Economic progress in Latin America

Economic Crisis and Democracy in Latin America

While the world is focused on the economic impact of the financial and credit meltdown, what might be its impact on politics? In well-established democracies, probably not more than elections lost by incumbent parties seen as having mismanaged the economy.Butwhat of consolidatingdemocracies that predominate in thedevelopingworld, where some forecasts expect the crisis to hit the poor especially...

Smokefree Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Making Progress

We reviewed the adoption and implementation of smokefree policies in all Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. Significant progress has been achieved among LAC countries since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was adopted in 2005. Both national and sub-national legislation have provided effective mechanisms to increase the fraction of the population protected fr...

Electronic immunization registries in Latin America: progress and lessons learned.

Most of the current vaccination coverage monitoring in Latin America relies on aggregated data. Improved monitoring has been shown to result in better coverage. Taking advantage of current information and communication technologies, the use of electronic immunization registries (EIRs) can facilitate coverage monitoring in terms of particularity (at the level of the individual), timeliness, and ...

The price of progress: environmental health in Latin America.

From Tierra del Fuego to the Rio Grande, Latin America's more than 400 million people face enormous challenges. Not only must the region develop economically to improve living standards, it must do so against a backdrop of serious environmental and health problems. The region is beset with difficulties including malnutrition, overpopulation, air pollution, poor or nonexistent sanitation, high d...

Institutions and Economic Development: Judicial Reform in Latin America