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A Fundação Ford No Brasil 1998/1999.
The Brazil
Office of the Ford Foundation
Based in Rio
de Janeiro, the Brazil Office is one of the oldest of fifteen
overseas field offices that allow the Ford Foundation to maintain
close working partnerships with people and institutions in many
regions of the globe. Established in 1962, the Brazil Office is
directed by a Representative who works with four other professional
program officers and twelve administrative staff. We annually
disburse approximately US$9 million in grant funds to research
centers and a broad range of civic institutions working in priority
fields.
As
elsewhere, the Brazil Office is a source of financial support for
innovative people and organizations committed to strengthening
democracy, the reduction of poverty and injustice and the
advancement of human achievement. In the past, these goals were
pursued through grants for research and training in areas such as
agriculture, population studies and the social sciences, with the
Brazil Office playing an active role in establishing several
internationally recognized research institutions and scholarly
associations. We continue to pursue the Foundation's goals through
support for applied research, policy studies, institutional
capacity building and demonstration projects that can generate
innovative approaches to Brazil's pressing social and environmental
problems. In collaboration with Brazilian specialists, staff
formulate program strategies around a limited number of priority
issues identified as major areas of national concern. Within these,
projects are chosen for their potential to advance select fields of
research and to positively affect democratic public policy planning
and implementation. For the 1998-1999 biennium, the thematic
program areas are:
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