This project seeks to examine the links between women's economic empowerment, women's paid work, and their unpaid care responsibilities.
What limits women's ability to become financially self-sufficient from an early age in Africa?
Private investors and philanthropic agencies are increasingly investing in firms and social enterprises that provide socially valued goods and services.
Six out of ten Central American women on their way through Mexico are victims of sexual violence, according to reports from Amnesty International.
This project will support the building of leaders of today and tomorrow in West Africa, a region where capacity for economic research and management remains very limited.
Mexico and Central America's Northern Triangle, which covers El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, are facing a deep public security crisis. Homicide rates are among the highest globally.
This project will train up to 36 emerging climate change leaders in the field of adaptation finance, which funds efforts to adapt to climate change impacts.
Livestock production is a critical industry in Africa, but suffers large losses to preventable viral infections. This project aims to curb the problem.
Some 40% of Zimbabwe's 12 million inhabitants live in cities. This number is expected to grow at a rate of approximately 4% per year. The population of Harare, Zimbabwe's largest city has grown four-fold in the past 30 years.
In eastern and southern Africa, most yogurt production is carried out by industries using large-scale fermentation technologies to target urban consumers.