UNU-WIDER warmly welcomes you to join the first event in the new Think WIDER – New
perspectives on development
<https://www.wider.unu.edu/think-wider-webinar-series-%E2%80%93-new-perspectives-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<https://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/escaping-trap-low-growth-and…
Luis Felipe López
Calva<https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/wp-content/uploads/sites/…df>,
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<https://www.latinamerica.undp.org/content/rblac/en/home/library/r…ml>.
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<https://www.latinamerica.undp.org/content/rblac/en/home/library/r…
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<https://www.wider.unu.edu/expert/carlos-grad%C3%ADn> 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<https://www.wider.unu.edu/expert/patricia-justino>no>.
Register for the event
here<https://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/escaping-trap-low-growth-and…
Ruby Richardson
Communications Associate
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United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Phone +358 (0)9 615 99257 | Email
richardson@wider.unu.edu<mailto:richardson@wider.unu.edu> |
wider.unu.edu
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