Governance and Democracy: Institutions and Development in the Southern Cone

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Brazilian Centre for International Relations (CEBRI)
[English - Portuguese]
Based in Rio de Janeiro, CEBRI is an independent and multidisciplinary institution created with the objective of promoting research and debate on Brazilian foreign policy priorities and international relations in general.

Brazilink
Brazilink offers selected and continuously updated sources of information on a wide range of Brazilian issues.

Centre d'études et de Recherche sur le Brésil (CERB)
[Français - Português]
Lieu interdisciplinaire basé à l'Université du Québec à Montréal, le Centre d'études et de recherches sur le Brésil rassemble, diffuse et soutient l'ensemble des projets concernant le Brésil, tant dans les domaines scientifiques que culturels.

Centro de Estudios para la Producción (CEP) [Spanish]
A research institute affiliated with the Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Mining the CEP produces excellent analyses of the evolution of the Argentine economy, including trends in foreign direct investment.

Centro de Investigaciones para la Tranformación (CENIT)
[English - Spanish]
Directed by Daniel Chudnovsky, CENIT is an independent research institute. Its principal areas of research are transnational corporations (TNCs), technology transfer, and MERCOSUR and trade policy. Working papers are available online in both Spanish and English.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile (ECLAC)
[English - Spanish]
Chile is the head office for the ECLAC network. Researchers conduct studies on both Chile and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Economic Research Centre (CINVE)
[English - Spanish]
The Centro de Investigaciones Económicas (CINVE) is private non-profit research institute established in 1975. Its objectives are to promote and carry out research on domestic and regional economic topics and to foster the development of economic science in Uruguay.

Ethos Institute - Business and Social Responsibility
[English - Portuguese]
Founded in 1998 to promote concept of corporate social responsibility and to help business incorporate social responsibility in their activities.

Fundação Getulio Vargas - Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)

Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO Argentina [Spanish]
FLACSO is a regionally based research and educational institute.

Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO Chile
[Spanish]
The Chilean branch of the FLACSO family.

Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL) [Spanish]
FIEL is a private think-tank on economic issues. As well as producing a wide range of working papers on the Argentine economy, FIEL is also an excellent source for up-to-date economic indicators.

Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA)
[English - Portuguese]
Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada IPEA is a public foundation subordinated to the Ministry of Planning whose main purpose is to conduct research to be applied on public policy design.

The Mercosur Economic Research Network (Red-Mercosur) [English, Spanish, Portuguese]
The Red Mercosur links nine institutions with broad experience in the field of economic research and a solid track record in the study of the Mercosur integration process.