While the aging population trend is global, Latin America faces it in a context of low growth rates, high inequality, disappointing productivity gains and deficient education and public spending ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the population in the region reached 663 million this year, nearly four per cent less than what ...

LATIN America and the Caribbean face complex economic challenges that require immediate attention, as highlighted in a recent press conference led by William Maloney, the World Bank's chief ...

While indigenous peoples make up 8 percent of the population in the region, they represent approximately 14 percent of the poor and 17 percent of the extremely poor in Latin America. Also, they still ...