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Amazonian indigenous peoples face mounting pressures over their territories, livelihoods, and cultural survival, and they face the threat of new epidemics emerging from human-animal-environment interactions.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, as elsewhere, low-income and marginalized communities have seen their vulnerability exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Latin America, the increased release of open government data aims to strengthen the transparency and accountability of governments, build new business opportunities, and improve services for citizens.

Little is known about the behavioural and environmental risk factors of COVID-19 because of a lack of high-quality epidemiological data.

This project aims to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national economies and determine the effectiveness of current and potential policy responses in 11 developing countries around the world.

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic highlights the critical need for a diverse diagnostics strategy.

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the livelihoods and food security of millions of people.

The COVID-19 pandemic and confinement are causing severe disruption to labour markets and food security in Latin America, exacerbating structural labour market challenges such as informality, inequality, and low productivity.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school closures and disruptions affecting 1.

COVID-19 has exposed the multidimensional connections between economic forces, public policies, and social inequalities.

In Ecuador, rural people, and particularly rural Indigenous people, are disproportionately affected by nutrient inadequacies, obesity, and overweight.

Throughout the developing world, young men and women are facing high unemployment and experiencing strong feelings of dissatisfaction with quality of life amid weak governance and institutions, increased political instability, and growing state authoritarianism.

Throughout the developing world, young men and women face high unemployment coupled with strong feelings of dissatisfaction with their quality of life in contexts of weak governance and institutions, increased political instability, and growing state authoritarianism — factors that render societies vulnerable and play a role in radicalization.

The Think Tank Initiative’s (TTI) Phase 2 capacity development strategy focuses on strengthening policy research institutions to ensure long-term organizational sustainability.

Since its detection in Brazil in May 2015, the Zika virus has spread rapidly throughout the geographical range occupied by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

In Latin America, an estimated eight in ten people live in cities.

This innovative project will address the problem of rising obesity and overweight rates in Ecuador through a civil society-led marketing campaign on responsible food consumption.

This funding will enhance Grupo FARO's role as a credible public policy institution in Ecuador by strengthening its ability to provide high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant research.