“Infrastructure Policy and Inequality” by Michael A. Cohen · Book Launch Event Summary
The Observatory on Latin America (OLA) hosted a book launch for the book Infrastructure Policy and Inequality by Michael Cohen on September 24, 2024. The event had welcoming remarks from Joel Towers, President of The New School and Michael Cohen, Director of the...
New book · “Infrastructure Policy and Inequality” by Michael A. Cohen
A new book, “Infrastructure Policy and Inequality” by Michael A. Cohen, Professor of International Affairs and Founding Director of GPIA, The New School, will be out next month. The book reframes the purpose of infrastructure from being an input to economic growth to...
EVENT SUMMARY · Book Launch: Cities and Economic Inequality in Latin America
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...
Book · 2084: Un túnel argentino
Enthusiastic about the 2084: Imagined Futures from the South program, the National Directorate of Patrimonial Management of Argentina instructed that two national museums, the Terry National Museum and the Manzana de las Luces Historical Complex, promote and...Inclusión y tensiones en la cuenca Matanza-Riachuelo. Dilemas de la integración socio espacial en Buenos Aires
The Observatory on Latin America OLA and Café de las Ciudades present the book Inclusion and tensions in the Matanza-Riachuelo basin.Dilemmas of socio-spatial integration in Buenos AiresMargarita Gutman (director) Complex problems require complex approaches. The...
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