Debt for nature: a swap whose time has gone?

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Prevention of soil-transmitted helminth infection

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) form one of the most important groups of infectious agents and are the cause of serious global health problems. The most important STHs are roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworms (Trichuris trichiura) and hookworms (Necator americanus or Ancylostoma duodenale); on a global level, more than a billion people have been infected by at least one species of this group of pathogens. This review explores the general concepts of transmission dynamics and the environment and intensity of infection and morbidity of STHs. The global strategy for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is based on (i) regular anthelminthic treatment, (ii) health education, (iii) sanitation and personal hygiene and (iv) other means of prevention with vaccines and remote sensoring. The reasons for the development of a control strategy based on population intervention rather than on individual treatment are discussed, as well as the costs of the prevention of STHs, although these cannot always be calculated because interventions in health education are difficult to measure. An efficient sanitation infrastructure can reduce the morbidity of STHs and eliminates the underlying cause of most poverty-related diseases and thus supports the economic development of a country.

Finding solutions to the debt problems of developing countries: report of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (New York, 20 May 1999)

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Bond markets for Latin American debt in the 1990s

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Transnational bank behaviour and the international debt crisis

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An overview on debt moratoria in Latin America

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Introduction: internal debt, external debt and economic transformation

Presenta la introduccion a los temas sobre la deuda interna, la deuda externa, y el proceso de ajuste y transformacion economica tratados en este numero de la Revista de la CEPAL, que si bien tienen caracteristicas especiales que los distinguen unos de otros, tambien muestran relaciones reciprocas importantes que es necesario examinar.

Another view of the Latin American crisis: domestic debt

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Private internal debt in Colombia, 1970-1985

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Internal debt and financial adjustment in Peru

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Economic restructuring in Latin America in the face of the foreign debt and the external transfer problem

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The conversion of foreign debt viewed from Latin America

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External debt in Central America

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Cuba's convertible currency debt problem

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Options for tackling the external debt problem

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