Labor inclusion for the fair city: Digital training for young people from La Matanza
Authors:Juan M. Graña is an Economist (UBA), Doctor in Economics (UBA). Researcher at CONICET, at the Center for Studies on Population, Employment and Development (CEPED-UBA).María Belén Fodde is a Political Scientist (UBA). Master in Urban Policy, Analysis and...
COVID-19 in Real Time: Comparing the Struggle of Three Low-Income Neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires
The prestigious journal Environment & Urbanization has recently published a synthesis of the research carried out by the Observatory on Latin America with the support of Chalmers University of Gothenburg and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). The...
OLA research work presented at the 17th International Conference on Urban Health ´Transforming our Collective Urban Future: Learning from COVID-19´
Online: 6-8 July 2021 On July 7, 2021, the OLA project “COVID-19 in Real Time: Comparing the Struggle of Three Slums in Buenos Aires” was presented in the session “COVID-19, housing, and health: learning from pandemic responses from across the Americas” from the 17...
FULBRIGHT LECTURES 2021 · CITY AND INFORMATION: INFORMATION IN A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE CITIES
June 16 – 17, 2021 On June 16, Michael Cohen, co-director of the Latin American Observatory, participated in the panel “Cities in the new agenda urban: commitments and follow-up.” The conference was part of the 2021 Fulbright Lectures City and...Summary of the final report · Monitoring Processes and Outcomes in Slum Upgrading in Buenos Aires Villa 20
Summary of the february 2020 final report: Monitoring Processes and Outcomes in Slum Upgrading in Buenos Aires Villa 20 OLA Team Directors: Margarita Gutman and Michael Cohen Coordination: Lena Simet and Ileana Versace Research: María Belén Fodde, Carolina Maglioni,...
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