Contextualizing Openness offers a fascinating look at Open Science and the democratization of knowledge in international development and social transformation with a focus on the Global South.
Scaling Impact introduces a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation.
Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interact with poverty and inequalities.
This book explores the place of poor people within a rich variety of value chains, focusing upon lagging, rural regions in Africa and Asia, and how they can “upgrade” within such chains.
The author, Hamadou Konate is a native of Mali and a philosopher and medical anthropologist. He has participated in numerous studies (often as research director) on primary healthcare and children at risk in West and Central Africa.
Within the countries of South and North America are found some of the most diverse collections of flora and fauna in the world. Colombia alone carries over 50 thousand different plant species.
The Caribbean Sea is the second largest sea in the world, including more than 30 insular and continental countries with an approximate population of 35 million.
With the fertilizer bean, cowardly land becomes brave.
— Teodoro Reyes, La Danta, Honduras
Freshwater infestation by the water hyacinth weed has reached crisis proportions in many areas of Africa and the Middle East. Accumulated environmental, economic, and social damages to date are estimated in the billions of dollars.