Suchergebnisse

"Horace Poolaw (Kiowa, 1906-84) was born during a time of great change for his American Indian people as they balanced age-old traditions with the influences of mainstream America. A rare American Indian photographer who documented Indian subjects, Poolaw began making a visual history in the mid-1920s and continued for the next fifty years. When he sold his photos, he often stamped the reverse: 'A Poolaw Photo, Pictures by an Indian, Horace M. Poolaw, Anadarko, Okla.' Not simply by 'an Indian,' but a Kiowa man strongly rooted in his multi-tribal community, Poolaw's work celebrates his subjects' place in American life and preserves an insider's perspective on a world few outsiders are familiar with--the Native America of the southern plains during the mid-twentieth century. [This book] is based on the Poolaw Photography Project, a research initiative established by Poolaw's daughter Linda in 1989 at Stanford University and carried on by Native scholars Nancy Marie Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache) and Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison"--

a report of the CSIS Americas program

Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. Many cities in the region also show high average family incomes for developing world standards. However, despite these accomplishments, many of the region's inhabitants are still poorly housed. Of the 124 million families living in the region's cities, five million rely on another family for shelter; three million live in houses that are beyond repair; and a remaining 31 million live in houses that lack either title, water, sewerage, adequate flooring, or sufficient space. Most of these dwellings and many more otherwise satisfactory homes are located in neighborhoods that lack many basic urban amenities. This book looks at both the determinants and consequences of these poor housing outcomes. Housing and neighborhood conditions strongly influence health, nutrition, education, and environmental outcomes, along with access to economic opportunities and vulnerability to social ills. The book examines, with new data sources and rigorous analytical methods presented in an accessible way, the three main related factors usually identified as key determinants of the region's poor housing outcomes: high housing prices relative to family income, lack of access to mortgage credit, and high land prices. The book also looks at the role of government policies and regulations as well as public housing programs, both at the local and federal level, in shaping housing outcomes in the region.

Foreword / Joseph S.Tulchin and Luis Bitencourt -- Preface / Fernando González Guyer -- The MERCOSUR and the Creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas / Fernando Lorenzo and Marcel Vaillant -- Negotiations of the MERCOSUR with the FTAA and the US / Fernando Lorenzo and Rosa Osimani -- MERCOSUR FTAA Trade: Evolution and Perspectives / Rosa Osimani -- Integration of the Americas: Welfare Effects and Options for the MERCOSUR / Silvia Laens and Inés Terra -- Winners and Losers of a Free Trade Area between USA and MERCOSUR Countries / Marcel Vaillant and Alvaro Ons -- The Sectoral Impact of an Integration Agreement Between MERCOSUR and NAFTA: The Case of the Petrochemical Industry / Gastón Rossi -- The Sectoral Impact of an Integration Agreement Between MERCOSUR and NAFTA: The Case of Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ) / Paulo Fracalanza,Adriana Nunes Ferreira and Marcos Fava Neves -- GATS Commitments and Policy Issues of MERCOSUR and NAFTA Countries / Julio Berlinski -- Negotiating the FTAA between the Main Players: USA and MERCOSUR / Fernando Masi and Carol Wise -- FTAA: Assessments and Perceptions of the Brazilian Government and Production Sectors / João Bosco Mesquita Machado and Galeno Ferraz.

This volume of the Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights covers the year 1995, and contains all the documents and information (in English and Spanish) concerning the activities of the Organization of American States in the field of the promotion and protection of human rights. Like its predecessors, this Yearbook aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the functions and activities of the organs of the Inter-American system for the protection of Human Rights