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COP27: The challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

The COP27 agenda in Egypt specifically incorporated issues related to the asymmetry in the origin and evolution of the impacts of climate change, the losses and damages of the most vulnerable countries, in addition to the urgency to provide answers and finance the recovery.

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Citizen’s views of COVID-19 responses and the future of governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

The fight against corruption emerges strongly as the number one policy priority for the Latin America and the Caribbean region

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“A second chance.”

In Brazil, reintegration service helps former prisoners rebuild their lives

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Uruguay issues the first bond aligned to climate change indicators for 1,500 million dollars

Historical financial tool to deal with climate change and contribute to global public goods

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CAF and UNDP sign an agreement to promote the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

The agreement signed between both parties seeks to boost, work and promote a sustainable development model, especially when the region and the world faces a series of important changes and challenges.

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Graph For Thought

Graph For Thought is a technical series of articles 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.

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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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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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High-Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS)

To continue monitoring how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the welfare of households in the region, the World Bank and UNDP have joined forces in the implementation of a second phase of High-Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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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.

Stories

Ecuador

Grazing on the greener side

Women leading the way for sustainable cattle ranching in Ecuador

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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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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.

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Women Entrepreneurs

Building local resilience after natural disasters in Haiti

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COP27: The challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

In Latin America and the Caribbean, home to 46.5% of the world's forests and responsible for the production of 8.1% greenhouse gas emissions, the strengthening an...

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“A second chance.”

Lauro José dos Santos works as a general services assistant in the capital of Mato Grosso. The 40-year-old native of Cuiabá is rebuilding his life after 12 years ...

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Citizen’s views of COVID-19 responses and the future of governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

Press Releases

Michelle Muschett appointed as new Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and the new Director, Regional Bureau for the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

Press Releases

Uruguay issues the first bond aligned to climate change indicators for 1,500 million dollars

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