This dissertation examines the relationships among measures of mortality, fertility,burden of disease, and … fertility levels; (2) if achild health model provides a stronger indicator of fertility than child mortality alone;and (3) what … indicatorsof fertility change and produce better results than population mortality or socioeconomicfactors alone. Use of health …

Economic explanations for the fertility transition focus on the role of returns to schooling, especially for women … for additional births Declines in fertility have proceeded unevenly, first across the high income countries, and more … recently across the low income countries. The cross sectional differentials in fertility are also frequently analyzed in …

This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of … electricity industry has indeed lessen poverty levels in urban Bolivia by making this utility more accessible to larger segments … of the urban population. The same cannot be said, however, about rural Bolivia. The results show that coverage has …

is the key factor. The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia holds the largest source of lithium in the world; however, its …