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LACA1503V Health of Hispaniola

1. Compare and contrast the Dominican Republic and Haiti to identify factors which have resulted in divergent health outcomes; 2. Use this understanding to develop a model of health determinants to apply to other developing countries.

Databases

World Development Indicators
National, regional, and global socio-economic data and time series from the World Bank, current

Current; published by the World Bank, WDI contains statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2003 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

Books

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean

Statistical abstract of Latin America

International historical statistics: the Americas 1750-1988

Links

Caribbean Sea Migration Collection: Materials related to Cuban, Dominican and Haitian maritime migration from 1965-1996, including camps at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 1991-1996.

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (Dominican Republic)

Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (Haiti)

UNICEF - At a glance: Dominican Republic - Statistics

UNICEF - At a glance: Haiti - Statistics

IEA Energy Statistics - For Dominican Republic

IEA Energy Statistics - For Haiti

International Labour Organization

Hispanic Population of the United States 2012