COVID-19 Policy Documents Series
Proposals of solutions for the crisis
Publications
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 Coronavirus COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies.
Introduction Evidence, Experience, and Pertinence in Search for Effective Policy Alternatives
Luis F. Lopez-Calva, UNDP-LAC Director.
No 1 A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and its Policy Implications
Constantino Hevia and Andy Neumeyer. Universidad Torcuato di Tella.
No 2 Suggestions for the Emergency
Santiago Levy. March, 2020. Brookings Institute.
No 3 The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Venezuela: The Urgency of External Financing
Daniel Barráez and Ana María Chirinos-Leañez. UNDP Venezuela.
No 4 Social and Economic Impact of the COVID-19 and Policy Options in Honduras
Andrés Ham. Universidad de los Andes.
No 5 Covid-19 and external shock: Economic impacts and policy options in Peru
Miguel Jaramillo and Hugo Ñopo, GRADE Perú.
No 6 Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Policy Options in Argentina
María Laura Alzúa and Paula Gosis, CEDLAS and PEP.
No 7 International financial cooperation in the face of Latin America's economic crisis
José Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University.
Nora Lustig (CEQ) and Mariano Tommasi (CEDH).
No 9 Social and economic impact of the COVID-19 and policy options in Jamaica
Manuel Mera, CEDLAS.
No 10 Social and economic impact of COVID-19 and policy options in Uruguay
Alfonso Capurro, Germán Deagosto, Federico Ferro, Sebastián Ithurralde and Gabriel Oddone. CPA consultant team | Ferrere.

No 11 Coronavirus in Colombia: vulnerability and policy options
Andrés Alvarez, Diana León, María Medellín, Andres Zambrano and Hernando Zuleta
Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes.
No 12 COVID-19 and vulnerability: A multidimensional poverty perspective in El Salvador
Rodrigo Barraza, Rafael Barrientos, Xenia Díaz, Rafael Pleitez and Víctor Tablas | UNDP country office El Salvador.
No 13 Development challenges in the face of COVID-19 in Mexico. Socio-economic overview
UNDP country office Mexico.
No 14 A Lessons from COVID-19 for a Sustainability Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean
Diana Carolina León and Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
No 14 B Latin America and the Caribbean: Natural Wealth and Environmental Degradation in the XXI Century
Diana Carolina León and Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
No 15 Social and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 and Policy Option in the Dominican Republic
Sócrates Barinas and Mariana Viollaz, UNDP Dominican Republic | CEDLAS, IIE-FCE, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
UNDP country office Paraguay.
No 18 The Coronavirus and the challenges for women’s work in Latin America
Diana Gutiérrez, Guillermina Martin, Hugo Ñopo | UNDP and GRADE.
Arachu Castro, Tulane University.
Sandra García, Universidad de Los Andes
No 21 Planning a Sustainable Post-Pandemic Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mauricio Cárdenas y Juan José Guzmán, Columbia University.
No 22 COVID-19 in Bolivia: On the path to recovering development
UNDP Bolivia.
No 23 Do we Need to Rethink Debt Policy in Latam?
Federico Sturzenegger, Universidad de San Andrés.
Guillermo M. Cejudo, Cynthia L. Michel, Pablo de los Cobos, CIDE