A summary of the experiences of Chile and Colombia with unremunerated reserve requirements on capital flows during the 1990's

Incluye Bibliografía

Savings in Latin America after the mid 1990s: determinants, constraints and policies

Includes bibliography

Two stops in today's new global geographies: shaping novel labor supplies and employment regimes

Includes bibliography

Las familias latinoamericanas interrogadas: hacia la articulación del diagnóstico, la legislación y las políticas

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Brazilian solar water heating systems evaluation

The Brazilian National Electricity Conservation Program - PROCEL - runs regular surveys in the electric-energy-consumption market. These studies are used as valuable data to better plan the actions of this program. These data also evaluate the program's performance by identifying the level of penetration of the most efficient electric equipment within the residential sector. PROCEL's main lines of action is to promote and make available the most efficient technologies. Based on the results from the latest survey, it is estimated that 24% of the electric-energy consumption of the residential sector is used by electric shower devices, which instantaneously heat the water that flows through them, normally using an electric resistance of 5 kW. These are an important factor in a country where electric-heating devices are present in about 73% of Brazilian households. Keeping that in mind, the purpose of this work is to present the main results of the Brazilian Solar-Water-Heating-Systems Evaluation, finished in 2010, where 535 installations were visited and more than 50 researchers from different universities participated in the project. Moreover, seven Brazilian cities were selected to be studied. The information was collected from field research and statistically treated. The collected information focused on the adequacy of the project to the household, installation, operation and life cycle of the systems, as well as the users' satisfaction level. Technical questionnaires were developed to summarize all the required information, such as a Web site designed to organize and manage the data collected and a Matlab application that performed the dimensioning and F-chart systems evaluation. Quality indicators were created through a full system monitoring, with thermographic analysis and evaluation of shading influence at the system's efficiency, using the Ecotect software.

Sociodemographic vulnerability in the Caribbean: an examination of the social and demographic impediments to equitable development with participatory citizenship in the Caribbean at the dawn of the twenty-first century

Includes bibliography

Institutional requirements for market-led development in Latin America

Includes bibliography

The contributions of applied anthropology to peasant development

Includes bibliography

Notes on the measurement of poverty by the income method

Includes bibliography

Options for rural poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

New challenges for equity in Uruguay

Includes bibliography

The adjustment strategies of Mexican ejidatarios in the face of neoliberal reform

Includes bibliography

The role of institutions in local contexts

Includes bibliography

Changes and inequality in Latin American families

Includes bibliography

The Argentine crisis and its impact on household welfare

Includes bibliography