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Green Finance in Action: Opportunities for Transformative Development

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a region with great potential to move towards transformative, sustainable and inclusive development, as it has one of…

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HDR 2025
Press Releases
Human Development progress slows to a 35-year low according to UN Development Programme report

Human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…

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Press Releases
Over 130 countries come together in Chile to boost nature finance and support global biodiversity targets

The world’s largest-ever gathering on nature-finance opened in Chile on Tuesday, as over 130 countries rallied behind global biodiversity goals, exploring bold…

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Transformative Futures — Democratic Institutions through Anticipation

This conversation will explore the challenges and opportunities of applying futures thinking to strengthen democratic governance, showcasing practical examples…

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Empowering Women, Protecting the Planet

This April 22nd marks International Mother Earth Day with the slogan “Our Power, Our Planet”, which calls for us to rethink our role in ensuring that the use of…

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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.

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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 LAC 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
UNDP LAC Policy Documents Series

This series aims to draw from UNDP's own global experience and knowledge and from the expertise and capacity of our partner think tanks and academic institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to promote a collective reflection on the region's development challenges.

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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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Blog
Graph For Thought

Graph For Thought is a series of technical articles that shows data illustrating how different economic, social or environmental problems are taking shape in the region.

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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

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A Better World for Migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book is the result of a joint research initiative between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to improve the welfare conditions of migrants in LAC and contribute to facilitating their assimilation into society through information and influence in policy design.

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Development Futures Series

Analysis and practical insights for the future of sustainable development

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Dialogues

Reimagining our Future in Latin America and the Caribbean

A series of talks and dialogues that will take place throughout 2025. Policy Dialogues and Democracy & Development Talks will take place on a monthly basis with the aim of bringing together global events and local perspectives engaging experts, decision-makers, and UNDP partners, in collaborative, evidence-based debates.

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Stories

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Stories
Empowering Women, Protecting the Planet

This April 22nd marks International Mother Earth Day with the slogan “Our Power, Our Planet”, which calls for us to rethink our role in ensuring that the use of…

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The Power of Entrepreneurship: Women Transforming the Region with Courage and Vision

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are the engine of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, representing more than 99.5% of the formal…

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Towards Beijing +30

This March 8, we share UNDP initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean that, in line with the 12 areas of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, seek to drive…

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Stories
Innovation in Brazil’s Judiciary Brings Families Together Through Adoption

Discover the stories of three families united through Brazil’s National Adoption and Foster System (SNA), modernized under the Justice 4.0 Program, a partnership…

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Towards a democracy with and for youth in Latin America

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Green Innovative Finance for LAC (GIF 4 LAC) Initiative

The Green Innovative Finance for LAC (GIF 4 LAC) initiative is one of UNDP’s e orts to support the mobilization of green finance in Latin America and the…

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Social protection offer for Latin America and the Caribbean

This document outlines the programmatic offer of social protection for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) prepared by the United Nations Development Programme…

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Poverty and Inequality Funding Window in Latin America and the Caribbean

UNDP has been a strategic partner of national governments, donors, and international financial institutions in the development of social protection systems in…

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Multidimensional risk index system: Practical implementation of risk prevention and anticipation from a gender perspective

This policy note addresses the experience of the pilot design and implementation of a Multidimensional Risk Index System with a gender perspective to: i)…

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Roadmap for transgender inclusive social protection and poverty alleviation programmes in Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals in Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica face significant barriers in accessing social protection and essential services. This…

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