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Graph For Thought

Más claro que el agua: Water management and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

This #GraphForThought uses data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program global database to explore how these inequalities manifest across countries in the region.

Blog

The Anti-corruption Formula

Citizens' views of the State and the social contract in Latin America and the Caribbean have deteriorated in recent years, especially during the pandemic and the governance challenges that it has brought.

Graph for Thought Book

Publication

When Juncture Meets Structure: Vignettes on Development and the COVID-19 Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book is based on the “Graph for Thought” series, and brings together 30 data-driven vignettes to tell the story of structural development challenges in the LAC region and how this is changing in the wake of the pandemic.

Blog

Graph For Thought

Graph For Thought is a technical blog by our director Luis F. López-Calva, which shows data visualization illustrating how a different economic, social, or environmental issue is taking shape in the region

What we do

Our focus is to help countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region build and share solutions in their sustainable development pathways, with inclusive and effective democratic governance, building climate and disaster resilience.

In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights, capacity development, knowledge and experience-sharing and the empowerment of women.

Publications

Publications

Regional Human Development Report 2021

Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of great contrasts, where wealth and prosperity coexist with vulnerability and extreme poverty. The list of contrasts is long and familiar. The region is also characterized by very volatile and low average growth, explained by low productivity. This Regional Human Development Report argues that the region is caught in a trap of high inequality and low growth. These two phenomena interact in a vicious circle that limits the ability to advance on all fronts of human development. Understanding the nature of the trap is critical to breaking free from it.

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undp rblac working papers

UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean Working Paper Series

This series aims to disseminate research in progress relevant to advancing our understanding of complex development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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covid19 policy documents

COVID-19 Policy Documents Series

This series aims at drawing from UNDP's own experience and knowledge globally and from the expertise and capacity of our partner think tanks and academic institutions to promote a collective reflection on the response to the COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies.

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undp rblac policy notes

UNDP LAC Policy Notes

The purpose of the UNDP LAC Policy Notes series is to make visible the work carried out by our offices in the region.

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acc labs

Learning from Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Learning from Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a thematic knowledge brief series jointly developed by the UNDP's Regional Bureau for LAC and the UNDP Accelerator Labs

Stories

Haiti

Building Safe Spaces for Trans People in Haiti

Kay Trans is one of the few shelters for young transgender men and women in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Stories

pnud costa rica

Protect and Restore

Showing the path to a regenerative and sustainable world, Costa Rica has doubled the size of their forests and simultaneously grown their economy. And the world is taking notice.

Stories

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Women Entrepreneurs

Building local resilience after natural disasters in Haiti

Stories

mujeres

Transitional justice and the social contract in Latin America and the Caribbean

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