Latin America / The Caribbean

Public expenditure on education does not have optimal results

Only a third of children in third and fourth grade in the region meet the minimum benchmark for math proficiency.

9/14/2017

Latin America / The Caribbean

Labor conditions continue to weaken

Unemployment increase in 2016 was the highest in two decades.

6/5/2017

Latin America

Increasing land concentration

Region has the world’s greatest inequality in distribution of land.

5/1/2017

Latin America / The Caribbean

LATIN AMERICA / THE CARIBBEAN: Gender violence does not yield

According to UN Women, 98 percent of femicides and acts of violence against women go unpunished.

11/24/2016

Latin America / The Caribbean

Improvement of rural work conditions is urgently needed

More than 50 million people perform agricultural labor under vulnerable conditions.

10/24/2016

Latin America

Democracy fails to consolidate

New report from Latinobarómetro reveals that dissatisfaction with democracy is linked to inequality, discrimination and disparity.

9/16/2016

Latin America / The Caribbean

Labor market policies must be reoriented

ILO study reveals that achievements in the quality of employment in last 15 years have begun to reverse.

6/30/2016

Latin America / The Caribbean

Potential increase in poverty

According to ECLAC, 175 million people are living in poverty.

4/19/2016

Latin America

Not the poorest but the most unequal region

Latin America has one of the most unequal income distributions in the world.

3/23/2016

Latin America / The Caribbean

Environmental Performance Index

Region lags in protecting forests due to increased deforestation.

2/23/2016

Latin America / The Caribbean

Citizens mobilize to end corruption

Corruption Perception Index 2015 shows that there is still hope in the fight against corruption.

1/28/2016

Latin America / The Caribbean

“Work for Human Development”

The 2015 Human Development Report calls for improving working conditions in order to curb inequality

12/21/2015

Latin America / The Caribbean

Labor market affected by economic downturn

Unfavorable prospects for growth in the region will be reflected in rising unemployment.

11/6/2015

Andean Countries

Figures on coca crops are not convincing

Governments of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru released their reports on coca cultivation and production.

8/31/2015

Latin America / The Caribbean

Remittances reach a record high

Remittances from migrants to their home countries recovered their level of growth.

6/17/2015

Latin America / The Caribbean

Far from reaching Millenium Goals in maternal and child mortality rates

Maternal mortality rates have been reduced 40 percent in the region since 1990 and child mortality rates have dropped 67 percent.

6/9/2015

Latin America

Decline in poverty rates has stalled

Poverty stalled statistically but the number of people in poverty and indigence increased.

1/29/2015

Latin America / The Caribbean

Vulnerability of migrants continues

Economic opportunity stimulates migration but recipient countries create obstacles for foreigners to stay.

11/25/2014

Latin America / The Caribbean

Progress in the fight against hunger

Region reaches goal of reducing undernourishment to less than a half.

10/2/2014

Latin America / The Caribbean

Between vulnerability and resilience

Economic growth in the region does not guarantee decrease in inequality.

8/21/2014