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32. Relationships Matter: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Keen,P. K. (Ken), Viera Neto,Floriano Peixoto (Author), Nolan,Charles W. (Author), Kimmey,Jennifer L. (Author), and Althouse,Joseph (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- May 2010
- Published:
- Leavenworth,, KS: US Army Combined Arms Center
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Military Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 : 2-12
- Notes:
- The Haiti earthquake prompted offers to send aid and assistance in various forms from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private foundations. The need for manpower on the ground to orchestrate the relief effort brought together military forces from the world over, to include the United States, which stood up Joint Task Force-Haiti (JTF-H). The combined effort of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and JTF-H in providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Haiti following the earthquake demonstrates the importance of developing strong relationships, both institutional and personal, with partner nation armies.
33. Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in Cuba
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- Jun 2010
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Notes:
- Index number: AMR 25/005/2010, 35 p., In Cuba the state has a virtual monopoly of press and broadcast media and tight restrictions apply to the internet. Anyone who expresses views critical of the government runs the risk of harassment, arbitrary detention, and criminal prosecution. With dozens of prisoners of conscience continuing to serve long prison sentences in Cuba for exercising freedom of expression, Amnesty International calls on the authorities to stop the harassment and intimidation of dissidents, release prisoners of conscience, amend repressive legislation, and enable greater exchange of information through the internet and other media. Tables.
34. Savings and Chance: Learning from the Lottery to Improve Financial Services in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Wilson,Kim (Author) and Levin,Mariah (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2010-07-20
- Published:
- Feinstein International Center
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 11 p., This study by a team from the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises (CEME) at the Fletcher School at Tufts University explores the ubiquity of gambling practices in Haiti and their implication for financial services. As findings indicate, the Haitian lottery, known as the borlette, appears as a historical and cultural response to economic and social marginalization, as well as a manifestation of undeterred hope for a transformational lump sum. Tables.
35. Science, Technology and Innovation and Inequality
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Kelly,Richard (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2010
- Published:
- Bridgetown, Barbados: Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 34(3) : 79-91
- Notes:
- Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) have led to most of the growth and wealth gains in developed economies, but developing countries such as those in the Caribbean with a dearth of technological expertise and development continue to lag behind. This commentary discusses inequalities related to the use (or unavailability) of STI from the perspective of Jamaica. The main focus of the paper is on education and Information and Communications Technology. It also looks briefly at health, employment and security.
36. Social Policies in Grenada: Social Policies in Small States Series, No. 2
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lewis,Patsy (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- Notes:
- 74 p., The country case studies and thematic papers in this series examine social policy issues facing small states and their implications for economic development. They show how, despite their inherent vulnerability, some small states have been successful in improving their social indicators because of the complementary social and economic policies they have implemented. This paper focuses on Grenada, a small state that has made impressive initial achievements in economic and human development since independence. However, continuing unemployment and poverty, the recent erosion of trade preferences, and the changing international donor aid environment have exposed structural weaknesses in its economic model. Tables, Figures, References.
37. Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Kath,Elizabeth (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Transaction Publishers
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Transaction Publishers
- Notes:
- 200 p., For Cuba's supporters, health is the most commonly cited evidence of the socialist system's success. Even critics often concede that this is the country's saving grace. Cuba's health statistics are indeed extraordinary. This small island outperforms virtually all of its neighboring countries and all countries of the same level of economic development. Some of its health statistics rival wealthy industrialized countries. Moreover, these health outcomes have resulted against all odds. This study of the Cuban health system finds that the country possesses an unusually high level of popular participation and cooperation in the implementation of health policy. This has been achieved with the help of a longstanding government that prioritizes public health, and has enough political influence to compel the rest of the community to do the same. On the other hand, popular participation in decision-making regarding health policy is minimal, which contrasts with the image of popular participation often promoted. Political elites design and impose health policy, allowing little room for other health sector groups to meaningfully contribute to or protest official decisions. This is a problem because aspects of health care that are important to those who use the system or work within it can be neglected if they do not fit within official priorities. The country's preventive arrangements, its collective prioritization of key health areas, the improvements in public access to health services through the expansion of health facilities and the provision of free universal care are among the accomplishments that set it apart. The sustainability and progress of these achievements, however, must involve open recognition and public discussion of weaker aspects of the health system.
38. Sport and public policy: social, political, and economic perspectives
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Santo,Charles Andrew (Editor) and Mildner,Gerard C. S. (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 267 p, Chapter 12, American Baseball and the Global Labor Market, includes Charles A. Santo's "Resistance and Hegemony in the Caribbean," "Shared History and Parallel Development of Caribbean Baseball," "Dominican Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Exploitation," "Cuban Nationalism and Resistance."
39. Stratification by Skin Color in Contemporary Mexico
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Villarreal,Andres (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- United States: American Sociological Association, Washington DC
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- American Sociological Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 75(5) : 652-678
- Notes:
- Journal Article, Uses data from a nationally representative panel survey of Mexican adults to examine the extent of skin color based social stratification in contemporary Mexico. Despite extreme ambiguity in skin color classification, the author finds considerable agreement among survey interviewers about who belongs to three skin color categories. The results also provide evidence of profound social stratification by skin color. Individuals with darker skin tone have significantly lower levels of educational attainment and occupational status, and they are more likely to live in poverty and less likely to be affluent, even after controlling for other individual characteristics.
40. Sustainable Development from a Gender Perspective -- Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba: Women as Protagonists In Rural Areas
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Kleba Lisboa,Teresa (Author) and Garibotti Lusa,Mailiz (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2010
- Published:
- Florianopolis, Brazil: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Estudos Feministas
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(3) : 871-887
- Notes:
- This article discusses different views about sustainable development, emphasizing -- on the basis of a survey conducted in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba -- the role of rural women in food production and natural resource management, the strength of the rural women's movement in the conquest of rights, and the decisive participation of women in defining proposals for public policies that guarantee gender equality in rural areas. A brief comparative analysis leads us to conclude that the development model in the three countries still prioritizes the male figure in relation to land tenure, access to credit and purchase of equipment or other material resources, it is suggested that both in Cuba, a socialist country, and in Mexico and Brazil, capitalist counties, the assumptions of social policies directed to rural female workers should take into account the basic needs of rural women to guarantee a more humane and sustainable development. Adapted from the source document.