Latin American Economic Outlook 2023 Investing In Sustainable Development

Latin America and the Caribbean needs an ambitious and comprehensive investment agenda to embark on a stronger and more sustainable development trajectory. The 16th edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook proposes ways to make this possible through co-ordinated actions by policy makers, the private sector and international partners.

Consisting of country case studies and comparative analyses from Latin American and US based political economists, this volume examines the recent history of foreign investment for development in Latin America in the context of the current backlash against ‘Washington Consensus’ policies. These essays form the broad conclusion that foreign direct investment fell far short of generating the necessary linkages for sustainable economic development.

The 2023 edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, the seventy-fifth issue, outlines the region's economic performance in 2022 and analyses trends in the early months of 2023, as well as the outlook for growth for the year and for 2024. It highlights the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region's economic performance and how these factors will affect economic growth in the coming years. Part II of this edition analyses the macroeconomic repercussions of climate change on the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean and the potential financial mechanisms for facilitating the investment needed to make economies resilient and drive dynamic, sustained and sustainable growth. The estimations presented in chapter II suggest that owing to the intensification of climate shocks, by 2050, the gross domestic product (GDP) of six countries of the region that are highly exposed to climate change risks could be between 9% and 12% lower than under a business-as-usual growth scenario. Fully offsetting these economic losses would require an exceptionally large additional investment effort, of between 5.3% of GDP and 10.9% of GDP per year. In view of the magnitude of this investment effort, chapter III posits the need for a framework with multiple sources of financing to ensure greater mobilization of domestic and external resources. Chapter IV explores the role that central banks and financial supervisors can play in addressing climate risks and strengthening sustainable financing and investment. The report also notes that decisive action is needed to align the requisite financial flows with national climate goals, by expanding the financing mechanisms available for financial intermediation, adjusting the management of central banks' asset portfolios to make them sustainable and supporting initiatives that foster the development of sustainable capital markets.

What challenges and opportunities does the green transition entail for Latin America and the Caribbean? This 15th edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook explores options for the region to recast its production models, transform its energy matrix and create better jobs in the process.

Many of the contributing social scientists are Latin American, and their ideas are presented in English for the first time here. They combine the two paradigms of sustainable development and globalization to explore how the latter impacts prospects for the former, and consider how best to build partnerships between the state and other agencies of civil society at the national, subnational, and local levels. Among the topics are lessons from the European experience of privatization and neoliberalism, regionalism and globalism as alternative models for Latin American integration, the consequences of privatization in Chile, and case studies of three regions in Brazil. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2021: Working Together for a Better Recovery aims to analyse and provide policy recommendations for a strong, inclusive and environmentally sustainable recovery in the region. The report explores policy actions to improve social protection mechanisms and increase social inclusion, foster regional integration and strengthen industrial strategies, and rethink the social contract to restore trust and empower citizens at all stages of the policy‐making process.

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2019: Development in Transition (LEO 2019) presents a fresh analytical approach in the region. It assesses four development traps relating to productivity, social vulnerability, institutions and the environment.

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2018: Rethinking Institutions for Development focuses on how institutions can underpin the foundations of a long period of sustained and inclusive growth and increased well-being. The report begins with an overview of the main macroeconomic challenges ...