Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10

Latin America and the Caribbean is growing again after being the hardest-hit region during the global deceleration. But to keep making progress on poverty reduction and reducing inequality, the region needs to grow faster and to remain particularly...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/927331644217407680/2017-Results-in-the-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-Region
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36930
id okr-10986-36930
recordtype oai_dc
spelling okr-10986-369302022-02-08T05:10:58Z Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10 World Bank LOCAL GOVERNANCE AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT GENDER POLICY SMALL FARMER COMPETITIVENESS ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES WATER MANAGEMENT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT FISCAL ADJUSTMENT LAND RIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IRRIGATION MARINE CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY Latin America and the Caribbean is growing again after being the hardest-hit region during the global deceleration. But to keep making progress on poverty reduction and reducing inequality, the region needs to grow faster and to remain particularly mindful of the tremendous setbacks external shocks can inflict. A series of natural disasters over the last months have been stark reminders of the risks the region faces without further efforts and resources dedicated to ensuring resilience. In the post commodity boom, the good news is that social progress has not been reversed. In fact, all signs are that countries in the region are taking steps to consolidate this progress and ensure that even at lower growth rates, the poor and vulnerable do not suffer. But there is no time to waste. We now know that poverty and inequality reduction as well as middle class growth in Latin America and the Caribbean came to a halt in 2015. What’s more, images of devastation from storms and earthquakes in recent weeks are the latest and powerful reminders that without resilience, we cannot continue advancing. As you will read in the following pages, the World Bank has been at the forefront in helping the region to be proactive on all these fronts. As we highlight some of the projects that reached completion over the past 12 months, we find important recurring themes around the issues of protecting the vulnerable and developing resilience to external shocks such as natural disasters particularly for small states. 2022-02-07T17:17:47Z 2022-02-07T17:17:47Z 2017-10 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/927331644217407680/2017-Results-in-the-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-Region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36930 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
topic LOCAL GOVERNANCE
AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
GENDER POLICY
SMALL FARMER
COMPETITIVENESS
ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES
WATER MANAGEMENT
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
LAND RIGHTS
WATER AND SANITATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
IRRIGATION
MARINE CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
spellingShingle LOCAL GOVERNANCE
AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
GENDER POLICY
SMALL FARMER
COMPETITIVENESS
ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES
WATER MANAGEMENT
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
LAND RIGHTS
WATER AND SANITATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
IRRIGATION
MARINE CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
World Bank
Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Caribbean
Latin America
description Latin America and the Caribbean is growing again after being the hardest-hit region during the global deceleration. But to keep making progress on poverty reduction and reducing inequality, the region needs to grow faster and to remain particularly mindful of the tremendous setbacks external shocks can inflict. A series of natural disasters over the last months have been stark reminders of the risks the region faces without further efforts and resources dedicated to ensuring resilience. In the post commodity boom, the good news is that social progress has not been reversed. In fact, all signs are that countries in the region are taking steps to consolidate this progress and ensure that even at lower growth rates, the poor and vulnerable do not suffer. But there is no time to waste. We now know that poverty and inequality reduction as well as middle class growth in Latin America and the Caribbean came to a halt in 2015. What’s more, images of devastation from storms and earthquakes in recent weeks are the latest and powerful reminders that without resilience, we cannot continue advancing. As you will read in the following pages, the World Bank has been at the forefront in helping the region to be proactive on all these fronts. As we highlight some of the projects that reached completion over the past 12 months, we find important recurring themes around the issues of protecting the vulnerable and developing resilience to external shocks such as natural disasters particularly for small states.
format Report
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10
title_short Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10
title_full Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10
title_fullStr Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10
title_full_unstemmed Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2017, Volume 10
title_sort results in the latin america and caribbean region 2017, volume 10
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/927331644217407680/2017-Results-in-the-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-Region
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36930
_version_ 1764486185385721856