Latin America and the Caribbean
After a decade of progress, the region needs innovative inclusive-growth policies to escape the middle-income trap and strengthen its emerging middle class. We stimulate an open policy dialogue with innovative regional perspectives, and support reform efforts with country-specific and thematic work.
International Economic Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean
Rethinking the social contract in times of COVID-19
Latin American Economic Outlook 2020
Digital transformation can help LAC economies out of the Covid-19 crisis. But the proliferating digital agendas need better co-ordination in the framework of National Development Plans.
Impact of COVID-19 in Ecuador: challenges and responses
These three reports look at the social, microecomonic, and financial impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on Ecuador, as part of the "Making Development Happen" series. Available in Spanish.
Using Google data to understand governments’ approval in Latin America
We studied the drivers of approval rates in 18 countries, using Internet search query data.
Dominican Republic: an economy at the crossroads
The country’s Productive Transformation Policy Review (PTPR) assesses its readiness to embrace change, and identifies priorities for future reforms.
Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional socio-economic implications and policy priorities
Latin American Economic Outlooks
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2019: Development in Transition
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2018: Rethinking Institutions for Development
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2017: Youth, Skills and Entrepreneurship
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2016: Towards a New Partnership with China
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2015: Education, Skills and Innovation for Development
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2014: Logistics and competitiveness for development
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2013: SME Policies for Structural Change
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2012: Transforming the State for Development
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2011: How Middle-Class is Latin America?
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2010: Migration and Remittances in Latin America
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2009: Fiscal Policy
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2008
