Most countries in Latin America increased their agricultural production by 20%-50% between 1995 and 2005 (Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO 2009).
The small island states of the Eastern Caribbean suffer from high youth unemployment.
IDRC is currently supporting two projects associated with the Caribbean Knowledge Economy (CKE) initiative.
Nurses are the largest single group of health professionals who influence the quality of care in the health services.
Punto J, funded under project 103077-Phase I, enables young people to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to create awareness of, and promote leadership and participation in, the battle against HIV/AIDS.
The Latin American Schoolnets (REDAL) network and the Latin American Education Portals Network (RELPE) have made a substantive contribution to understanding the use and incorporation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in educatio
The Regional Dialogue on the Information Society Network (Red de Diálogo Regional sobre la Sociedad de la Información - REDIS/DIRSI) is a multidisciplinary network that supports effective participation in the information society by poor and margin