Political Dilemmas and Policy Innovations in Latin America

Harvard HKS

Latin America is the most violent region of the world and one of the most unequal. But it has also been home to countless policy innovations, from participatory budgeting to conditional cash transfers. This course will examine some of the profound political and social challenges facing the region alongside the novel policy responses leaders have enacted in an effort to resolve those problems. How have countries sought to address pressing challenges such as ending a decades-long armed…