Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The sections below contain links to non-government organizations, inter-governmental and governmental agencies, scholarly resources, databases, and periodicals that deal with politics and policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each section of the guide below contains one set of resources that focus on the region as a whole, and another set of resources that are pertinent to a particular country or case study. While supporting research on a number of topics related to politics and policy around Latin America and the Caribbean, these lists also serve as an introductory guide to the types of resources available to researchers who are interested in such issues and initiatives throughout the region.

Regional

• Open Society Foundations: Latin America Program
• RAND Corporation: Latin American Social Policy 
• Latin American Economic Research Foundation
• Liberty Foundation
• National Democratic Institute (NDI)
• Political Strategy Group
• International Foundation for Electoral Systems
• Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEFI)
• Afro-Latino Association for Policy and Advocacy 

Country and Case Studies

• Social Forum on External Debt and Development of Honduras
• Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (Argentina)
• Argentine Association of Social Policies (Argentina)
• Millennium Foundation (Bolivia)
• The State of the Nation Program (Costa Rica)
• Brazilian Association of Political Science (Brazil)
• National Association of Public Policy and Government Management Specialists (ANESP) (Brazil)
• Chilean Association of Political Science (ACCP) (Chile)
• Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) (Peru)

Regional

• Inter-American Center of Social Security Studies
• Latin American Center for Development Administration (CLAD)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Central American Parliament 

Country and Case Studies

• Social and Economic Policy Analysis Unit (Bolivia)
• Sonoran Institute of Women (ISM) (Mexico)
• National Electoral Institute (Mexico)
• National Electoral Council (Colombia)
• Colombian Federation of Municipalities (Colombia)
• Brazilian Institute of Municipal Administration (IBAM) (Brazil) 
• Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Dominican Republic)
• National Elections Jury (Peru)
• National Electoral Directorate (Argentina)

Regional

• Latin American Policy Journal
• Journal of Sociology and Politics | Department of Social Sciences of the Federal University of Paraná
• Journal of Political Science | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Party Politics
• Journal of Politics in Latin America 
• Latin American Policy (LAP)
• Journal of Latin American Public Policy and Governance

Country and Case Studies

• Center for the Implementation of Public Policies promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) (Argentina)
• Transparency Brazil
• Brazilian Political Science Review

Regional

• Political Database of the Americas
• Latin American Election Statistics |  University of California San Diego
• Latin American Public Opinion Project
• Central American Institute of Public Administration (ICAP)
• Latin American Government Documents Archive (LAGDA)
• The Database of Political Institutions 2017 (DPI2017) | Inter-American Development Bank
• Latin American Electoral Data | Latin American Electronic Data Archive (LAEDA)

Country and Case Studies

• National Institute of Statistics: Political Participation (Bolivia)
• Supreme Court of Elections: Registered Political Parties (Costa Rica)
• Castro Speech Database (Cuba) | Latin American Network Information Center
• Electoral Tribunal: Statistics (Panama)
• Superior Electoral Court: Electoral Statistics (Brazil)

Regional

• Latin News
• Nueva Mayoria
• Caribbean Business: Politics 

Country and Case Studies

• Achegas (Brazil)
• One Hundred Days Magazine (Chile)
• Latercera: Politics (Chile)
• Cuba XXI Century Magazine (Cuba)
• La Nacion: Politics (Argentina)
• El Comercio: Politics (Peru)
• La Prensa: Politics (Nicaragua)

• World of Politics