By Agustina Calatayud. What do air traffic and the financial crisis of 2008 have in common with the human brain and the 2015 Ebola epidemic? Can Complexity Science offer us effective solutions to these problems and others? Recent international events suggest we are living in a time of growing turbulence. Just to mention a few: the 2008 financial crisis and … [Read more...] about Can Complexity Science assist effective development?
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Protecting the Mesoamerican Lung
by Joseph Milewski* After decades of abuse in Guatemalan jungle, the IDB launched a program compatible with the conservation of the Maya Biosphere Reserve. It develops alternative activities for the inhabitants in the fields of agriculture, tourism, environment and culture. In Guatemala, the deafening chatter of macaws and guttural shrieks of monkeys are but two of … [Read more...] about Protecting the Mesoamerican Lung
Knowledge without borders
by Joaquim Tres Training and reducing trade costs improve regional integration and competitiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean. Truck driver Eduardo Escobar regularly drives his containers across the border between El Salvador and Honduras at the El Amatillo crossing. Just like him, 200 truck drivers cross the border each day. But while carrying out the … [Read more...] about Knowledge without borders
The 2013 Development Effectiveness top 5 blog posts
In 2013, we published 48 blog posts and had over approximately 36,000 visitors to our parallel sites in English and Español (Thanks!!). These are the top 5 posts by readership in English: The Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean Shelter from the storm Five steps you need in education evaluation Go to school, but only if it is a good … [Read more...] about The 2013 Development Effectiveness top 5 blog posts
A road, a market, a challenge
By: France Francois When most people hear the term “market” they picture an orderly scene with vendors perched at their stalls, selling goods to potential clients casually strolling by. The colorful scene at Marché de Poteau (Poteau Market) outside of Gonaïves in central Haiti immediately challenged that notion for the participants of the Fourth Annual Involuntary … [Read more...] about A road, a market, a challenge