Latin America / The Caribbean

Inequality persists

Economic growth fails to reduce income gaps.

8/19/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Unequal human opportunities

Children have far from equal opportunities for development.

7/15/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Unjust tax collection

Complex tax system threatens state welfare programs.

6/17/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Foreign direct investment recovers

There´s need to attract high-technology investment to help promote growth.

5/20/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Rich-poor gap grows

Income inequality highest in the urban centers of Latin America and the Caribbean, report finds.

4/23/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Remittances recover

Families still heavily reliant on money from abroad.

3/18/2010

South America

El Niño’s impact

Considered moderate, this season’s phenomenon brings devastation.

2/18/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Bleak labor outlook continues

At least 2.2 million in the region lost jobs in 2009.

1/21/2010

Latin America / The Caribbean

Corruption still widespread

Some of the fastest growing economies have high corruption indexes.

12/17/2009

Latin America / The Caribbean

UN looks at migration

Human Development Report 2009 extols importance of migration.

11/18/2009

Latin America

Region´s lowest paid: Afro-descendents, indigenous and women

Economic growth fails to breech salary gap.

10/14/2009

South America

Arms race?

Military spending up 50 percent in last decade.

9/18/2009