ODI’s recently formed Latin American and Caribbean Group consists of ODI researchers with a wide variety of interests in, and experiences of, Latin America.  In particular, Enrique Mendizabal carries out research on civil society and networks, Lauren Philips on financial markets and Alina Rocha Menocal on governance.  You can view members of the group here http://www.odi.org.uk/lacg/pages/who_we_are.html.

We have set up a website which will be built up over the next few months to contain a wealth of resources on economics, politics and civil society as well as blogs, events and links http://www.odi.org.uk/lacg/ . 

We hosted a well-attended public meeting last month on the impacts of the many Latin American elections at which Victor Bulmer-Thomas (Chatham House), George Philip (LSE) and Duncan Green (Oxfam) spoke.  A meeting report can be found here http://www.odi.org.uk/speeches/LA_2006/25%20April/index.html.