of Technical Barriers in Central American Agricultural and Food Trade
… to trade, and geographical indications) in Central American agricultural and food trade. In the first part, a framework to systematically evaluate the broad issues for developing countries is presented. Evaluation of the issues for Central America is based on interviews with about 100 …
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The central american free trade agreement: Effects on labor in the maguila sector
… of free trade has challenged workers rights in Central America. Unions are continuously deprived of customary support and resources to enforce their rights, especially in the maquiladoras. The expansion of maquila production has often been accompanied by an informal agreement between …
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Activistas: Central American Women’s Representation, Writing, and Cultural Production in the United States
This research examines the representation of Central American women in US cultural production. This study is separated into four chapters. The first two chapters survey the role of Central American women written from the male gaze through an intersectional feminist lens. The latter half of this …
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The Portrayal of Central American Migrants in North American Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
In Fall 2018, the mass migration of Central American migrant caravans from their home countries heading northbound to the US-Mexico border in a quest to seek asylum gained international attention. Faced with unimaginable threats, due to the imposition of neoliberal ideology that forced their …
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Ruptured Journeys, Ruptured Lives: Central American Migration, Transnational Violence, and Hope in Southern Mexico
This dissertation examines the processes by which Central American women and men face unprecedented forms of violence and exploitation as they migrate through Mexico. Central Americans are regularly subject to abuse, extortion, rape, kidnapping, dismemberment and death as multiple actors profit off …
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Apostles and brigadistas : industrial transformation with social gains in two Central American agro-industries
… transformation with social gains of two Central American agro-industries during the 1980s and 1990s, the Guatemalan sugar and Nicaraguan cheese industries. Early in this period, both relied on semi-artisanal production processes, poor labor standards and low wages, and a narrow focus on …
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The Power of the Voice: Listening to Mexican and Central American Immigrant Experiences (1997-2010)
… of immigrant experiences in Mexican and Central American cultural texts at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries. By examining immigrant experiences through the lenses of testimonial writing, fictional narrative, documentary film, and popular music, this …
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A 'pueblo' that walks together: trust and bonding among Central American transit migrants in Mexico
… trust, and bonding during the transit of Central American migrants in Mexico. It has two main research questions: first, do existing social networks of Central American transit migrants in Mexico help them overcome the journey through this country? And second, can and do new social bonds, …
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Ad interim: Everyday life of Central American Refugees at the "La 72" shelter in Tenosique, Mexico
… Guevara González investigated the daily lives of Central American migrants on the move, asylum seekers, and recognized refugees in a migrant shelter in Mexico’s southern border. Throughout the thesis, she explored how residents of the shelter first, experienced their daily lives under situations …
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Exile and Home: Narrative Identity in the Central American Community of the San Francisco Bay Area
… <p>This research studies the experiences of Central American immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and is focused on the mimetic power of the narrative to foster within the individual a sense of home, identity, and forgiveness, calling for meaningful action.</p> <p>Theory and …
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Identifying critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel
… that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel. Customer-contact employee and guest perceptions of what is classified as a critical incident, as well as differences between Latin American and North American guest perceptions, were compared. Data was collected …
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“LIFE IS VERY HARD HERE”: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS IN EL NORTE AND ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY
… peoples and people in poverty face in their Central American homelands and in the United States when migrating northward. Central Americans living in economic and social structures of hardship and/or cultural persecution leave their home places seeking to survive. Analyzing two works of art, …
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Classification and modeling of trees outside forest in Central American landscapes by combining remotely sensed data and GIS
The present research was conceived and developed within the framework of the 'Tree Resources Outside the Forest' (TROF) project funded by the European Commission (Project number ERB3514PL973202). Most of the raw data was provided for this research initiative and some of the results obtained in the …
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Welfare analysis of Guatemala in the Central American Common Market: An application of the new international trade theory
Traditional theory of customs union predicts an ultimate failure of integration efforts in semi-industrialized regions (SIC). A review of economic literature published during the last ten years suggests that there are new paradigms in international trade which can be applied specifically to the …
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Model-based approaches to discovering diversity : new implementations, tests of adequacy and an empirical application to central American Diptera
Most of the earth’s biodiversity is unknown to science. With global climate change set to drastically alter its distribution, it is imperative to catalogue it and understand its function in order to preserve it and better understand how this change will impact humanity. Recent technological and …
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