Riding the Digital Wave

Will Latin America and the Caribbean take its shot at reshaping productivity?

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Programa Justicia 4.0: Cómo la revolución digital en el sistema Judicial de Brasil puede fortalecer la democracia con transparencia y legitimidad

La innovación y la tecnología están cambiando la fisonomía del Poder Judicial brasileño. El Programa Justicia 4.0 (Programa Justiça 4.0) es una iniciativa que imp...

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Youth shaping sustainable and innovative solutions for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Join us in our side event at the ECOSOC 2024 Youth Forum! Find out how young people are shaping sustainable and innovative solutions for peace, justice and strong...

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Riding the Digital Wave: Will Latin America and the Caribbean take its shot at reshaping productivity?

This #GraphforThought examines the projected impact of AI on labor markets and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

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CariSECURE 2.0 Equipping Youth to Take Charge Against Crime

The "Youth on the way to Peace and Security" course is being launched regionally as part of CariSECURE 2.0 (CS2.0), which works to reduce youth involvement in cri...

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Regional launch UNDP’s Global 2023-2024 Human Development Report (HDR): "Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a polarized world"

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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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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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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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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.

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Development Futures Series

Analysis and practical insights for the future of sustainable development

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International Women's Day

Iniciativas del PNUD en América Latina y Caribe que buscan cumplir con la Agenda 2030 invirtiendo en la igualdad de género

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Come hell or high water

Among other efforts, UNDP provided approximately 11,000 tarps for temporary shelter. More than 18,000 people received mattresses. “There were families all sleepin...

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Educational Inclusion of Transgender People in Argentina

UNDP, through its office in Argentina, provides technical support to the Popular High School Mocha Celis to strengthen its educational program and expand it with ...

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Being a Migrant in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean went from hosting 7 million migrants in 1990 to having an immigrant population of almost 15 million in 2020, being the region of t...

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Composting, a practice that values our waste

On International Zero Waste Day, we present the city of Comayagua in Honduras, a benchmark in waste management.

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Recovery and disaster risk reduction in Central America: Reflections and unanswered questions 25 years after Hurricane Mitch

The present document searches to reflect on the results of recovery processes, considering a transformative and resilience-building approach, and analyzing its im...

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Tax reform for fiscal sustainability and social development in Jamaica

The creation of the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) and the reduction of tax expenditures have improved Jamaica’s tax collection and progressiveness. Tax reve...

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Gender/Women’s Bureaux in Women’s Economic Empowerment Gap Analysis

Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is rooted in the overarching concept of women’s empowerment, which is concerned with the promotion of women’s rights and agency...

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Guidelines on the Integration of Violence Against Women and Girls including Family Violence in Disaster Risk Management in the Caribbean

The present Guidelines on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Family Violence (FV) in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) are grounded in the strategic framework for disas...

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Practical Approaches to Women’s Economic Empowerment Implementation as a Gender-Based Violence Intervention Strategy. A Guide to Developing Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiatives

The present Women’s Empowerment Initiative Guide has been produced by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies Regional Coordinating Office of The Univers...

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