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Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean set priorities for the post COVID-19 recovery agenda
Over 2,700 attendees and representatives from 35 governments met virtually on January 12, 13 and 14 at the XII Ministerial Forum for Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean “COVID-19 -…
Transformations Towards Inclusive Justice with Innovation And Resilience
Although Covid-19 initially led to a public health crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean, it soon also became a crisis of governance with unprecedented economic, social and political consequences…
Latin America and the Caribbean: Effective Governance, beyond Recovery
Between September and November 2020, UNDP organized seven consultations with a variety of actors in the region. It was concluded that the magnitude of the governance crisis requires recognizing that…
Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean envision development in the region beyond COVID-19 response and recovery
The 2020 Ministerial Forum, “Beyond Recovery. Towards a new social contract for LAC” will focus on three critical areas for development moving forward: strengthened social protection and fiscal…
What we knew then, what we know now: Looking back on COVID-19 in 5 Charts
Looking back on 2020 through the lens of #GraphForThought, it is evident how quickly both the development concerns in the region shifted as well as the data available to understand them. In LAC, we…
Criminal justice in times of a pandemic
having information on the number of COVID-19 cases in places of detention or the courts assists with the development of monitoring and early warning mechanisms to locate where measures are needed to…
30 Years of Human Development in LAC in 5 Graphs
The 1990 HDR was the first major milestone in moving empirically in this direction with its creation of the Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI was an effort to move beyond income to also consider…
Corruption: the other global pandemic to eradicate
Corruption undermines any prospects for sustainable development and is a detour away from Agenda 2030. It significantly contributes to poverty, functioning effectively as a regressive tax that…
The Socio-Economic Implications of COVID pandemic: Ideas for policy action. Volume 2: Country notes
The second volume is a compilation of country-specific analyzes that address the particular situation faced by some economies in the region.
