As in most immigrant-receiving countries the global North, South face challenges regarding migrant access to social rights and effect of migrants on sustainability welfare state. In Latin American context, this holds especially for such as Costa Rica, which has one strongest policy regimes highest (Nicaraguan) immigrant stock America. Set context paper assesses two views seem hard reconcile, an...

background: improving maternal health is one of the eight millennium development goals (mdgs) aimed at improving maternal healthcare and reducing maternal mortality. the utilization of maternal health services is influenced by several factors that need to be better understood. the objective of this study was to estimate the role of socio-economic position as a determinant of the utilization of ...