Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges for which open educational resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution.
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) work with a client base that is for the most part excluded from the formal banking system.
The legacy of the mining industry is destruction of land and pollution of air and water. Conventional wisdom also suggests that international mining firms will locate where environmental legislation is most lax.
Within the countries of South and North America are found some of the most diverse collections of flora and fauna in the world. Colombia alone carries over 50 thousand different plant species.
Illegal logging and trade in timber is a major cause of forest degradation in the world today.
The international community faces no more critical issue currently than how to protect people caught in new and large-scale humanitarian crises — humanitarian intervention has been controversial both when it has happened, as in Kosovo, and when it
The research contained in this book is designed to foster discussion about the policies and actions that must be promoted for building an Internet culture in Latin America and the Caribbean based on the principles of social and cultural equity.
Fish species that migrate within the great rivers of South America support important local fisheries but are little known outside their native range.
This book brings together very insightful analyses of indigenous experience and strategies in the context of globalization from several continents and a number of theoretical perspectives.
Is Latin America moving toward a new generation of pro-poor land reforms? What are the real openings and constraints with regard to such policies at the local, national, and international levels?