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A globe sits on a desk.
Global Christianity and the Control of Its Neglected Tropical Diseases
Today, neglected tropical diseases represent some of the most common afflictions of global Christianity. Through NTDs, a renewed dialogue with faith-based organizations that work in developing countries and elements of the hierarchy of the Christian church could make an important difference in global Christianity and the lives of the world's poorest people.
Peter J. Hotez November 20, 2014
Globe showing Americas
Latin America Initiative | Journal
¿Reforma Política: Última Oportunidad? Ya No y Todavía No
The emphasis is on the deterioration of the participation of the political institutions and politicians before the citizenry in Costa Rica, which shows a process of exhaustion, loss of legitimacy of institutions and actors. This process goes back a few decades and shows no sign, in the short term, of the emergence of new structures in the political system. This paper systematizes the morphology of exhaustion and identifies the trends in which the reform can be based. Such reform should be based on constitutional engineering and should support the political reform process from the tendencies of change that are expressed in the political system. Published in Revista Derecho Electoral, December 2013. In Spanish only.
Constantino Urcuyo July 2, 2013
Flags
Latin America Initiative | Journal
From the G-20 to a Global Economic Coordination Council
This article reviews the achievements and limitations of the G-20, analyzes the legitimacy issues that the group faces, and presents the basis of a proposal to create a Global Economic Coordination Council.
José Antonio Ocampo, Joseph E. Stiglitz January 25, 2012
Global market trends chart
Latin America Initiative | Journal
Global Economic Prospects and the Developing World
A large group of developing countries did relatively well during the Great Recession, thanks to the broader room for countercyclical macroeconomic policies, and the world economy will continue to be more dependent on the developing world than any we have known in history.
José Antonio Ocampo January 5, 2011
Many oil pumps at work in a field.
The Political Economy of Oil Production in Latin America
The 1990s witnessed a significant increase in investments in the oil and gas sector in Latin America. Recently, however, the region has experienced a new wave of resource nationalism, with increases in the government's take and state control. This recent trend is largely the outcome of the rise in the international oil price.
Osmel Manzano, Francisco J. Monaldi November 18, 2008
Global connections span the continents; focus on the Americas
Latin America Initiative | Journal
De Populismos, Rupturismo e Izquierdas
This article attempts to explain the so-called turn to the left of several Latin American political systems. There are several "lefts" involved based upon their ideological definitions and their different sociopolitical origins.
Constantino Urcuyo January 1, 2008