Cities and Economic Inequality in Latin America
This book examines trends and determinants of economic inequality in cities in Latin America, the world’s most unequal region. It explores how the gap between the haves and the have nots manifests in every part of urban life – from housing to schooling to employment....
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Metadata RoundTable: Dilemmas of data construction processes. SI + Keywords Conference
Authors:Table Coordinators:Margarita Gutman and Nicolás Quiroga Exhibitors:Emmanuel Borthiry, Emiliano Calomarde, Javier Nesprias, Marcelo A. Soria, Margarita Gutman, Martin Pablo Groisman, Milagros Dolabani, Nicolás Quiroga, Silvana Ferreyra, Wanda Juares and Ximena...
Futures from the Past · Second Panel Discussion · Video of the event
*This was an online Zoom webinar in Spanish* Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 In this second panel event, members of the international research training group “Temporalities of Future” presented research on Latin American futures formulated in the past....
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