An overview of the causes and consequences of the global financial crisis that hit the world in 2008, last updated September 30, 2010.

THIRD WORLD TRAVELER is an archive of articles and book excerpts that seek to tell the truth about the state of American democracy, media, and foreign policy, and

The IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies have led to a spiraling race to the bottom for the developing countries that have followed their prescriptions

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Romance languages are predominant. The term originated in 19th century France to consider

WORLD MAP Map of all countries and territories throughout the world with active Zika virus transmission.

Latin America and the Caribbean. Many Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations have experienced monumental growth and change in the past several decades, and USAID

The Initiative for Policy Dialogue helps developing and transition countries explore economic policy alternatives and enable the widest possible civic participation

The U.S. stands almost entirely alone among developed nations that lack universal health care. (Wikimedia) As excited as American liberals and proponents of expanding

a/ The designation sub-Saharan Africa is commonly used to indicate all of Africa except northern Africa, with the Sudan included in sub-Saharan Africa.

In a phase 3 efficacy trial of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in five Latin American countries where dengue is endemic, we randomly assigned healthy ren between