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Showing 1 to 20 of 721 for “"Latin America"”.
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Islamist Radicals in Latin America
… regions to begin rebuilding their organizations. Latin America has a history of criminal activity and is an area where radical Islamist groups are known to operate. This thesis analyzes why Latin America is an appealing location for terrorists and determines if there is potential for radical …
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Women's Substantive Representation In Latin America
The number of women in Latin American governments has significantly increased throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. However, women are still significantly poorer, less educated, and more prone to disease and death than their male counterparts. If women's representation is improving, …
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Labor and development in Latin America
Thesis (M.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Industrial Management, 1956.
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Community buildings standards for Latin America
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1953.
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Perpetual Movement: Brief Forms in Latin America
… “brief forms” have meant and still mean in the Latin American canon and I also propose them as critical maneuvers for any given text.
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Essays on Poverty Reduction in Latin America
The third paper sheds light on the spatial distribution of poverty, and the intra-regional dynamics of income distribution within a country (Ecuador). The paper assesses the importance of geographical, physical, and human capital variables in explaining differences in consumption growth in …
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Disaster risk and resiliency in Latin America
… of economic crises on real estate markets in Latin America using a new database on real estate prices from seven countries in the region. In the first chapter it is found that after a crisis begins, the Price Earnings Ratio (PER) of real estate increases significantly relative to stocks and …
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Essays on poverty reduction in Latin America
… has been a core objective of social policy in Latin America. In 2008, the incidence of poverty reached almost a third of the population, of which 13 percent are classified as extremely poor. Most Latin American countries have invested vast resources in poverty reduction programs, particularly …
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Critical Vulnerabilities of AI in Latin America
… dependencies if not ethically governed. Latin America faces unique vulnerabilities for the development and use of AI, currently underexplored in existing scholarship—such as informal data work or the territorial principle and its implications on AI law enforcement—this study investigates …
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Harm Reduction of Unsafe Abortion in Latin America
… where abortion is legally restricted. Like many Latin American countries, Argentina prohibits abortion in most circumstances, and maternal mortality from unsafe abortion is high. While spending three months in Buenos Aires, I met an organization called Socorristas en Red (Network of Helpers). …
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Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
… of climate change on indigenous peoples in Latin America. Indigenous peoples throughout the region tend to live subsistence livelihoods, which tie them closely to their land and the surrounding environment. This close relationship often means that indigenous peoples acutely experience the …
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Changing dynamics of the U.S.-China-Latin America relationship
… economic, diplomatic, and strategic partner of Latin America. However, the hegemonic geopolitical influence the United States once exerted is arguably fading, and Beijing offers an alternative to Washington’s policies that have been encouraged throughout Latin America. Current research indicates …
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Wildlife trade in Latin America: people, economy and conservation
… as a strategy to curb the illegal market in Latin America through a multidisciplinary approach. I assess socioeconomic correlates of the emerging international trade in wild cat species from Latin America using a dataset of >1,000 seized cats, showing that high levels of corruption and …
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Labor Markets in Transformation: Case Studies of Latin America
This dissertation contains three independent studies that analyze labor markets in transformation. They focus on two central elements of labor markets in developing countries: non-agricultural employment in the rural economy and informal employment in the urban economy. Rural non-agricultural …
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Ngo Imperialistic Invasion of Latin America: Yanquis Go Home
<p>In post-colonial Latin America a new imperialist agent is lurking under the guise of altruism. This research combines a thorough literature review, a case study, and two personal narratives to argue that NGOs serve a neoliberal agenda and are not held accountable to the people who they claim to …
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The coverage of Latin America by the British press
… character of the British press coverage of Latin America. This analysis was broadly divided into' quantitative and qualitative. The aim of the research was to examine the relationship between the reporting on the region and the historical, political and economic links with the Latin American …
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Women's Mobilization in Latin America: A Case Study of Venezuela
… elements in regards to women’s mobilization in Latin America and Venezuela from the late 1950s to the present: (a) the influence of the state and economy on times when women mobilized (b) class division within the movement (c) women’s demands during different time periods (d) the ways in which …
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COMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO CANADIAN TRANSNATIONAL MINING OPERATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
… of Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America, and the Canadian government’s role in supporting these practices, have been duly criticized for the blatant social, environmental, and economic injustices created and perpetuated by transnational mining. The violation of human and …
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The Dragon in the Backyard: Chinese Strategy in Latin America
… how the withdrawal of U.S. influence from Latin America has created a power vacuum that is being filled by the Chinese and the strategic ramifications this will have on the security of the United States. In order for the United States to maintain its position as the world’s only superpower …
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