In Colombia, food security is a national concern, and indigenous communities of Nariño are among the most food insecure in the country.
Storms, floods, droughts and other extreme events resulting from climate change are likely to have a negative impact on water availability and quality.
Understanding an increasingly complex knowledge economy demands economic, social and environmental data from a wide range of sources.
The emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases affecting Brazil today result from complex interactions between natural and human systems.
The Mercosur Economic Research Network (Merconet) was created in 1999 to generate knowledge to inform the Mercosur regional integration process.
The potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as tools for development is increasingly being recognized at the highest political level.
Financial services are typically delivered by large banks through physical buildings with dedicated tellers.
Knowledge-based economy not only affects well developed countries but also the performance and possibilities of small economic actors positioned on less developed countries.
Chagas disease is a important vector-borne disease that constitutes a significant burden of illness among the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). More than 10 million people in the region are infected by the parasite Trypanosoma Cruzi.
Indigenous communities involved in fisheries and aquaculture are among the most food insecure in the Bolivian Amazon. Although fish could be the main source of protein, it is often not part of the local diet.