Facing the biggest education crisis in a century, commitments to improve must become a reality urgently if children are to gain the future they deserve in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo |

The new PISA results provide a glance at what adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean know and can do in mathematics, reading, and science, as well as additional information about school…

Jaime Saavedra, Ferdinando Regalia |

The Argentinian National Institute of Statistics and Censuses proposed in its strategic plan to advance the development of environmental-economic statistics. With the support of the World Bank,…

Lourdes Rodríguez-Chamussy, Agustin Arakaki |

The PROGRESAR program enhances educational access and completion for disadvantaged youth and adults. With input from LGBTI civil society organizations and the World Bank, the government extended…

Mariano Ruiz, Dominik Koehler, Enrique Alasino, Santiago Scialabba |

There are effective practices to address the challenges facing the housing sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read four lessons based on practices in the region.

Giuliana De Mendiola, Liliana Parra Santamaría, Álvaro José Salgado Botero |

Basic learning in Latin America and the Caribbean is facing its biggest crisis in a century. Around four out of every five primary school students may now fail to reach minimum knowledge levels,…

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo |

The average annual air temperature in a city with a million and a half or more people can be between 1 °C and 3 °C higher during the day compared to its surrounding area, while at night that…

Bernadette Gordyn, Beatriz Eraso Puig |

About three-quarters of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean uses the Internet. The World Bank studies 24 countries in the region and provides three main findings on household digital…

Gabriel Lara Ibarra, Niccolò Comini, Natalija Gelvanovska-Garcia |

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted employment in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Although labor markets in the region began to recover, employment levels and working conditions have…

Ana Rivadeneira, Sergio Olivieri, Trinidad Saavedra |

With only 16% of the Earth's land surface, Latin America and the Caribbean contain 50% of the world's known biodiversity. However, biodiversity loss is increasing at an alarming rate.…

Anna Wellenstein, Genevieve Connors |