Humanity needs leadership and
solidarity to defeat the coronavirus.
This #GraphForThought uses the excess mortality data compiled by The Economist to zoom into four LAC countries and see how excess deaths compares with the number of confirmed deaths from COVID-19.
The tool has been deployed so far in two countries in Latin America through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with ambitions to use it further in the region and bring it to other regions.
By Juan Pedro Ronconi and Delfina Vernet Ayerza, Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Humano (CEDH), Universidad de San Andres.
By Jorge Paz, Principal Investigator, Conicet – Full Professor, UNSa.
By Judith Morrison, Senior Advisor to Gender and Diversity Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Featured Graph
Coronavirus: While the disease was slow to spread to Latin America and the Caribbean countries at first, since the end of February the number of confirmed cases has been climbing rapidly. Updated info here.
COVID-19 - Policy Document Series
This series aims at drawing from UNDP's own experience and knowledge globally and from the expertise and capacity of our partner think tanks and academic institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, to promote a collective reflection on the response to the COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies.
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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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
