Does anyone know a good source for the size of the informal sector by country in Asia and Latin America? [more inside]
posted by andoatnp on Sep 16, 2009 - 1 answer

My friend found this strange fruit somewhere in or around Oaxaca, Mexico. What is it?
posted by phrontist on Oct 11, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm looking for the origin of a quote attributed to Marcel Mauss for a friend. [more inside]
posted by cachondeo45 on Sep 24, 2008 - 7 answers

Recommendations for learning Spanish and Polish or Czech via CD? [more inside]
posted by desuetude on Nov 2, 2005 - 10 answers

I want to go to Latin America for a couple months (2-3), starting at the end of August/beginning of September, to learn Spanish, immersion-style. Ideally, I would stay with a host family and go to small-ish classes every day. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Jun 22, 2005 - 11 answers

I'm in school in the US- I'm interested in finding short-term programs abroad in the summer term (volunteer/intern/or other) that are fairly inexpensive. I'm also interested in doing something that stays away from a vacation-volunteering type experience. Preferably to Latin America or Asia. Any ideas/thoughts for basic resources to get started with? A lot of web searches turn up programs that are very expensive and seem to be geared at rich American youth.
posted by jare2003 on Feb 19, 2005 - 11 answers