During the 2000s in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1.4 million people lost their lives as a result of violent crime. Cities across the region are at the epicentre of a regional security crisis.
The Think Tank Initiative’s (TTI) Phase 2 capacity development strategy focuses on strengthening policy research institutions to ensure long-term organizational sustainability.
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 funding will strengthen Foro Social de Deuda Externa y Desarrollo de Honduras' (FOSDEH) role as a credible public policy institution in Honduras by improving its ability to provide high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant research.
Violent crime rates threaten political and social stability, and trust in democracy, in Central American and Caribbean societies.
The aim of this project is to prevent violence and increase resilience among individuals and communities in El Salvador and Nicaragua by contributing to more informed, effective, and participatory interventions.
Women's increased participation in Latin America's labour markets has been one of the most significant changes to those markets in the last 30 years. Still, their participation is well below men's, and the rate of increase is slowing down.
In Central America, nearly 24,000 community-based organizations supply drinking water to rural and peri-urban residents.