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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APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 14 November 2024 English

It also analyzes the state of informality and digitalization in encouraged the development of helpful e-government APEC, presents best practices and case studies where initiatives to reduce complexity and improve …

39.2 percent, significantly lower Latin America and the Caribbean. E-commerce platforms than the 71.2


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 12 November 2024 English

1 The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data The Current State of Global Data Governance Establishing country-level data governance frameworks is an ongoing and complex undertaking. [...] …

Source: GDB (2022, 23). Note: LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa 2018 ODB Leaders Edition and the 2020 Latin America and the Caribbean edition provide valuable insights. Changing Capitalism. New York, NY: Harper Latin America and the Caribbean, and the EQUALS Global Business. Partnership


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 21 October 2024 English

While IISD's reputation as a convenor, a trusted thought leader, and a go-to source on key issues within the sustainable development field is stronger than ever, the work happening outside …

developing countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The Forum has helped to lay the


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 September 2024 English

The 2022 report on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included more information than ever before on the gender, equity, and justice aspects of …

(United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Edmond Totin (Université Nationale


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 September 2024 English

The reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are the go-to resources for understanding the evidence base related to climate change. In its 2022 report on impacts, adaptation, …

(United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Edmond Totin (Université Nationale


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 August 2024 English

An exemplary comparative framework for rethinking the practice of democracy and the meanings of decolonization.

author from Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Country Profiles (https:// estadisticas


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 July 2024 English

IISD provides insights on aspects of World Trade Organization (WTO) members' plastics that have created friction with trading partners and suggests recommendations for the adoption of such policies in the …

six members targeted 15 measures. In Latin America and the Caribbean, six members targeted nine measures TPR questions Both 43% Europe 14% Latin America and the Caribbean 5% Middle East 5% Asia 33% AsiaIISD


IDRC: International Development Research Centre · 11 July 2024 English

Issued also in French under title: Rapport annuel. Text in English only, 1970/1971, 1974/1975- ; text in English and French, 1971/1972-1973/1974.

69% of total Active projects 110 Latin America and the Caribbean value of new projects (in $ millions) research projects across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East. It brings together policymakers across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East to detect, respond


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 May 2024 English

There is a growing agreement among global leaders that countries must move beyond GDP as their primary measure of progress. A new IISD report developed with academic partners in Ethiopia, …

FAOSTAT, and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. The fact that the GDPI’s decline began


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 May 2024 English

GDP growth suggests sound economic development in Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020. In contrast, a study of the nation's comprehensive wealth paints a picture of moderate progress at …

FAOSTAT, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This study demonstrates—using United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (n.d.). Economic / GDP and national


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