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Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Research, Policy and Management for Social Transformations (FutureLearn)

Offered by UNESCO,

Find out how to promote informed policies towards equity and social transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Use strategies to fight against social issues. Inequality is one of the main challenges facing Latin America and the Carribean and is a constant concern for their governments. Faced with these increasingly complex scenarios, a fluid dialogue between social research and public policy is essential.

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This course addresses the current regional landscape of inequalities, warns of its dramatic consequences, and offers transformative strategies that can be designed to improve social policies and public management.

What topics will you cover?

Knowledge, policy and management

What do we do with what we know and with what we don’t know?

The dimensions of inequalities

Have the questions changed in the 21st century?

Knowledge-management for policies

Sources, means and strategies to face inequalities

Transformative paths against inequalities

Towards new knowledge and public action architectures

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

Explore the link between research and public policies against inequalities
Identify policy tools and strategies against inequalities
Explore research and policy opportunities against inequalities

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