This dissertation demonstrates how a transnational conception of poor people as 'backwards' and culturally distinct emerged from the nexus of intellectuals, activists, and administrators who …
Making decisions often requires quick and intuitive assessments of the likelihood of unobserved events. People make such judgments with little effort, quickly and systematically. The …
This dissertation explores transformations in citizenship among indigenous people in Guatemala. It investigates how and why decentralization has responded to indigenous activists’ demands for reconfiguring …
Abstract of Development and Evolution of Scyphomedusae, by Rebecca R. Helm, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2016. Scyphozoan jellyfish are important members of marine ecosystems. Jellyfish, …
The thalamus is essential for normal brain function. The thalamus is widely interconnected with other brain areas, and is best known for relaying sensory information …
Many policymakers assume that citizen participation in development policy will empower individuals and communities by both increasing the control they have over policies that affect …
For non-white South Africans, the implications of apartheid reached well beyond racial segregation. Racial disparities were also embedded in the allocation of public investment across …
I investigate the economic consequences of travel costs in a conflicted and developing country setting, and advance the application of nighttime lights satellite imagery for …
Chapter 1 analyzes the impact of migration on long-run economic development. In particular, I study the European migration to Argentina in the late nineteenth century. …
Much of the current development literature on small and micro enterprises (SMEs) is focused on how small enterprise owners expand their businesses and which factors …
During Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s nearly fifteen years in office, he was both celebrated as a revolutionary hero and vilified as an autocratic populist. The …
Vital to the function of any organ system is the proper specification and distribution of cell types during development. This is especially true for the …
Breast cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in U.S. women. The studies presented in this …
This dissertation examines the politics of race and urban space in Boston’s Chinatown from 1943 to 1994. A diverse downtown neighborhood that survived multiple cycles …
Understanding how heterogenous subtypes of neurons in the brain are established during embryogenesis is a vital endeavor in modern neuroscience. In terms of development, a …
This dissertation demonstrates that discourses about the middle class and the practices of the middle class fostered fast-growing, orderly market economies in South Korea and …
Large hydroelectric dams have well-documented negative impacts, particularly on marginalized communities and the natural environment. Nevertheless, Brazil continues to construct dams in an effort to …
Developmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) constitute a growing part of the associational landscape in the Global South, sparking debates about their contributions to development and democracy. …
