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Exclusion, violence, and community responses in Central American cities
Why is it that urban communities characterised by similar conditions of social exclusion confront different levels of violence?
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Violence in three Latin American cities: A comparative study between Bogota, Lima, and Santiago
Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world when ranked in terms of homicides per capita. With an average of 15.5 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants, the region's homicide rate is more than double the global average.
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Social cohesion: The missing link in overcoming violence and inequality?
This study will adopt a groundbreaking approach to understanding and responding to urban violence in two cities: Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro.
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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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Understanding non-violent male identities for safe and inclusive cities
At the global level, male homicide rates are roughly double female rates for all age groups. Research has repeatedly confirmed that higher rates of criminal, violent, and delinquent behaviour among males are not biologically based.
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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.