Los Angeles, CA: Center for Afro-American Studies, University of California
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African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Foreword by R.S. Bryce-Laporte., 197 p, Presents an anthropological analysis of the West Indians' adjustment in Costa Rica over a hundred-year period. The book also looks at the development of the inequality that occurred as Blacks, who initially saw themselves as superior to local Hispanics, later found themselves at the mercy of a Hispanic cultural hegemony. An important contribution to the anthropology of West Indians in the Caribbean's Hispanic borderlands, the book is rich in its observations on race, class, & mobility among West Indian immigrants & lays the foundation for comparison with other such immigrant communities in other areas of the Americas.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Inter-governmental organization, composed of 25 countries from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula, exchanging experiences and knowledge on state reform and the modernization of public administration in the search for higher levels of social development and equity; news, databases, and information on publications, meetings, projects, agreements, and more; English and Spanish.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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306 p., Weather-induced environmental crises and slow responses from imperial authorities, Johnson argues, played an inextricable and, until now, largely unacknowledged role in the rise of revolutionary sentiments in the 18th century Caribbean.
83 p., Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become the main social assistance interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), reaching 129 million individuals in 18 countries in 2010. Programs shared key characteristics such as the payment of cash grants and the incorporation of co-responsibilities, but varied greatly in terms of coverage, infrastructure, routines, and even objectives. In this study, we analyze the experience of six countries (Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru) and attempt to identify important lessons for countries that have recently started or that are currently considering the introduction of a CCT.
Molinas Vega, Jose R. (Author), Barros, Ricardo Paes de (Author), Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime (Author), Giugale, Marcelo (Author), Cord, Louise J. (Author), Pessino, Carola (Author), and Hasan, Amer (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
Washington,DC: World Bank
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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154 p, This book assesses the status and evolution of human opportunity in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). It builds on the 2008 publication, "Measuring Inequality of Opportunity," in several directions. First, it uses newly-available data to expand the set of opportunities and personal circumstances under analysis. The data is representative of some 200 million children living in 19 countries over the last 15 years. Second, it compares human opportunity in LAC with that of developed countries, among them the U.S. and France, two very different models of social policy.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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154 p., Assesses the status and evolution of human opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It uses data representative of some 200 million children living in 19 countries over the last 15 years. Compares human opportunity in LAC with that of developed countries, among them the U.S. and France, two very different models of social policy.
United Nations Development Programme. Evaluation Office. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
New York: United Nations Development Programme, Evaluation Office
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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132 p., This evaluation covered the Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean 2008-2013, implemented by the UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, through its Panama Regional Service Centre. It examined the contributions made to development results through the implementation of regional projects, activities and the complementary technical support services provided to country offices and other national or regional partners.
37 p., Discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the region. The results indicate that, on average, the proportion of urban households facing housing shortages is declining. This decline holds for households of all income levels, particularly those in the lower quintiles of the income distribution structure. The estimates made in this study indicate that in 2006 lack of infrastructure affected almost 19 million households.
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IPPF/WHR works to improve the health of women throughout the Americas, ensure access to family planning, and address the range of sexual and reproductive health issues that affect the integral health of women, men, and adolescents in Latin America and Caribbean region.
