#250 Junior Scholars Training Program 2000

By Gonzalo Alcade, Maria Mercedes Di Virgilio, and Carlos Mendoza

From the Introduction

This working paper represents the collective product of the 2000, and final, cohort of Junior Scholars. From 1995-2000, the Junior Scholars Training Program provided a research and training opportunity in the United States to mid-level scholars or practitioners from Latin America involved in public policy issues. The objective of the program was to contribute to the design and practice of public policy in Latin America. Grantees spent one semester at a major university in the United States, under the guidance of a mentor known for his or her excellence in the chosen field of study. The grantees also were exposed to research facilities, international financial and policy institutions, and government bodies in Washington, D.C. Over its years of existence, the Junior Scholars Training Program provided support to close to two dozen researchers from throughout Latin American and the Caribbean.

The scholars whose work is represented in this document, as well as their respective placements and mentors, are:

Gonzalo Alcalde, FORO Nacional/Internacional, Lima, Peru: "International Cooperation for Social Development Objectives," Professor Merilee Grindle, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University;

Maria Mercedes di Virgilio, Instituto Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires: "Processes of Gentrification in Argentine and U.S. Cities," Professor Peter Ward, University of Texas at Austin;

Carlos Mendoza, Centro de Investigaciones Econ6micas Nacionales, Guatemala: "Beyond the Peace Accords: Democracy in a Multicultural Society," Professor William Kymlicka, Queens University, Toronto, Canada.