Youth and social cohesion in Ibero-America: a model in the making. Summary

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Breeding Latin American tigers: operational principles for rehabilitating industrial policies

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Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity

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Summit of the Americas 1994-2009: selected indicators

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Latin America through the lens of social cohesion: selected indicators

Spanish document available at the Library

SMEs in the environmental goods and services market: identifying areas of opportunity, policies and instruments: case studies: Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

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Digital review 2007 of Latin America and the Caribbean: progress and challenges policies for development with ICT. Abridged document

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Public policies for the information society: a shared vision?

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Modernization and foreign trade in the health services

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Information and communication technologies in the health sector: opportunities and challenges for the reduction of inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Social disparity and oral health

There is a clear reported association between social disparity and oral health, for example, between dental caries and malnutrition in children. This fact is detected in several studies, and also found amongst the Brazilian population. However, several efforts have been made to improve the quality of life of the population and to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goals. Oral health is a branch to be improved among these goals. The Brazilian experience has been drawing the attention of authorities, insofar as there have been direct improvements in oral health through state oral health programs, and also indirect results by improving the quality of life of the population. Included within the Brazilian oral health programs are the Family Health Program and Smiling Brazil Program. The former is a global healthcare program which involves primary oral healthcare, while the latter is a specialized oral care program. Among the social programs that would indirectly improve oral health are Family Stipend and the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (ELS-IINN). In conclusion, although oral health problems are related to socioeconomic factors, the implementation of primary oral health programs and programs to improve the population's quality of life may directly or indirectly improve the oral health scenario. This fact is being observed in Brazil, where the oral health policies have changed, and social programs have been implemented.

Public policies and the competitiveness of agricultural exports

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Public institutions and explicit and implicit environmental policies

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Evolution of the link between selective anti-poverty policies and social sectors policies

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Comparative study of policies on technology and industry in the Caribbean and their effects on development

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