What policies are effective in reducing ethnic-racial gaps? How can we prevent and discourage unequal treatment based on race and ethnicity? What challenges do institutions face in closing the gaps experienced by Afro-descendants and Indigenous Peoples? GDLab's new call for research proposals aims to generate academic studies that provide solid evidence to answer these … [Read more...] about A Call to Close Racial and Ethnic Gaps
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Five Ways to Integrate Indigenous Identity into International Development Projects
"From there" - that's what the first part of the word "Indigenous" means. The suffix "genus" means "born" or "originated." In essence, this term, derived from Latin, means "originated from there." The origins, the "from there" of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean, are diverse. There are more than 800 cultures present in the region. This "from there" … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Integrate Indigenous Identity into International Development Projects
Ethno-engineering: Designing Infrastructure Through Ethnic Diversity
Indigenous people in rural areas of Latin America face significant gaps in access to energy, water and sanitation services, transportation, health, and education services, among others. In twelve countries in our region: The access of indigenous peoples to sanitation services is 18% lower than that of non-indigenous peoples. 41% of rural indigenous people do not have … [Read more...] about Ethno-engineering: Designing Infrastructure Through Ethnic Diversity
Equity and transparency in vaccine distribution
Faced with the most serious health crisis that the region has experienced in years, it is natural that we all have good reasons for wanting to be vaccinated and protected against COVID-19. Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that was reeling from social protests before the advent of COVID-19, has seen disparities aggravated by the pandemic, with the adverse effects of … [Read more...] about Equity and transparency in vaccine distribution
The 2020 Pandemic: The Need for Urgent, Culturally Appropriate Responses for Indigenous Peoples
COVID-19 disproportionately affects indigenous peoples. This presents a major health challenge requiring immediate responses that account for indigenous peoples’ diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. In Latin America, nearly 53 million people of the more than 700 indigenous groups face a myriad of preexisting adverse conditions, such as high levels of poverty and other … [Read more...] about The 2020 Pandemic: The Need for Urgent, Culturally Appropriate Responses for Indigenous Peoples