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IDB America August 2004 Charo Quesada |
Bogota at Your Service How one municipality ensures that people in poor neighborhoods have convenient access to public services. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
IDB America June 2004 Mayra Buvinic |
Against the Odds Bogota proves that violence prevention can work, even in the toughest settings. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People Take Back Their Plaza In the barrios of Bogota, a unique type of neighborhood watch is improving security and making police work more effective. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
Community Policing: Lessons From Four Cities A new study reviews the experience of cities in Brazil, Colombia and Guatemala. |
IDB America May/Jun 2000 Paul Constance |
From black box to glass house Seminar on transparency and development reveals strategies for combating corruption |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
Sherlock Holmes Didn't Work Alone In Bogota, traditional turf battles within the police system are giving way to cooperation and a focus on results. |
IDB America December 2002 Peter Bate |
From raze to rebuild Rather than eliminate Rio's slums, city residents are finding ways to improve them |
IDB America October 2002 Charo Quesada |
A pedestrian paradise A former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, explains why his city declared war on private cars. |
IDB America April 2003 Roger Hamilton |
Democracy online The Latin American region's countries are increasingly using the Internet to make government more responsive and transparent |
IDB America Jul/Aug 2000 |
IDB Roundup StarMedia has teamed up with the IDB to train students in computer skills. They have already wired more than 100 schools in Rio slums... Evidence is mounting that culture not only has intrinsic value but considerable economic value as well... Education is the prerequisite for truly digital democracy... |
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira |
A trail-blazing lawyer Panamanian lawyer Angelica Maytin Justiniani does not hand down sentences or send anyone to jail, but she does wield another kind of justice by fighting for equal participation for all citizens in their democratic institutions. |
CRM August 31, 2010 Koa Beck |
Is a Transparent Government a Trusted One? ForeSee Results determines a consistent link between online transparency and citizens' trust of federal Web sites. |
IDB America December 2004 Por Charo Quesada |
Staying on the Trapeze A program in Bogota rehabilitates former gang members by offering them vocational training and creative outlets. |
IDB America February 2006 Anascas del Rio Moncada |
A Place in Society In Colombia, two women displaced by armed conflicts become architects of social development. |
IDB America Jul/Aug 2000 Bill Savedoff |
Health services for whom? Countries throughout Latin America are reforming their health systems to increase fairness, widen access, and improve quality. Examples of such reforms were the subject of a recent conference called "The Challenge of Health Reform: Reaching the Poor"... |