The Covid-19 pandemic, state capture, and the effects on economic and climate inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
OPINION
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and OXFAM announce the results of the Call for research for teams of researchers “Covid-19 Pandemic, State Capture and the effects on inequality”.
First of all, we thank the entire research community for the positive response to this call for proposals. We received 30 Applications that were eligible for evaluation by the International Committee. The Committee considered the quality, relevance, and coherence of the projects in accordance with the call for proposals.
The evaluation process was carried out by an International Committee composed of 11 expert evaluators of 7 countries: Carlos Aguilar (Costa Rica), Grazielle Custodio (Brazil), Eduardo Toche (Peru), Gabriela Roffinelli (Argentina), Gerardo Ordoñez (Mexico), Josefina Morales (Mexico), Jaime Estay (Mexico), Ana Luiza Oliveira (Brazil), Arantxa Guereña (Spain), Cecilia Salazar (Bolivia), Hernán Cortés (Spain).
In accordance with the above, the payroll of the 4 projects The winners are as follows:
| Research team | CLACSO Member Center | Central Country | Title of the project |
| Ernesto Guevara Fernández, Elizabeth Bausa Caballero | Chair of Science, Technology and Society + Innovation. Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba – CTS+i Chair UH – University of Havana | Cuba | Right to health, access to medicines and patent-intellectual property rights in times of pandemic: Study of governance and redesign of public policies and legislation |
| Javiera Fanta Garrido, Gabriela Narcizo de Lima | Gino Germani Research Institute – IIGG/UBA – Faculty of Social Sciences – University of Buenos Aires | Argentina (regional project) |
Climate governance in the context of the Anthropocene: Characteristics, tensions, and turning points in Latin American and Caribbean countries |
| Jorge Luis Ordelin Font, Jan Diego Terán Paéz | Inter-American Conference on Social Security – CISS | Mexico | Transparency in drug prices as an effective mechanism to counteract state capture in health policies and health innovation. |
| Valeria Cotaimich, Natalia König, Cecilia Andrea Fernández Lisso | Institute for Studies on the State and Participation – IDEP/IDEPSALUD/ATE/CTA A – Association of State Workers of the Argentine Republic/ Autonomous Workers' Central Union of the Argentine Republic | Argentina (regional project) |
Collective experiences of public policy transformation in favor of environmental/climate justice and socio-political, cultural, territorial and gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean |
This ruling is irrevocable and cannot be appealed.
Buenos Aires, December 6, 2021
