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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WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization · 29 November 2023 English
This report provides a global overview of the publishing industry, legal deposit and repositories in 2022, covering both trade and education. Data is compiled by WIPO in collaboration with Centro …
CERLALC provided data for several Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries, while the FEP compiled … America (10.5%) (figure 10). Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and Oceania, combined, accounted … Africa (12), Asia (24), Europe (39), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (13), North America (2) and Oceania …
FACT Coalition: Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition · 27 November 2023 English
S.-based alliance of more than 100 state, national, and international organizations promoting policies to build a fair and transparent global system and to curb the harmful impacts of corrupt financial …
Helms, Claudia; “Financial Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding Country Challenges and …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 24 November 2023 English
Progress and the Peril: HIV and Global De/criminalization of Same-Sex Sex documents the reversal on laws criminalizing same-sex sex in the context of the HIV pandemic. The joint report by …
Southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean and countries categorized as lower- … living with HIV in the world. Both in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Eastern Europe and Central …
Amnesty International · 24 November 2023 English
Around the world, those defending abortion rights are under attack, including activists, advocates, educators, clinic escorts, accompaniers, doulas, and healthcare workers. They are exposed to stigmatization, physical and verbal attacks, …
Associate Director for Legal Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean with the Center for Reproductive Rights … Rights, observed that in Latin America and the Caribbean region, criminalization, lack of information …
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 24 November 2023 English
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of Excellence in Côte d’Ivoire in Latin America and the Caribbean CES clean energy standards LHV lower …
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 24 November 2023 English
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org/en/topic/energy World Bank (2013), Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Breaking with History?, Washington …
World Bank Group · 23 November 2023 English
Europe and Central Asia; (iv) 11 in Latin America and the Caribbean; (v) 9 in Middle East and North Africa; …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 23 November 2023 English
This energy governance policy paper serves as a strategic framework for UNDP teams and their partners to craft cohesive and impactful responses to foster a just energy transition. It intends …
Engagement: Learning from Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP, May 12, 2022, Access at: https://www …
SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute · 23 November 2023 English
This report explores what (if any) diversification strategies national oil and gas companies (NOGCs) are employing to engage in an energy transition, with a focus on four South American countries: …
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 22 November 2023 English
15 Due to improvements in data coverage and statistical modelling, the estimated 2022 global rate of 1.2 female intimate partner/family- related homicides per 100,000 women is not directly comparable to …
in some countries, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, to the implementation of improved …
