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Women in the Egyptian Parliament: A Different Agenda?
Women in Egypt achieved a historic increase in their legislative representation in 2015, securing 14.9 percent of seats in parliament. In this brief, Cairo University professor Mazen Hassan analyzes transcripts of parliamentary sessions to determine whether this increase in female parliamentarians had a noticeable impact on Egypt’s legislative agenda.
Mazen Hassan September 2, 2018
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Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
Increasing the Number of Women in Latin American Politics
Rice faculty scholar Leslie Schwindt-Bayer shares key findings from a recently published book she edited, “Gender and Representation in Latin America," which examines the factors that help increase women’s political presence in Latin American governments.
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer April 4, 2018
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Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
Emerging Latin American Multinational Firms: Outward Foreign Direct Investment in the Pacific Alliance Countries
The landscape is changing for foreign direct investment in Latin America. Investments flow not only from north to south, but also from south to south and south to north. What's more, relatively small firms in developing countries are becoming as likely as multinationals to invest abroad.
Roberto Echandi, Yago Aranda, Daniela Gomez-Altamirano June 27, 2017