This paper presents new evidence on migration and risk among Mexican migrants to the United States living in the New York City area. The paper examines the potential demand for formal risk mitigating mechanisms by studying some of the risks facing this community on both sides of the border, and...

This study identifies key barriers to women¿s businesses globally and evaluates the degree to which they constrain women¿s business growth in Latin America. These barriers include a lack of access to financial products and services, risk aversion, social conventions, family responsibilities,...

Esta investigación ha permitido identificar las principales barreras para las empresas de las mujeres a nivel global, así como evaluar la medida en que éstas condicionan el crecimiento de dichas empresas en América Latina. Entre estas barreras se encuentran la falta de acceso a los productos...

Esta investigación ha permitido identificar las principales barreras para las empresas de las mujeres a nivel global, así como evaluar la medida en que éstas condicionan el crecimiento de dichas empresas en América Latina. Entre estas barreras se encuentran la falta de acceso a los productos...

This study identifies key barriers to women¿s businesses globally and evaluates the degree to which they constrain women¿s business growth in Latin America. These barriers include a lack of access to financial products and services, risk aversion, social conventions, family responsibilities,...

Supporting women's businesses has become a topic of growing interest to governments and mainstream development institutions in recent years. Declarations to address women's unequal access to economic opportunity at the G-20 Summit, the development of UN Women, and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women...

The 1998 National Water Act is one of a number of environmental legislative reforms promulgated in post apartheid South Africa that reflects international principles of good environmental practice while seeking to redress past inequity of access to natural resources. The Act incorporates a set...

Background: Patient Reported Outcome Measures are an important component of the evidence for health technology appraisal. Their incorporation into cost effectiveness analyses (CEA) requires conversion of descriptive information into utilities. This can be done using bespoke utility algorithms....