The Life of the Parties

The anger vote and the weakening of political parties

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CAF and UNDP sign an agreement to promote the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

The agreement signed between both parties seeks to boost, work and promote a sustainable development model, especially when the region and the world faces a series of important changes and challenges.

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The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia and the United Nations Development Program partner to support the coffee growing communities of Colombia

This endorses the collaboration between both organizations, while deepening their commitment to improving the quality of life of the producer and his family.

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Mapping Care

Innovative tools for georeferencing care supply and demand in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Changing Picture of Inequality in Latin America

Evidence for Three Decades

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Graph for Thought Book
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When Juncture Meets Structure: Vignettes on Development and the COVID-19 Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book is based on the “Graph for Thought” series, and brings together 30 data-driven vignettes to tell the story of structural development challenges in the LAC region and how this is changing in the wake of the pandemic.

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Graph For Thought

Graph For Thought is a technical series of articles which shows data visualization illustrating how a different economic, social, or environmental issue is taking shape in the region

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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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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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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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Grazing on the greener side

Women leading the way for sustainable cattle ranching in Ecuador

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Building Safe Spaces for Trans People in Haiti

Kay Trans is one of the few shelters for young transgender men and women in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Protect and Restore

Showing the path to a regenerative and sustainable world, Costa Rica has doubled the size of their forests and simultaneously grown their economy. And the world is taking notice.

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Women Entrepreneurs

Building local resilience after natural disasters in Haiti

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Uruguay issues the first bond aligned to climate change indicators for 1,500 million dollars

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The long and unequal road to recovery after COVID-19

UNDP joined forces with the World Bank in 2021 to monitor how individuals and households in Latin America and the Caribbean navigated through the COVID-19 pandemi...

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The Life of the Parties: The anger vote and the weakening of political parties

Political parties, and more broadly, political organization, have been a key feature of democracy. Political parties can articulate collective interests, aggregat...

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Press Releases
"Declaration of Cuenca" reaffirms the regional commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals

Más de 550 asistentes y 30 representantes de gobiernos de 25 países se reunieron los días 29 y 30 en el XIV Foro Ministerial sobre Desarrollo de América Latina y ...

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Declaration of Cuenca

Los Ministerios a cargo de áreas sociales, económicas y ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe, reunidos en la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador, los días 29-30 de sep...

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