The endoderm germ layer gives rise to the epithelial lining of the respiratory and digestive tracts and their associated organs. Gastrulation and formation of the …
The main goal of this dissertation is to explore differentiated citizenships within the urban poor in India. This research is based on the assumption that …
This study examines the diplomatic relationship among the Republic of China, Peru, Paraguay, and Panama during the Cold War period. It uses ideology and pragmatism …
How do the lenders and borrowers of microfinance negotiate the often-divergent ethics of financial sustainability and locally constituted obligations of social relationships? The dissertation is …
Early in the development of Xenopus laevis tadpoles, as the animals become capable of actively navigating their environment, individual neurons in the optic tectum become …
This dissertation examines the production and circulation of policy evaluation as an instrument of democratic accountability in contemporary Mexico. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic …
Discussions around international development generally focus on whether, and why, interventions achieve their goals of improving health, political engagement or economic opportunity in poor countries. …
Nervous system wiring is accomplished by individual axons sensing a multitude of attractive and repulsive chemical cues in their environment and growing in response to …
To construct a functional nervous system, billions of neurons must form trillions of connections during embryonic and postnatal stages. Errors in the complex processes that …
Many bodies of work regarding the state of Africa in the present time are concerning whether the history of European colonialism in Africa was positive …
This dissertation examines the ways in which history affects key contemporary development outcomes through the formation of durable social and political preferences. Chapter 1 shows …
Precise computation of sensory and contextual information in the mammalian neocortex and hippocampus relies on reciprocally connected networks of excitatory glutamatergic principal cells and inhibitory …
In 2017, Panama became the wealthiest country in Latin America in terms of gross domestic product per capita based on purchasing power parity, following nearly …
Why do developing country governments support the creation of domestic multinational corporations (MNCs)? I argue that governments can use the outward foreign direct investments of …
This dissertation interrogates the evolution of the most ambitious phase of rights-based welfare expansion in post-colonial India and its effects on local governance and civic …
In recent years, social norms have attracted increasing notice in the policy realm, particularly in the field of international development. Surprisingly, given a long history …
The effects of climate change are increasingly apparent, particularly in the Global South, and urban areas face significant and unique risks. In response to these …
As climate change ravages the globe, efforts to adapt communities to climate impacts are becoming urgently needed. Bangladesh is globally recognized as a place where …
Abstract of “The Resilience Paradox: Ethical Quandaries of Humanitarian Aid in Jordan and Lebanon” by Malay Firoz, Ph.D., Brown University, October 2020. Anthropologists have argued …
The primary objective of this thesis is to spatially and temporally dissect the role of WNT1 in cerebellum (Cb) development. During embryogenesis, the Cb is …
This dissertation uses original data from Ghana to show evidence of three barriers to the productivity, growth and success of small firms. Chapter 1 explores …
Early life adversity (ELA) increases risk for negative health outcomes, with sex disparities in prevalence and form of ELA experienced and risk for neuropsychiatric pathology. …