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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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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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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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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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Innovations in E-government in the Americas
Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), democracies suffer from a variety of interrelated deficits, including bureaucratic inefficiency, poor service provision and limited citizen engagement.
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Home Politics Abroad : Role of Lebanese Diaspora in Conflict, Peacebuilding and Democratic Development
Fifteen years of civil war and subsequent political and economic instability have forced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens to emigrate to countries around the world.
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Gender, Sexual Culture and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
Young women are believed to be the most vulnerable group in the spread and transmission of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean.