Home Latin America and the Caribbean Stories Protect and Restore Protect and Restore October 17, 2021 Protect and Restore by Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo - PNUD on on Exposure Related Content Blog “With me, or against me”: The intensification of political polarization in Latin America and the Caribbean Using data from Variety of Democracies (V-Dem), this #GraphForThought looks at what happened to polarization in the region in the last two decades. Read more Stories Removing marine debris to restore life Hurricane Dorian hit Abaco in 2019. Two years later, debris were still found endangering ecosystems. This is a story about efforts to clear territorial waters. Read more Publications The challenges of climate mitigation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Some proposals for action Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have pledged to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and become net zero by 2050. The level of... Read more Publications Financial distress in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic: coping mechanisms and unfolding consequences This note focuses on the consequences of financial distress undergone by households in LAC during the COVID-19 pandemic and the different strategies they put in p... Read more Publications Uneven recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean: Was the early childhood left behind during the pandemic? This note focuses on early childhood development outcomes to unravel the effects of COVID-19 on human capital accumulation in the early stages of life. Read more Publications Deteriorated enrollment and disrupted learning: The impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic on education in Latin America and the Caribbean To continue monitoring the consequences of the COVID‑19 pandemic on household welfare in LAC, the World Bank and UNDP joined forces to implement the second phase ... Read more
Blog “With me, or against me”: The intensification of political polarization in Latin America and the Caribbean Using data from Variety of Democracies (V-Dem), this #GraphForThought looks at what happened to polarization in the region in the last two decades. Read more
Stories Removing marine debris to restore life Hurricane Dorian hit Abaco in 2019. Two years later, debris were still found endangering ecosystems. This is a story about efforts to clear territorial waters. Read more
Publications The challenges of climate mitigation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Some proposals for action Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have pledged to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and become net zero by 2050. The level of... Read more
Publications Financial distress in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic: coping mechanisms and unfolding consequences This note focuses on the consequences of financial distress undergone by households in LAC during the COVID-19 pandemic and the different strategies they put in p... Read more
Publications Uneven recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean: Was the early childhood left behind during the pandemic? This note focuses on early childhood development outcomes to unravel the effects of COVID-19 on human capital accumulation in the early stages of life. Read more
Publications Deteriorated enrollment and disrupted learning: The impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic on education in Latin America and the Caribbean To continue monitoring the consequences of the COVID‑19 pandemic on household welfare in LAC, the World Bank and UNDP joined forces to implement the second phase ... Read more
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