UNU-WIDER warmly welcomes you to join the first event in the new Think WIDER – New perspectives on development webinar series. This event series features a line-up of eminent researchers and development specialists who present their work and discuss new perspectives to the topic of global development.

5 October 2021 | 16:00-17:00 Helsinki time | Register for the event here

Luis Felipe López Calva, ASG, is the UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean joins the WIDER webinar series. His presentation is based on the work done for the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Regional Human Development Report.

Escaping the trap of low growth and high inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of great contrasts, where wealth and prosperity coexist with vulnerability and extreme poverty. The list of contrasts is long and familiar. The region is also characterized by very volatile and low average growth, explained by low productivity.

UNDP’s recently launched Regional Human Development Report argues that the region is caught in a trap of high inequality and low growth. These two phenomena interact in a vicious circle that limits the ability to advance on all fronts of human development. Understanding the nature of the trap is critical to breaking free from it.

Carlos Gradín joins as discussant to share insights on the implications of the report to better understand the dynamic of inequalities in LAC region and how they connect with ongoing research at UNU-WIDER on the changing nature of work and inequality.

The event will be chaired by UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino.

Register for the event here

Ruby Richardson

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United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

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