Latin America and the Caribbean

The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is an English-language acronym referring to the Caribbean and Latin American region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile. The region have over 670,230,000 people as of 2016, and spanned for 21,951,000 square kilometres (8,475,000 sq mi).

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1 November 2024 English

The pattern of a high level of gender inequality in the workforce in the MENA region persists despite significant progress in women’s health and education in the region. [...] On …

and North Africa (MENA) region with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) participation rates (Figure 2), including Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared with two other regions: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

In fiscal year 2024 (FY24), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) issued a record $8.2 billion in new guarantees across 40 projects. Through these projects,MIGA remained focused on encouraging private …

Sub-Saharan Africa, $1.9 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean, and $449 million in South Asia. I address global development challenges. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN $19.4B Total includes multiregional AFRICA $1.4B Taxes and fees $1.9B Latin America and the Caribbean $2.9B Europe and Central Asia GDP, compared with 57.1 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean. To support expanding Mexico’s sustainable mobilize more private sector capital in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as to combine and deploy risk-shifting


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 31 October 2024 English

Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa and Caucasus and Central Asia regions is projected to strengthen in the near term, but only to the extent that current …

emerging and developing Europe; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa;


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

The Journey Ahead: Supporting Successful Migration in Europe and Central Asia provides an in-depth analysis of international migration in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and the implications for policy making. …

Protection and Jobs Global Practice, Latin America and the Caribbean unit, at the World Bank. He has also ECA = Europe and Central Asia; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; = Europe and Central Asia; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; ECA = Europe and Central Asia; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa;


Amnesty International · 31 October 2024 English

On Saturday, 14th September, environmental defender and coordinator of the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Common and Public Assets (CMDBCPT) Juan López was murdered as he was leaving his …

environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean, which obliges signatory states to


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

About 1.2 billion people - one in five people in the world – are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, business, communities, …

Similar progress has been seen in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North Africa


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

The Journey Ahead: Supporting Successful Migration in Europe and Central Asia provides an in-depth analysis of international migration in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and the implications for policy making. …

Protection and Jobs Global Practice, Latin America and the Caribbean unit, at the World Bank. He has also ECA = Europe and Central Asia; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; = Europe and Central Asia; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; ECA = Europe and Central Asia; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa;


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, learning poverty, defined as the share of children younger than 10 years of age who have not achieved minimum reading proficiency, as adjusted by the proportion …

How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean [Bruns and Luque 2014]). Thexii Confronting 16 percent of projects each in the Latin America and the Caribbean and South Asia Regions. Eighty operations Teachers: How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean. Management acknowledges that more Groups include school drop- outs in Latin America and the Caribbean, refugees and internally displaced children and girls in South Asia. In Latin America and the Caribbean, interventions in- clude youth employment


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 31 October 2024 English

The inaugural Asia-Pacific Climate Report offers an overview of the region’s evolving climate landscape, up-to-date public perceptions, and key areas for policy responses.

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DFI: Development Finance International · 30 October 2024 English

Without additional measures, only one in six countries will meet the goal, and a new child will need to be enrolled in school every two seconds until 2030.5 RESULTS FROM …

2018 and 2023, the budget share in Latin America and the Caribbean fell from 16.8% to 14.7%, and in Sub-Saharan


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