A national system of innovation can be defined as "the elements and relationships, which interact in the diffusion, production and use of new and economically useful knowledge ...
This grant will support a study of the factors (aspects, instruments, sectors and mechanisms) influencing the design and coordination of regional innovation policies by Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Psychosocial trauma resulting from the Colombian armed conflict constitutes a pressing social and mental health issue that requires immediate attention.
Latin America urgently needs policies that promote economic growth, social inclusion and sound environmental governance.
Violence against women continues to be a significant obstacle to equitable, human development in Latin America.
IDRC has provided two phases of support to OSILAC, the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (101849 and 102830).
The member countries of the Network for Health Systems and Services Research in the Southern Cone (Rede) have considerably segmented and fragmented systems of healthcare provision.
In 2006, the city of Bogotá and the department of Antioquía registered 60 (64 per 100 000 live births) and 59 (63.6 per 100 000 live births) maternal deaths, respectively.
Governance of aquatic resources continues to be a major problem in most parts of the world. More than 50 million people are highly dependent on aquatic resources that continue to be degraded and governed in an unsustainable way.
Horticultural production in mid-altitude Andean valleys uses substantial amounts of highly hazardous and mutagenic pesticides. But, it is a growing source of income for farm families and fresh vegetables for metropolitan markets.