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Open Data for Public Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Understanding an increasingly complex knowledge economy demands economic, social and environmental data from a wide range of sources.
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Strategies to Improve the Quality of Health Care - Learning from Experiences in Uruguay and Chile
Improving access to primary health care and the quality of services in Latin American countries is urgently needed to address high health inequities in the region.
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Tobacco Taxes and Tobacco Control Policies in Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay
Tobacco use in many Latin American countries is high among boys, girls, men, and women.
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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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Safe and Inclusive Cities: Research to Reduce Urban Violence, Poverty, and Inequalities
The world became predominantly urban in 2007. Urbanization brings with it possibilities of improved access to jobs, goods, and services for poor people in developing countries.
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Supporting Research Activities through the Think Tank Initiative-End of Phase 1 Opportunity Fund
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
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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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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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Partnership in Opportunities for Employment through Technologies in the Americas (POETA) : Eastern Caribbean Initiative
The small island states of the Eastern Caribbean suffer from high youth unemployment.