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  • Research in Action
    Gender Civil society Justice and security Peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and reconciliation

    Research tracks growing violence against women in Central America

    Violence against women and female homicides or femicide, is escalating across Central America.  And despite the efforts of women’s organizations, human rights groups, regional governments, and civil society to stem these crimes, incidents of violence against women remain vastly underreported. Under many legal systems in the region, official records often do not distinguish such crimes as gender-based violence or femicide.
    Published date
    Monday, August 20, 2012 - 14:00
  • Research in Action
    Economics Private sector development Poverty Gender

    Balancing competitiveness and equity in the garment industry

    A new study comparing the garment-export industries in Honduras and Nicaragua challenges the conventional wisdom that competing on the basis of cheap labour is the only option for poor garment-producing countries.
    Published date
    Monday, August 20, 2012 - 13:30
  • Research in Action
    WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT Gender

    Supporting leaders to enhance women's empowerment in Latin America

    Three years ago, Susana Martinez-Restrepo, a young Colombian researcher finishing her PhD studies, was invited to join and coordinate a regional project titled: Beyond Social Protection: Labour Markets, Entrepreneurship, and Gender Equality. Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the project uses evidence to enhance the impact of social protection programs for the most vulnerable, and in particular, women.
    Published date
    Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 10:00
  • Research in Action
    Climate change Environment Water

    Balancing trade-offs for wastewater treatment in Mexico City

    Wastewater treatment is a serious issue in Mexico City due to its large population, heavy water use, and inadequate wastewater infrastructure. Researchers supported by IDRC have published a paper where they compare the social and environmental impacts of the technology used in wastewater treatment plants in Mexico City.
    Published date
    Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 10:30
  • Research in Action
    Climate change Natural disasters Water

    Adapting to Climate Change in Peru's Mantaro Valley

    The Mantaro Valley in central Peru is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, and frost. According to recent projections, this vulnerability will increase in coming years due to climate change.
    Published date
    Friday, September 14, 2012 - 11:30
  • Research in Action
    Governance Health systems

    New insights into “catastrophic” expenditure in Latin America and the Caribbean

    As of 2012, Mexico is well on the road to universal health coverage. In less than a decade, thanks to Seguro Popular, a national health insurance program introduced in 2003, every Mexican is now covered by a public insurance scheme. The program offers health services and financial protection to over 50 million Mexicans who were previously uninsured.
    Published date
    Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 11:30
  • Research in Action
    Climate change Water Natural disasters Economic and social development

    Understanding how emergencies affect internal migration in Costa Rica

    Research shows that weather-related emergencies, such as floods, significantly increase internal migration in Costa Rica. An increase of one hydro-meteorological emergency raises migration rates between 0.7 and 0.11 percentage points. Therefore, migration can be a potential adaptation strategy when faced with weather-related emergencies, with people moving to less vulnerable places.
    Published date
    Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 14:30
  • Research in Action
    Labour markets Poverty

    Influencing parliamentary debate on labour policy in Uruguay

    The IDRC-supported “Labour markets for inclusive growth” project, coordinated by the Centre for Distributive Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) at Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, is generating rigorous and policy-relevant evidence on how labour markets and social protection work in Latin America — and what that means for growth and inclusion.
    Published date
    Monday, August 19, 2013 - 09:00
  • Research in Action
    Environment Governance

    Creating sustainable campuses: Sharing knowledge between Canada and Mexico

    One important challenge facing post-secondary institutions today is how to transform themselves into agents of sustainability. In the last decade, a number of initiatives in Canada set out strategies and forums to share experiences and best practices and to advance teaching and research for social and environmental sustainability. But few of these provided an opportunity to engage with institutions in developing countries.
    Published date
    Friday, May 23, 2014 - 15:30

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