by martin | Nov 3, 2022 | Books, Evaluation of Neighborhood Improvement, Habitat in Debt, News, Publications and Media, SDG and NUA in Buenos Aires
On September 29th, 2022, OLA hosted the book launch of Lena Simet’s book Cities and Economic Inequality in Latin America, Intra-Urban Inequality in Argentina, published by Routledge in 2022. Lena Simet is a senior researcher and advocate on poverty and inequality at...
by martin | Oct 29, 2020 | Design and Development, News, Programs, SDG and NUA in Buenos Aires
On October 29, to commemorate World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented summaries of 15 cases of city responses around the world worthy of global attention. One of these cases was the case of Villa 20 in Buenos Aires, a slum community of about...
by martin | Oct 23, 2020 | News, Programs, Projects, SDG and NUA in Buenos Aires
The Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) have partnered to implement the research study “Villa 20 and COVID-19: The benefits of building social capital in the informal...
by martin | Jul 10, 2020 | Books, Evaluation of Neighborhood Improvement, New Urban Practices, News, Programs, Publications and Media
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,...
by martin | Apr 27, 2020 | Building Bicentennials, Cuba Program, Design and Development, Evaluation of Neighborhood Improvement, Habitat in Debt, LA on the Move, New Urban Practices, News, PNK Fellowship, Programs, Projects, Publications and Media, SDG and NUA in Buenos Aires, Urban Resilience in Latin America
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by martin | Oct 28, 2019 | Design and Development, Habitat in Debt, News, Programs
On October 16th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) launched this recently published book that evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. The book is organized...