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Constitutional social and environmental human rights and child health outcomes in Latin American countries
Matsuura, Hiroaki - 2016
This paper analyses the health-improving effects of introducing four different constitutional social and environmental human rights (health, free education, adequate living (or welfare), and environment) and the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) into national constitution and...
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Local government, taxes, and guns : successful policy innovation in three Colombian cities
Gutiérrez Sanín, Francisco; Gutiérrez Haces, María … - 2011
This paper evaluates transformative policy innovations with respect to security and taxation in the three main Colombian cities: Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali. In the first two, such policies were associated with huge success. Elsewhere we (Gutiérrez et al. 2009) have tagged these transformation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008991428
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On the political and social consequences of economic inequality : civic engagement in Colombia
Justino, Patricia; Arjona, Ana; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo - 2019
results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with increases in individual participation in political organizations …
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The effects of wartime institutions on households' ability to cope with shocks : evidence for Colombia
Ibáñez, Ana María; Arteaga, Julián; Cárdenas … - 2019
heterogeneous impact by the level of rebelocracy. Using a household panel in four conflict regions in Colombia, the estimation …
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A review of external assistance and aid effectiveness for maternal and child health : challenges and opportunities
Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed; Aleem, Samia - 2013
This paper primarily focuses on how global funding has supported interventions that have proven to be successful in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality around the world. The growth rate of development assistance targeted towards these specific interventions has varied greatly over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190156
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The legacy of Mexico's Drug War on youth political attitudes
García-Ponce, Omar; Laterzo, Isabel - 2023
measures of childhood exposure for each individual by matching them with historical trends in homicide rates and military …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314164
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The political participation of Africa's youth : turnout, partisanship, and protest
Resnick, Danielle; Casale, Daniela - 2011
The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region … faces a growing 'youth bulge' that is disproportionately burdened by un- and underemployment, capturing the votes of this … generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa's youth. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306512
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Children and the youth in rural Viet Nam
Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol - 2015
Structural transformation in rural Viet Nam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture. Using panel data on children in 2,181 rural households surveyed over the 2008-14 period, we examine how the welfare of children has been impacted by structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342302
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Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa
Sumberg, James; Anyidoho, Nana Akua; Chasukwa, Michael; … - 2014
This paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people's unemployment in Africa through agriculture. Using notions of transitions and mobilities we set out a transformative work and opportunity space framework that privileges difference and diversity among work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345249
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Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries : a literature review and new evidence
Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Mohamed … - 2017
Many adolescent girls in low-income countries face the challenge of early pregnancy and lifelong dependence upon family and partners. In this paper, we review the literature on field interventions aimed at reducing early pregnancies in low-income countries and report from a randomized control...
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