Overseas Development Institute - Latin America

Blog - Amor Serrano

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:23:00 PDT

Evo Morales has jumped over yet another hurdle this weekend. He has managed to secure a new vote of confidence from among the social movements and grassroots that constitute the loose coalition that is his political platform. This backing is what he needs to further advance his drive to transform Bolivia into a socialist state. But this is also an unfortunate step further into a vicious cycle of ideological polarisation from which, Latin American history says, one can only leave through violence...

ODI in the media - The New Statesman: read Enrique Mendizabal's article on remittances to Latin America and the potential to create a brain gain

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Blog - Lessons from Latin America: Donors, democracy and development

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:51:00 PDT

Latin America is a laboratory of democratic governance and experimentation. As such, it is an important learning ground for other regions in the developing world. The challenge for donors is how to work with these weak democracies to harness their representative nature and their developmental potential. This means having to develop a deeper understanding of the political economy and context of the settings in which they are involved....(

Blog - Tackling inequality in Latin America: A report from the Organization of American States Private Sector Forum

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:13:00 PDT

While the Peruvian government has been busy figuring out how to talk about inequality and bold redistributive policies without scaring local and foreign investors and markets, the corporate sector has leap frogged them and is now – unlike the government – ready for radical policies. ...(read more)...

ODI event - The Politics of the Budget Process in Latin America: Policy lessons for other countries

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:00:00 PDT

ODI on... - Latin America

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Despite political and economic reforms, Latin America remains the most unequal region in the world. Deep-rooted poverty is a persistent challenge, while the quality of democratic governance and accountability is uneven and problematic across the region.

Our work on Latin America assists policy-makers, donors, and civil society, in resolving these issues. We look at what can be learnt from Latin America's successes and failures over the past few decades to help poverty alleviation efforts in the rest of the developing world. All of this work builds on our strong track record in Latin America.