There are currently 59 projects in South America, sorted alphabetically
STS.449/HST.934J Introduction to Global Medicine: Bioscience, Technologies, Disparities, Strategies
Exploration of basic themes in social medicine via a specific examination of issues in global medicine. The course takes as its challenge to understand new paradigms for global health that…more
The AGS Energy Pathways Flagship Program: Near-Term Pathways to a Sustainable Energy Future
To reduce the increasingly serious threat of climate change, the work must urgently address the huge challenge of substantially reducing emission of CO(2). To meet this challenge will require a…more
The Emergence of an Indigenous Rights Movement in the Vaupes, Colombia
Archival investigation and interviewing of native leaders and church and government officials about the rise of a local indigenist movement from the early 1970s to the present in the Vaupes…more
The Impact of Deforestation on the Regional Climate of the Amazon Basin
The objective of the research in this project is to evaluate the impact on regional climate and surface hydrology due to the expansion of current patterns of deforestation in Brazilian…more
The International Faculty Fellows Program
Every semester, faculty from Chinese, Korean, and Mexican universities come to MIT Sloan to immerse themselves in the core subjects and electives they teach at their respective schools. They…more
The MIT/IDRP Projects in Brazil
The most recent of four MIT/Brazil projects-Rethinking Regional Development Policy (1997-2001)-focused on four important sectors (garments, textiles, shoes, fruit exports) in Northeast…more
The Renewal of Research Universities: Building Capacities for Technological Innovation
In an effort to contribute to the strengthening of higher education in Colombia, the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS) at MIT hosted the first Institutional Leadership…more
The State and Development Policy
This project revolves around historical examination of the relations between city and countryside in the history and politics of development in Latin America and East Asia. Among the…more
Understanding the Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility in Communities: The Case of the Tintaya
Environmental conflicts around resource extraction in the developing world disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities. In South America, indigenous peoples are among the…more
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