As 2015 approaches, the international community is critically assessing the delivery of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were established in 2000.
Although it represents 10% of the world's population, Latin America produces only 2.3% of global scientific knowledge.
The Think Tank Initiative (TTI) and the Think Tank Fund (TTF) are partnering to support peer exchanges between think tanks in regions where the programs are active: Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe (the former Sovi
This project funding will support two Think Tank Initiative (TTI) grantee institutions in their efforts to achieve their long-term organizational goals in Latin America: the Instituto Desarrollo, Participación y Ciudadanía (Instituto Desarrollo) a
Across Africa, postharvest losses along the food chain from farm to fork jeopardize the food security of resource-poor farmers.
Honduras has one of the highest rates of food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean (just behind Haiti and Nicaragua).
Equitable access to and efficient management of water is critical for sustainable development, ecosystem protection, and social and political stability.
Latin America urgently needs policies that promote economic growth, social inclusion and sound environmental governance.
Local practices pertaining to biodiversity conservation, crop improvement and natural resource management are under stress.
Existing intellectual property regimes protect individual rights for the purpose of commercial gain, but are often unsuitable for protecting the collective heritage of indigenous and local communities whose livelihoods rely on access to biodiversi