We review demographic and sociological literature on family dynamics in Latin America and
the Caribbean (LAC) and systematize major trends in union formation and fertility in recent …

Informality: Exit and Exclusion analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes
and reasons for and implications of its growth. The authors use two distinct but …

A birth certificate is essential to exercising citizenship, yet vast numbers of poor people in
developing countries have no official record of their existence. Few academic studies …

This paper looks at the association between the Colombian Armed Internal Conflict (AIC)
and fertility for women in the first decade of the 21st century when the conflict underwent a …

Legal identity is universal, transcending national and socioeconomic borders. It is a central
tenet of the UN's 2030 SDGs and cuts across over 70 development indicators, including birth …

Identity documentation is essential to secure the rights, benefits, and services that modern
states provide. Historically, significant numbers of poor Brazilians lacked core documents …

Having a birth certificate is a stepping stone to acquiring an array of rights and benefits,
including other documents necessary to navigate in and outside of one's home country …

Background It is a recognized child right to acquire a name and a nationality, and birth
registration may be necessary to allow access to services, but the level of birth registration is …

Birth registration imposes major challenges in developing countries, with importance to
rights, health and all levels of development. Despite targeted initiatives, often with focus on …

Objectives Vital statistics generated by the Civil Registration System (CRS) are essential for
developing healthcare interventions at all administrative levels. Bihar had one of the lowest …