This paper identifies the effects of natural disasters on economic development and living conditions in the Latin American and Caribbean region. On the basis of quantitative analyses to assess the damage caused by the main natural disasters which have occurred in the region during the past 16...

En el presente articulo se senalan los efectos de los desastres naturales sobre el desarrollo y las condiciones de vida en la region de America Latina y el Caribe. Sobre la base de los analisis cuantitativos realizados para evaluar los danos causados por los principales desastres naturales que...

Introduction: Corruption Consolidation in Local Governments -- Intermittent networks of corruption in real estate developments in a Mexican municipality -- Organizational mechanisms to control the network -- The causes of opacity in local governments -- Fighting corruption intermittently: the...