During the 2000s, economic growth coupled with increased social investment reduced poverty and increased labour market opportunities in Latin America.
Access to and use of formal financial services can help the world’s poorest people prosper.
The positive connection between women, their economic empowerment, the growth of economies, and communities' well-being is increasingly recognized worldwide.
Traditionally, in most countries in Latin America, only workers legally registered by their employees and paying into social security were eligible for social protection programs, even though most countries in the region have high levels of unregi
After decades of low growth, South America has experienced an economic boom. But the reliance on commodity exports has led to growing concerns about how to move to a more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable development path.
Brazil has witnessed an unprecedented rise of women to economic and political power. Latin America's most populous country has a female president, Dilma Rousseff, and women hold 26% of her cabinet seats.
The human ecological footprint exceeds what the planet can sustain and reproduce, so there is a need to find solutions and opportunities.
The shift toward a green economy in Latin America and the Caribbean poses key challenges for small- and medium-sized firms, which make up 98% of all businesses and employ more than 65% of the region's workforce.
Despite the region's progress in reducing poverty, 165 million people in Latin America (28% of its population) live in poverty. The pace of extreme poverty reduction has slowed in recent years.
This project will address the challenge of youth unemployment in Latin America. Its goal is to inform and guide the development of innovative public and private sector interventions in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay.