Dr. Gretchen Ferguson

Research Interests

Sustainable Development Goals:

• SDG 1 No poverty
• SDG 2 Zero hunger
• SDG 3 Good health and well-being
• SDG 4 Quality education
• SDG 5 Gender equality
• SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
• SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth
• SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
• SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities
• SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
• SDG 13 Climate action
• SDG 15 Life on land
• SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals

Sectors:

• Capacity building
• Community development
• Gender
• Indigenous rights
• Livelihood
• Microfinance and microcredit
• Partnership
• Policy
• Policy analysis
• Political economy
• Postcolonialism
• Poverty reduction
• Resilience
• Results-based management
• Rural development
• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development
• Social development
• South-south cooperation
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Sustainable development
• Urbanization and urban development
• Women's rights

Demographics:

• Canadian First Nations
• Farmers/farm workers/agrarian populations
• Indigenous populations
• Local populations
• Marginalized populations
• Minorities
• Peasants
• Rural populations
• Urban populations
• Women
• Youth

Development Actors:

• Civil society organizations
• Cooperatives
• Least-developed countries
• Low-income countries
• Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
• Middle-income countries
• Non-governmental organizations
• Small and medium-sized organizations
• Social enterprises
• Women's rights organizations

Research Methods:

• Action-research
• Applied research
• Case studies
• Mixed-methods
• Practical Research
• Qualitative
• Results-based management

Countries:

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Peru

Subregion:

• No Subregions listed

Regions:

• Americas