Resources Tagged: Latin America
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The Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO is an electronic library covering a selected collection of Costa Rican scientific journals. In Costa Rica the Scielo begins in 2000 with the coordination of BIREME - PAHO and with the support of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social through the...
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This book is introduced by a general survey of the physical, historical and economic development of the whole area from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn. This is followed by a more detailed account of the pattern formed by the major groups of states and then, within this framework, the geography of...
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This volume contains the papers presented at the Seminar on Soil Management and the Development Process in Tropical America. The papers present the experimental results and the points of view of 63 authors. The individual opinions of these authors were highly respected even accepting the risk of...
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With this book, ACCION wishes to illustrate the importance of the micro-business sector as a whole to the economic future of Latin American countries and to provide insight into the complex nature of the urban slum economy.
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01-01-1987 This technical guide is a comprehensive summary of forest nursery practices for the Caribbean, tropical Latin America, and, to a lesser degree, other tropical areas in the world. Included are actual and the authors' recommended practices, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages wherever...
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01-01-1981 El saber ayudar es mas que sensitividad, conciencia y recursos. Las intervencion efectiva debe ir mas alla de las buenas intenciones. La pregunta frecuente es: "Que podemos hacer para ayudar?" La respunta noes simple; y mas de un esfuerzo ha terminado en fracaso. Este libro intenta poner juntas...
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In the pages of this book you will learn about the tropical trees which seem to create unusual interest to the traveler. The unique trees, the trees you have heard about from school days, the trees that serve mankind by providing medicines, spices, fine furniture, food, have been selected for...
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01-01-1990 Este volumen hace parte de una serie de publicaciones que Proyecto Regional para la Supercion de la Pobreza, en su calidad de Secretartia Techica de la I y II conferencias regegionales de pobreza, ha venido preparando desde 1988. Sobre la II Conferencia, en particular, se han publicado can este...
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01-01-1991 [ Insects in your Garden] 115 pp : ill.
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01-01-1973 This history has been written by a specialist who has been closely connected with Latin America for the last forty years. His text emphasizes how many races and classes have contributed to the civilization of this great land-mass, with its vast mountain ranges, rivers, praires, forest, and...