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Arps, Shahna, and Karie Jo Peralta. "Living conditions and health care usage of Haitian families in the Dominican Republic: A comparison of urban and rural/peri-urban households." Global Public Health 16, no. 1 (June 19, 2020): 103–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2020.1782965.

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Honyashiki, Mina, Cleusa P. Ferri, Daisy Acosta, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, K. S. Jacob, Juan J. Llibre-Rodrigues, et al. "Chronic diseases among older people and co-resident psychological morbidity: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey." International Psychogeriatrics 23, no. 9 (April 4, 2011): 1489–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610211000500.

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ABSTRACTBackground: This is the first study to investigate the associations between chronic health conditions of older people and their impact on co-resident psychological morbidity using population-based samples in low and middle income countries (LAMICs).Methods: Single-phase cross-sectional catchment area surveys were undertaken in urban sites in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, and in rural and urban catchment areas in Mexico, Peru, India and China. All residents aged 65 years and over were interviewed with a co-resident key informant. Exposures were structured clinical diagnoses (10/66 and DSM-IV dementia and ICD-10 depression), self-reported diagnosis (stroke) and physical impairments. Mediating variables were dependence and disability (WHODAS 2.0), and the outcome was co-resident psychological morbidity assessed using SRQ-20.Results: Poisson regression analysis was used to estimate the prevalence ratios (PRs) for the associations between health conditions and psychological morbidity in each site, and meta-analysis was used to pool the estimates. 11,988 pairs comprising a participant and a co-resident informant were included in the analysis. After meta-analysis, independent effects were noted for depression (PR2.11; 95% CI 1.82–2.45), dementia (PR 1.98; 95% CI 1.72–2.28), stroke (PR 1.42; 95% CI 1.17–1.71) and physical impairments (PR 1.17; 95% CI 1.13–1.21). The effects were partly mediated through disability and dependence. The mean population attributable fraction of total chronic conditions was 30.1%.Conclusion: The prevalence of co-resident psychological morbidity is higher among co-residents of older people with chronic conditions. This effect was prominent for, but not confined to, depression and dementia. Attention needs to be directed to chronic conditions.

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WALKER, ELIZABETH A., HENRY J. DETHLEFS, RACHEL A. DOWD, CLYDE SCHECHTER, and CHARLES FILIPI. "Improving Diabetes Outcomes in Rural Dominican Republic." Diabetes 67, Supplement 1 (May 2018): 1278—P. http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db18-1278-p.

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HANSEN, RICHARD D., and JOSÉ G. MARTIN. "Photovoltaics for Rural Electrification in the Dominican Republic." Natural Resources Forum 12, no. 2 (May 1988): 115–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.1988.tb00809.x.

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Kaufman, Steven L. "Solar electricity for rural development: Experience in the Dominican Republic." Energy for Sustainable Development 1, no. 1 (May 1994): 43–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0973-0826(08)60014-9.

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Hoffman, Lauren A., and Truc T. Ngo. "Affordable solar thermal water heating solution for rural Dominican Republic." Renewable Energy 115 (January 2018): 1220–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.09.046.

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Schumacher, Gretchen. "Culture Care Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices in Rural Dominican Republic." Journal of Transcultural Nursing 21, no. 2 (March 10, 2010): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659609357635.

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Gonzalez Rodriguez, Humberto, Deshira D. Wallace, and Clare Barrington. "Contextualizing Experiences of Diabetes-Related Stress in Rural Dominican Republic." Qualitative Health Research 29, no. 6 (November 18, 2018): 857–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732318807207.

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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is changing the burden of disease across Latin America. In this formative, qualitative study, we explored experiences of T2D diagnosis and management among adults in rural Dominican Republic. We conducted 28 in-depth interviews (12 men, 16 women) and used inductive analysis to explore the emotional burden of T2D and identify coping strategies. We found that stress relating to T2D began at diagnosis and persisted throughout management. Stress was produced by concerns about healthy food and medication access, fears about illness-induced injury, and the cyclical process of experiencing stress. Participants identified diabetes care and free medication services as external stress-reducers. Internally, participants’ mitigated stress by not thinking about diabetes (“ no dar mente”). Our study highlights the importance of a contextualized understanding of diabetes-related stress and the need for individual, clinic, and community-level interventions to reduce stressors and improve health outcomes among adults with T2D.

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Guidi, Daniele. "A model of solar rural electrification in the Dominican Republic." Renewable Energy 3, no. 2-3 (March 1993): 221–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0960-1481(93)90026-d.

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Gordon, Andrew J. "Influences on biomedicine in rural Dominican Republic: An analysis of process." Medical Anthropology 13, no. 4 (January 1992): 315–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.1992.9966055.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Dominican Republic – Rural conditions"

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Vandiver, Laura R. "Perceptions of risk from alcohol and marijuana use in a rural Caribbean community /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1421164.

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Kulstad, González Tess Marie. "Child fosterage in the Dominican Republic a comparative analysis of child living conditions /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0015411.

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Rush, Stemmerman Connie L. "Perceived intercultural impacts of tourism in the Dominican Republic: A rural host community perspective." Scholarly Commons, 2014. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/253.

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With the onset of tourism growth in the Dominican Republic, particularly in the province of Samana, a unique opportunity for exploration into intercultural interactions between Dominicans and tourists exists. This thesis brings together some of the current studies on intercultural communication in regards to the tourism industry, perceived community attitudes towards tourism, and host-guest relationships in the tourism context. Two groups of Dominicans were studied, those who worked in the tourism industry and those who did not, teachers, respectively. Data was extracted from collected questionnaires and interviews which revealed positive attitudes towards tourism, interest in expanding tourism, and various positive stereotypes towards tourists and about Dominicans themselves. In conclusion, the results were consistent with past research and include present recommendations on how to make the Dominican tourism sector even more receptive to the importance of intercultural communication.

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Schweitzer, Ryan W. "Community managed rural water supply systems in the Dominican Republic : assessment of sustainability of systems built by the National Institute of Potable Water and Peace Corps, Dominican Republic /." Available online. Click here, 2009. http://services.lib.mtu.edu/etd/THESIS/2009/Civil&EnvironmentalEng/schweitzer/thesis.pdf.

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Adams, Gregory L. "LDS, Catholic and Secular Perspectives on Development in the Dominican Republic." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1994. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTAF,3890.

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Peterson, Justin Ross. "At What Cost? In Search of an Efficient Model of Rural Health in the Dominican Republic." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146635.

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Health care is one of the most salient issues in contemporary society. To a large extent, the delivery is a reflection of the social values, the political will, and the financial resources of a nation. The Dominican Republic has a unique set of challenges around which a unique health delivery system has evolved. This paper first explores the history and structure of the health care system. Focusing on rural communities, it then reviews the challenges to health including shortages of medical personnel and supplies, high maternal mortality, challenges in the water and sanitation sectors, and cultural prejudice. Finally, it offers solutions that are derived from successful programs employed internationally, always held to the standard of culturally and financially feasible in the Dominican context.

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Rose, Benita. "The impact of micro-enterprise training on SME development – A case study from rural Dominican Republic." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6801.

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In the Dominican Republic (DR) the development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas is of great importance because SMEs generate employment and increase local capacity in areas with the highest poverty rates in the country. Ultimately, SME development can contribute to poverty alleviation especially in rural areas. Micro-enterprise training as a form of capacity development initiatives aim at effective empowerment of entrepreneurs and prospective entrepreneurs, which allow them to build capacities to develop their business. These capacities will enhance their ability to ensure sustainability of decisions that influence their quality of life. So far, very little research has been conducted on the precise effects and overall effectiveness of SME-related training in the Dominican Republic. Against this background, it is of great benefit to evaluate impacts of micro-enterprise training initiatives on the development of SMEs in rural DR, in order to find out which factors stimulate the creation and growth of enterprises and which factors hinder their development. This allows effective adjustments of future support initiatives in the development sector and it contributes to the existing empirical evidence base in this field. This study applies Human Capital Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour as theoretical frameworks to analyze impacts of micro-enterprise training on SME development. Secondary data for this study was drawn from the Dominican tourism-project La Ruta del Cacao, applying a mixed-method approach for the data collection. Quantitative research methods in the form of a semi-structured questionnaire helped to quantify the impacts of provided micro-enterprise training. Qualitative methods in the form of Focus Group Discussions allowed an in-depth analysis of training impacts on respondents, with the aim of identifying influencing factors, especially those which the theoretical framework may not have covered. The theoretical discussion of this study identified that entrepreneurial intentions are mediated by the attitude toward entrepreneurship, perceived subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. The empirical results show that the provided training is likely to have slightly improved the participants attitude towards enterprise creation. Perceived subjective norms have not decreased due to the training and appear not to have played a role in the participants decision to start or not start a business. The participants perceived behavioural control is not likely to have increased due to the training. On the other hand, results indicate that the training provided participants with useful entrepreneurship-related skills and knowledge. Overall, the participants entrepreneurial intentions slightly improved as a result of the training. However, the impact of these outputs on SME development was rather modest. Identified external factors which influenced the participants entrepreneurial behaviour were a lack of capital, job loss, having a family to take care of, being part of an entrepreneurial family and the existence of an entrepreneurial role model. Intrinsic characteristics were identified as the most influential in demonstrating successful entrepreneurial behaviour and SME creation. The findings of this research contribute firstly to the existing evidence base of micro-enterprise training impacts in rural Dominican Republic. In addition, the findings contribute to the literature base on applications of both Human Capital Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour in the field of entrepreneurship education.

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Childers, Kristin Anne Geers. "A Survey of the Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors in Children in a Rural City of the Dominican Republic." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64807.

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Gastrointestinal parasites impose a great and often silent burden of morbidity and mortality on poor populations in developing countries. Veron, Dominican Republic (DR), is a rural city in the southeastern corner of the country where many Dominicans and Haitians migrate to for work in support and expansion of the tourist industry of Punta Cana. Few studies of the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infections have been published in the DR. Presently, there is a high prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic infections throughout the poorest areas of the DR and Haiti. This study investigated the prevalence of GI protozoan and helminth parasites from children at the Rural Clinic of Veron during 2008. Participants provided a fecal sample that was examined microscopically for protozoan and helminth parasites using the fecal flotation technique to concentrate and isolate helminth ova and protozoan cysts. Of 108 fecal samples examined, 107 were positive for one or more parasites. Participant ages ranged from 2 to 15 years; 52 were males and 56 were females. Percent infection rates were 48.2% for Ascaris lumbricoides, 13.9% for Enterobius vermicularis, 24.1% for Entamoeba histolytica, and 22.2% for Giardia intestinalis. 9.3% had double infections. A survey of subject characteristics and risk factors was completed by each parent/guardian. Any plan to reduce GI parasites in children of this region will require a determined effort between international, national, and local health authorities combined with improved education of schools, child care providers, food handlers, and agricultural workers. A special effort must be made to reach out to immigrants and those not part of the public education system and to address microbial water quality.
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Deneulin, Séverine. "Examining Sen's capability approach to development as guiding theory for development policy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1c357bd8-5e83-48df-a748-f71745304ac1.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine to what extent Sen's freedom-centred view of development, with its existing theoretical foundations, offers sufficient theoretical insights for guiding development policies towards the enhancement of human freedoms. The theoretical part of the dissertation focuses on the three foundational building stones of Sen's freedom-centred view of development. First, the capability approach sets the evaluation space of development in the capabilities that people have reason to choose and value, but by doing so, it is argued that Sen's capability approach contains tensions between human freedom and human well-being that can be loosened by thickening this evaluation space with a substantial view of human well-being. Second, the capability approach views individual agency as central in development, but because of the socio-historical dimension of human freedom and agency, it is argued that concepts of collective capabilities and of socio-historical agency are more central in promoting human freedoms. Third, promoting human freedoms cannot be dissociated from democratic policy-making. But because the link between the two is not necessary, it is argued that the capability approach's consequentialist evaluation of human well-being will have to be thickened by a procedural evaluation which assesses the exercise of political freedom through certain normative principles of decision-making. The empirical part of the thesis illustrates these theoretical arguments through the analysis of two case studies, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The case studies particularly point to a country's socio-historical agency, or collective capability in promoting human well-being, through socio-historical narratives. These narratives assess a country's collective capability in promoting human freedoms by looking at the country's socio-historical reality, and how its members have appropriated that reality in the course of the country's history, opening up or closing down opportunities for realising policy decisions towards the removal of unfreedoms.

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Rees, Timothy John. "Agrarian society and politics in the province of Badajoz under the Spanish Second Republic, 1931-1936." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a9a57d34-b448-434e-ab32-726a19aeffea.

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This thesis analyses rural social and political conflict in the province of Badajoz (Extremadura) during the Spanish Second Republic of 1931 to 1936. It takes a broad approach to social and political change in a province typical of southern Spain, but focusses particularly on the under-explored role of powerful agrarian elites opposed to the reforms introduced by the new liberal-democratic regime. The study begins with two complementary chapters covering the period 1870-1930; they consider the evolution of the autocratic rural order presided over by the elite and discuss the growth of the challenge to agrian power from organised rural labour. In the following chapters covering in detail the period 1931 to 1936 the partial transformat ion of the rural order that accompanied the transition to the Republic, the subsequent processes of social and political struggle, and the polarisation that followed are documented. A final epilogue considers the Civil War as a rural counter-revolution that involved the resurgence of agrarian autocracy in Badajoz. The thesis draws on a wide range of primary materials, from archives and printed sources to memoirs, and utilizes the relevant secondary literature. In general the study forms part of a movement to reach a deeper understanding of social and political change during the Republic and in particular offers new perspectives on the contribution of the 'agrarian question' to the breakdown of the regime and the origins of the Civil War.

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Books on the topic "Dominican Republic – Rural conditions"

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The making of a transnational community: Migration, development, and cultural change in the Dominican Republic. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.

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Finlay, Barbara. The women of Azua: Work and family in the rural Dominican Republic. New York: Praeger, 1989.

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R, Pessar Patricia, ed. Between two islands: Dominican international migration. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

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Producing knowledge, protecting forests: Rural encounters with gender, ecotourism, and international aid in the Dominican Republic. University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007.

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Miguel, Pedro Luis San. Los campesinos del Cibao: Economía de mercado y transformación agraria en la República Dominicana, 1880-1960. San Juan, P.R: Decanato de estudios graduados e investigacion, 1997.

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Lang, James. Inside development in Latin America: A report from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

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Grasmuck, Sherri. Between two islands: Dominicaninternational migration. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

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James, Ferguson. The Dominican Republic: Beyond the lighthouse. London: Latin America Bureau, 1992.

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Williams, Oral. Inflation dynamics in the Dominican Republic. [Washington, D.C.]: International Monetary Fund, 2004.

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Pons, Frank Moya. The Dominican Republic: A national history. 2nd ed. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2010.

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Book chapters on the topic "Dominican Republic – Rural conditions"

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Ugalde, Antonio, and Nuria Homedes. "Medicines and Rural Health Services: An Experiment in the Dominican Republic." In The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries, 57–79. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2713-1_4.

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Cuevas, Eva Rodríguez, and Lorena Vieira Costa. "Income Shocks and Child Labor: Evidence for the Rural Dominican Republic." In Child Labor in the Developing World, 111–39. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3106-4_5.

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Reyes, Rolando, and Cameron Daneshvar. "Overview and prospects for financial inclusion in the Dominican Republic." In Financial Inclusion of Small Rural Producers, 141–63. UN, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/7af4de0c-en.

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Mones, Belkis, and Lydia Grant. "Agricultural Development, the Economic Crisis, and Rural Women in the Dominican Republic." In Rural Women and State Policy, 35–50. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429305184-3.

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Hung, G. Nguyen Tien, José Alfaro, Richard E. Downs, Winfred Biddier, and Russell Barbour. "Economic and Financial Conditions Bearing on Agriculture, 1960–1985." In Agriculture and Rural Development in the People’s Republic of the Congo, 16–48. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429038655-2.

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"The Foundations of Despotism: Agrarian Reform, Rural Transformation, and Peasant-State Compromise in Trujillo's Dominican Republic, I930-I944." In Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation-State, 292–335. Duke University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780822396970-012.

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Xing, Chunbing. "Human Capital and Urbanization in the People’s Republic of China." In Cities of Dragons and Elephants, 475–513. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198829225.003.0015.

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This chapter explores the relationship between human capital development and urbanization in the People’s Republic of China, highlighting the Hukou system and decentralized fiscal system. Educated workers disproportionately reside in urban areas and in large cities, and the returns to education are higher in urban areas relative to those in rural areas, and in large, educated cities relative to small, less educated cities. In addition, the external returns to education in urban areas are at least comparable to the magnitude of private returns. Rural areas are the major reservoir for urban population growth, and the more educated have a higher chance of moving to cities and obtaining urban Hukou. As for health, rural–urban migration is selective in that healthy rural residents choose to migrate. However, occupational choices and living conditions are detrimental to migrants’ health. While migration has a positive effect on migrant children, its effect on ‘left-behind’ children is unclear.

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Kulakova, Svetlana Vladimirovna. "Aspects of Sustainable Development of Rural Territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan." In Economics and Law, 22–37. Publishing house Sreda, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31483/r-97791.

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The article considers the mechanism of implementation of the concept of sustainable development of rural areas of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The author characterizes the concept of sustainable development of rural areas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, meaning their stability, socio-economic development, growth and increase in the volume of production of the agricultural industry, as well as the achievement of full employment of the rural population, and as a result, the growth of their standard of living. As a mechanism for improving the efficiency of rural areas, the author suggests considering labor resources, their employment, which is based on the population. The development of rural areas is described in stages, starting in 1991. In conclusion, the author notes that the solution to the problems of rural development is directly dependent on the effectiveness of the state policy in the field of agriculture. Therefore, today the government's attention is focused on the development of the future of the Kazakh village, the strategy of social policy and the development of infrastructure in rural areas. As the main target indicators of rural development in Kazakhstan, the author suggests improving the living conditions of the rural population in 2021 to 64% compared to the indicators of 2018–58%; improving the quality of living for 80% of the rural population in settlements that would meet modern standards of quality of life by 2030, increasing the volume of agricultural products by 2.5 times compared to the same indicators in 2017.

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Dubois, Laurent, and Richard Lee Turits. "U.S. Occupations in the Independent Caribbean." In Freedom Roots, 139–87. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653600.003.0005.

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This chapter focuses on the three largest and only independent nations of the Caribbean at the turn of the twentieth century – Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic – and their vulnerability to and struggles with a new overseas power in the region, the United States. At the time, hard-earned forms of popular land access and their defence against expanding U.S. plantations and local land owners by armed rural bands and others impeded the development of central state control over rural populations and economies, control sought by both local elites and the U.S. government and corporations. This peasant autonomy and resistance, and what U.S. leaders perceived as overall failed central states in their “backyard,” shaped long and repeated U.S. military occupations of these countries. Resistance to U.S. rule was fierce, widespread, and armed, but the U.S. military withdrew only after it established powerful national militaries and effective central states expected to be dutiful to U.S. interests. These militaries were crucial to the post-occupation rise of some of the most ruthless and long-lasting dictators in Caribbean history.

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Burgess, Katrina. "Pathways to Extraterritorial Voting." In Courting Migrants, 65–90. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197501795.003.0004.

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Chapter 4 focuses on extraterritorial voting as the most formalized channel of migrant engagement in politics back home. After a brief history of voting from abroad in Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines, it introduces three competing models for explaining voter turnout: (1) a resource model based on migrant profiles; (2) an institutional model that focuses on electoral rules; and (3) a mobilization model that highlights party outreach. Combining data from the four cases with the results of large-n quantitative analysis developed elsewhere, the chapter argues that variations in turnout cannot be explained just by migrant profiles or institutional conditions but must also take into account extraterritorial mobilization by homeland parties. It concludes that the extent and nature of this mobilization are directly and integrally linked to the objectives and strategies of states engaged in diaspora-making.

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Conference papers on the topic "Dominican Republic – Rural conditions"

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Blair, Savanna, Danford Jooste, Devyn Bryant, Christopher Ashkar, Sam Burt, Truc T. Ngo, Deanna Wolf, Katie Kuwahara, and Joanne Peterson. "Humanitarian engineering opportunities and challenges in rural dominican republic: A case study of El Cercado." In 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2016.7857356.

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HORNYÁK GREGÁŇOVÁ, Radomíra, Dana ORSZÁGHOVÁ, and Jarmila HORVÁTHOVÁ. "THE ROLE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONDITIONS OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.126.

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In addition to the infrastructure of the regions, an essential aspect of their development is their educational structure and the demographic potential according to the predominance of the age composition. The education is basic tool for acquiring expert knowledge, which affects human capital of the labor market and professional mobility and adaptability of human resources at the labor market. It is important to educate the university undergraduates for practice by using appropriate and suitable educational methods. In Slovakia the share of inhabitants with the university education is increasing. This group represents the development potential of the regions. Great possibilities consist in the training of a new generation of graduates for different fields of regional development. Therefore, the educational structure and also the active working and networking of universities with other actors in the region are important. The objective of this paper is focused on the tertiary education and study programs for the regional development. We will analyze the development of number of students at universities with regard to the individual levels of study (bachelor, engineer/master and PhD.) and study programs within the individual regions of the Slovak Republic. The evaluation of the obtained data will be made by using the methods of comparative statistics.

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Kopecký, Marek, Jaroslav Bernas, Ladislav Kolář, and Pavlína Hloucalová. "MONITORING OF ENERGY GAIN AND EROSION PROTECTION OF CORN AND TALL WHEATGRASS CROPS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.084.

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With the growing energy demand of the society and the increased requirements for ecological aspects of obtaining and utilizing energies, renewable energy sources have been getting to the forefront. In the conditions of Central Europe, transformation of biomass to biogas through anaerobic digestion appears to be promising. The article describes the results of a field experiment carried out in an experimental site of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (South Bohemia, Czech Republic). The goal of the article is to compare the conventionally grown corn (Zea mays L., hybrid Simao), the areas of which have increased considerably as a result of the development of biogas stations, and the alternative perennial grass called tall wheatgrass (Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticus cv. Szarvasi-1), which is, according to the literature, well positioned to replace corn. The harvests of the plants took place in 2013-2015, and tall wheatgrass was cut twice per season. A number of aspects – dry phytomass yield, specific methane yield and hectare methane yield – were monitored. In addition, the long-term soil loss by water erosion was calculated through the Universal Soil Loss Equation for both species of energy crops. In terms of yield parameters and methane production, better results were achieved by corn, given the average energy gain 238 GJ·ha-1 as compared to 126 GJ·ha-1 for tall wheatgrass. The protection of the soil surface from water erosion by corn appears to be insufficient and, in this criterion, it absolutely lags behind the anti-erosion abilities of tall wheatgrass, which protects soil incomparably better.

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ZIGANSHIN, Bulat, Renat ABDRAKHMANOV, Ilnar GAYAZIEV, and Zufar ZAKIROV. "CLUSTER APPROACH TO AGRICULTURE EDUCATION IN RUSSIA BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTANi." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.209.

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In modern conditions of rural development, the most important productive resource of the agrarian company is human capital. Only well-trained, receptive to innovation, adapted to the market economy, the technician can solve problems for the effective implementation of the economic activity of any enterprise. However, in recent years the problem of staffing is both a management and staff machine operators have intensified. Numbers have fallen substantially, increased the load on one specialist. Inadequate salaries and general social problems in rural areas of Russia and Republic of Tatarstan reduce the attractiveness of work for graduates of agricultural education institutions. The main purpose of this research was to develop a new conceptual approach to staffing of agro industrial complex in modern conditions. The subject of the study was the system of training personnel for agriculture of Russia (on the example Republic of Tatarstan). The main methods used in this study are comparative theoretical-methodological research of educational institution and logical analyze agricultural education in Russia. The article discusses and analyzed the positive experience of scientific and educational cluster of agro-industrial complex of Republic of Tatarstan and Kazan State Agrarian University. One of the important conditions to solve some of the problems facing agriculture of Russia today, is the modernization of the agricultural education is associated with the formation of relevant scientific, scientific-educational and scientific-production platform. The progressive development of human potential of the agricultural sector plays an important role in achieving the designated high results as the main carrier of innovative knowledge and skills, without which the introduction of modern methods and technologies in production and management of enterprises of agro-industrial complex is simply impossible. Staffing issues agriculture is of great socio-economic importance and is the most important priorities of the state policy not only at present but in the future. Identified key staffing problems of the agro industrial complex of Russia and Tatarstan. Designed and proposed a new intensive model of development of scientific-educational cluster of agro-industrial complex of Republic of Tatarstan.

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UBREŽIOVÁ, Iveta, Elena HORSKÁ, Kamila MORAVČÍKOVÁ, and Andrea UBREŽIOVÁ. "GLOCALIZATION AND LOCAL ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.081.

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The main objective of the paper is to introduce the term glocalization from economic as well as from sociological point of view and to describe the concepts of alternative economies. Companies and firms are no longer operating only in their domestic markets, but they are considered as international corporations with customers in all parts of the world. Marketing departments of these companies try to understand conditions and cultural traditions in different regions of the world, otherwise there is no chance for the company to be successful in international and even global level. Localization, as very important part of glocalization, offers us opportunity to think about alternative economic systems and to confront it with globalization. Therefore, alternative economic systems and its two basic types are described theoretically and then, we introduce their practical implementation in social reality. We point out the attention on the examples from the Slovak Republic and highlight the background of origins and problems connected with establishing of these systems. Finally, we summarize the most important facts which result from the comparison of the systems.1

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Palmer, R. C., and J. S. Simms-Cendan. "Implementing an electronic health record as an objective measure of care provider accountability for a resource-poor rural area in the Dominican Republic." In 7th International Conference on Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2012.1492.

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"ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC DEMANDS AND CONDITIONS OF RURAL STATE ROAD NETWORK IN REPUBLIC OF SERBIA." In Transport for Today's Society. Faculty of Technical Sciences Bitola, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.20544/tts2018.p26.

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NOVÁK, Petr, Jiří MAŠEK, Josef HŮLA, Lukáš BENEŠ, and Jitka KUMHÁLOVÁ. "SOIL TILLAGE FOCUSING ON THE REDUCTION OF WATER EROSION OF SOIL IN THE CULTIVATION OF SELECTED FIELD CROPS." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.015.

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Water erosion is a problem of global significance. Water erosion destroys or damages a vast expanse of usable agricultural land every year. Conditions in the Czech Republic are characterized by high average slope of the land. It is reported that approximately half of land in the Czech Republic is threatened by water erosion. Water erosion is a natural process that cannot be fully prevented. In case of agricultural land an important option is suitable tillage, which may reduce symptoms of water erosion. The problem of water erosion of agricultural land is growing in the Czech Republic, which is mainly caused by the growth of wide areas of crops (maize). This is due to expansion of biogas power plants using parts of maize silage. The aim of paper is to evaluate and assess the crop stand establishment in conditions of resistance to water erosion. For this purpose, a field experiment was set up. This experiment affects the most widely used methods of maize cultivation in Central Bohemia region. It consists of six variants of crops and technologies stand establishment and control treatment without vegetation. To determine the surface runoff and erosive wash was used measurement by runoff microplots. From processed measurement the positive impact of reduced tillage on soil resistance to water erosion results can be confirmed. The consequence is a reduction of surface runoff and especially erosive washes of soil. Impact of ground cover with organic matter is favorable, even in case of conventional tillage. The results of the experiment are directly applicable to agricultural practices. Results of the experiment were used for the legislative recommendations of appropriate technology (wide-row crops on slopes).

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KALINOWSKI, Sławomir, and Barbara KIEŁBASA. "RISK OF POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.044.

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This paper addresses the poverty risk issues in the context of sustainable development of rural areas. Empirical materials included in this paper are based on EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) partial studies, and provide a reference point for comparing the EU income distribution and social integration statistics. Poverty reduction and counteracting social exclusion are among the key Millennium Development Goals. According to studies, one in four inhabitants of EU rural areas is at risk of poverty or social exclusion. While the highest shares of at-risk population are recorded in Bulgaria (54.8%) and Romania (50.8%), the levels reported by Poland and Lithuania are also above the EU average (by 4.5 and 9.2 percentage points, respectively). At the other end of the spectrum, the risk rate in the Netherlands and Czech Republic is 12.8%. For the households, income is a factor underpinning their economic safety and, thus, their confidence. The amount of incomes affects the objective poverty levels measured with a parametric method. In the EU, persons earning no more than 60% of the national median income are assumed to be at risk of poverty. Therefore, the risk of poverty affects nearly every fifth inhabitant of EU rural areas. Poverty and social exclusion are multidimensional aspects which result in unmet needs in multiple areas: healthcare, education, housing, culture and leisure. While triggering some kind of feedback loop, insufficient incomes are both the cause and the effect of deprivation of needs. Also, they provide favorable conditions for an unsustainable development of rural areas.

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VALIEV, Ayrat, Andrey DMITRIEV, Kamil HAFIZOV, Ilgiz GALIEV, and Farida NEZHMETDINOVA. "AGRO-BIO-TECHNO PARK AS AN INNOVATIVE FACTOR OF INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS OF AGRICULTURE UNDER GLOBAL CHALLENGES." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.118.

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Today developed countries are not just talking about agriculture or agribusiness, but set a strategic goal in developing high-tech and profitable sector of the Bioeconomy as a serious alternative to traditional industries, economies and markets. Modern agriculture and worldwide growth structural change of consumption of food. This factor is directly linked with the global orientation of rural households in the world at improving the productivity of agricultural land, reduction of losses, and increase in food production. The agricultural sector focuses on the production and processing of agricultural products, storage, transportation and sales of finished products. Thus, the agricultural sector requires professionals with expertise and skills relevant to the entire production cycle. The transition to the Bioeconomy market changed the nature and conditions of agricultural workers. The article provides a rationale for the necessity of establishment of an agro-bio-techno park in the Republic of Tatarstan as an innovative factor of increasing competitiveness of agriculture in Russia under global challenges. It represents results of analysis of global challenges for development of agriculture, domestic and international experience of setting up and work of techno parks in the universities and the model of the Agro-bio-techno park establishment at the Kazan State Agrarian University.

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Truog, Susan, Emily Lawrence, Olivier Defawe, Smeldy Ramirez Rufino, and Orlando Perez Richiez. Medical Cargo Drones in Rural Dominican Republic. Inter-American Development Bank, August 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002573.

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