Across the region, poverty and inequality
remain high, and above the levels reached prior to the debt crisis in
the early 1980s. The recent economic downturn registered in Latin America
and the Caribbean further deteriorated this picture.
In this context, UNDP gives priority to the following activities:
designing and implementing national Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS);
measuring and monitoring poverty and inequality; assessing progress
towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and knowledge
and institutional strengthening.
