Humanity needs leadership and
solidarity to defeat the coronavirus.
By José Cruz-Osorio and Jairo Acuña-Alfaro
Despite important advances in expanding broadband coverage across the region and in increasing the ubiquity of mobile phone ownership, the effective conversion of these digital advances into well-being improvements remains out of reach for the vast majority of the population due to limited access to tools, knowledge and opportunities
Since 2018, UNDP has been working in Piauí in a partnership with the State Government, the company Contour Global, and organized civil society.
Guaranteeing access to clean, potable water through a project funded by the Special Climate Change Fund of the GEF, supported by UNDP, is a source of pride.
Book edited by Luis Felipe López-Calva and Marcela Meléndez
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, as an invitation to reflect, refine our questions, and think about development policy.
Ministerial Forum for Social Development in LAC
Information on the Ministerial Forum for Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020: COVID-19 - Beyond recovery. Towards a new social contract for LAC is available here.
A tool for addressing public policy decisions supported on data
The United Nations Development Program in Latin America and the Caribbean and GRANDATA join forces to help governments and organizations in the region to combat COVID-19, creating a platform that facilitates the analysis of people's movements outside their homes.
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Our focus is to help countries in the LAC 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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Latin America and the Caribbean
38%
of the population are considered vulnerable
80%
of the population lives in urban areas
37%
of all legislators and senior officials are female
40%
of the people in the region feel safe
