Organisation
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA)
ELLA is a knowledge sharing and learning platform, funded by the UK Department for International Development.
ELLA is managed by a consortium of Southern and Northern based development research and practice organisations.
The Latin America regional office of Practical Action Consulting (PAC), based in Lima, Peru, leads ELLA management.
A network of three Latin American Regional Centres of Expertise produces the ELLA knowledge materials and leads the Learning Alliances:
- it shares knowledge of recent Latin American experiences on selected economic, environmental and governance issues
- it supports learning between Latin American, African and South Asian countries
- It provides a networking platform for organisations and individuals to link to Latin America
ELLA is managed by a consortium of Southern and Northern based development research and practice organisations.
The Latin America regional office of Practical Action Consulting (PAC), based in Lima, Peru, leads ELLA management.
A network of three Latin American Regional Centres of Expertise produces the ELLA knowledge materials and leads the Learning Alliances:
- GRADE, a think tank based in Peru, leads on economic issues
- SSN Brazil, a research and practice organisation based in Rio de Janeiro, leads on environmental issues – with support from IIED-AL, Argentina
- Fundar, a research and advocacy organisation based in Mexico, leads on governance issues
Published Documents
- Expanding microfinance in Latin America’s rural areas
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Rural finance has the potential to help poor people out of poverty, and Latin America has met that challenge in some unique ways.This Brief by discusses impacts of microfinance’s in rural areas, presenting evidence on rural pove...
- Latin America's institutional and regulatory innovations for microfinance growth
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Current microfinance sector performance is associated with the reforms of Latin American countries’ financial sectors that started at the end of the 1980s. Before the reforms, development of microfinance was constrained by an ov...
- Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
- G. Escobar; M. Glave / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today? In orde...
- Guide to microfinance in Latin America
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- There are some unique features of Latin America’s recent microfinance evolution, including innovations in regulations and technology, that may provide interesting lessons for other regions. Key lessons: ...
- Latin American approaches to extractive industry conflict
- G. Damonte / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- The rapid expansion of extractive industries in Latin America is transforming the societies and territories in which it is occurring. This phenomenon has provoked social and environmental conflict, especially involving the rural and i...
- Small-scale and informal mining: a big problem for Latin American states
- J. Kuramoto / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- Latin America has experienced substantial growth and transformation in small-scale mining, meaning it is often no longer small or artisanal, instead it is characterised by high informality and an increasing potential to generate confl...
- Human rights in Latin America
- C. Toledo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Human rights have played a key role in ending dictatorships in Latin America, inspiring democracy, fostering social justice and generating a more empowered and active citizenship. This guide highlights the key policies and ...
- From manual to mechanical harvesting: reducing environmental impacts and increasing cogeneration potential
- P. Ninô de Carvalho (ed) / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- The pre-harvest burning of sugarcane leaves is a common practice that enables manual pickers to collect the crop quickly, suffering less personal injury. The burning process, however, has negative impacts on the environment, on human ...
- Intercultural Health Policies in Latin America
- S. Ruiz Cervantes / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Historically, indigenous peoples’ access to health services in Latin America has been limited due to a variety of social, economic and cultural factors. The misunderstanding of indigenous peoples’ world view and their defi...
- Ecuador's Yasuní-ITT: rethinking the conservation vs. extraction dilemma
- Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Ecuador’s innovative proposal for not developing its Yasuní-Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini (Yasuní-ITT) oil fields presents an alternative strategy for resolving the conservation versus extractive industry development...
