Information on "Social Research " and "Mexico"
February 2013
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28 Feb 2013
Southwest Border Violence
Author: Kristin M Finklea
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
This report focuses on how policy makers would identify any spillover of drug trafficking-related violence into the US. More on «Southwest Border Violence»
August 2011
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Aug 2011
Scholars Who Became Practitioners
Author: Nora Lustig
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
Celebrated by academics, multilateral organizations, policymakers and the media, Mexico’s Progresa/Oportunidades conditional cash transfers program (CCT) is constantly used as a model of a successful antipoverty program. More on «Scholars Who Became Practitioners»
June 2007
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Jun 2007
A Critical Review of Selected Time Use Surveys
Author: Debbie Budlender
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper reviews case studies from Latin American, Asian and African countries that provide quantitative analysis of how members of a household take care of each other and explore the implications of the findings for poverty and social exclusion. More on «A Critical Review of Selected Time Use Surveys»
October 1996
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Oct 1996
Their Choice or Yours: Global Forces or Local Voices?
Author: Krishno Dey, David Westendorff
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This report discusses social integration from the perspective of local urban groups living in the slums, squatter settlements and on the pavements of big cities. More on «Their Choice or Yours: Global Forces or Local Voices? »
