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Making Democracy Count: A Southern Perspective
For almost a decade, Latin American citizens have been showing increasing levels of disaffection for their institutions, politics, and political elites.
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Promoting Human Rights and Justice from the Perspective of the Global South
As the economic and political clout of new and emerging powers such as China, India, and Brazil grow, locally grounded institutions in the Global South are joining efforts to ensure human rights, promote justice, and combat impunity.
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Promoting Innovation in the Services Sector: Toward Productivity and Competitiveness
The services sector is increasingly important to the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, but productivity remains relatively low.
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Can Inclusive Growth Also Be Green?
Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a period of sustained economic growth rooted in improvements in productivity and high international prices for natural resources.
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Fostering Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean
The Caribbean is a diverse group of countries, both culturally and economically. Most of them, however, face daunting development challenges, including pervasive crime, unemployment and an underdeveloped formal (private) sector.
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Youth Violence and Organized Crime in Jamaica : Causes and Counter-Measures
This grant will allow the Institute for Criminal Justice and Security (ICJS) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to characterize the nature of the relationship between youth gangs and organized crime in Jamaica.
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Analytical Support to African and Caribbean Trade Negotiations - Phase III
International Lawyers and Economists against Poverty (ILEAP) is an initiative that aims to help African and Caribbean countries derive full benefit from integration into the global economy.
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Exploring Women's Understanding of Politics, Political Contestation and Gender Transformation in the Caribbean
IDRC's Democratic Governance, Women's Rights and Gender Equality initiative is supporting a body of comparative research on whether and how democratic processes and institutions are responding to women's rights and gender equality.
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Building a Vision for the Transition in Syria
The development of civil society institutions in Syria has been largely controlled by the governing regime, never reaching the level of inclusion, participation, and pluralism needed to achieve an open and democratic society.
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Joint Management of Transboundary Watersheds : Promoting Peace and Collaboration
Equitable access to and efficient management of water is critical for sustainable development, ecosystem protection, and social and political stability.