South America has a complex demographic history shaped by multiple migration and admixture events in pre- and post-colonial times. Settled over 14,000 years ago by Native Americans, South America has experienced migrations of European and African individuals, similar to other regions in the Americas. However, the timing and magnitude of these events resulted in markedly different patterns of ad...

Boris Handal 47 Boris Handal has taught and lectured in schools and universities in Australia, Latin America and Asia. He has written extensively on academic issues in academic journals in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Latin America, and South East Asia. Boris obtained his Bachelors of Education from the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Peru, a Masters of Education from Edith Cow...

RESULTSdScreening rates were slightly higher in the immigrant versus the general population (76.0 and 74.4%, respectively; P , 0.001), with the highest rates in people born in South Asia, Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Immigrant seniors (age $65 years) were screened less than nonimmigrant seniors. Percent yield of new diabetes subjects among those screened was high for certain countr...

I analyze the effect of inequality on economic growth in Latin America, where inequality is measured as the area of family farms as a percentage of the total area of agricultural holdings. Using data from 18 Latin American countries between 1960 and 2004, I find that inequality has a nonlinear effect on economic growth. Overall, for the countries included in this analysis, the share of family f...

In the present study, CDM host countries are classified according to their attractiveness for CDM non-sink projects. A cluster analysis is conducted based on three different factors determining host country attractiveness (mitigation potential, institutional CDM capacity and general investment climate) in order to elaborate a CDM host country classification. The results suggest that only a smal...

GLM|LIC Synthesis Paper No. 7 | October 2017 What Explains Uneven Female Labor Force Participation Levels and Trends in Developing Countries?* Trends in female labor force participation (FLFP) have been quite heterogeneous, rising strongly in Latin America, while improvements were modest in the Middle East and female participation even fell in South Asia. These trends are inconsistent with the ...

The pandemic of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) infection throughout South and Central America is the most important epidemiological occurrence nowadays. High temperatures rates, vector abundance, and inability to control it makes Latin America a high-risk area for the establishment and spread of arbovirus diseases and, as a consequence, their neurological complications. This ar...

Cancer is one of the most important diseases in Chile, with alarming incidence and mortality rates that are among the highest in Latin America. Economic growth in South America has led to demographic change, with an aging population typical of developed countries, but also a growing population with cancer. The incidence and mortality of urological cancers in Chile is significant, and has led to...

BACKGROUND Epidemiology's role as the 'diagnostic' arm of public health has submitted epidemiological reasoning and practice to the crossfire of oppositional social values and demands. In Latin America, the visible signs of extreme social and political authoritarianism and inequity, as well as the growing unfairness of the World economy, inspired a culture of social critique and a corresponding...