Representatives from 33 countries meet to rethink possible progress models from a multidimensional approach, in line with the SDGs, and a sustainable route out of poverty.

Ministers and government representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the challenges to achieve the 2030 agenda and the sustainable way out of poverty.

Entrepreneurship emerges as a clear alternative to improve opportunities for young people in Latin America, ILO and UNDP said in a joint report.

Many Latin American and the Caribbean countries will concentrate their climate actions in the agriculture sector, one of the main sources of emissions in the region.

Urbanization represents a fundamental change in global development and requires a similarly fundamental response.

Helen Clark participated in Habitat III, met with government officials and traveled to Cayambe north of Quito.

UNDP will start a cash-for-work programme to clear debris and provide short-term employment in hurricane affected communities.

I wonder at how great the force of nature is that, in less than 36 hours, it can come and destroy everything.

The hurricane destroyed the main source of income of many other communities: 90 percent of all banana trees were uprooted or flooded.

The report focuses on several groups and their “vulnerabilities”, which accumulate over a life cycle hindering people’s capacity to fulfil their potential and also to leave poverty behind, the report stresses.

For the Caribbean “multidimensional progress” entails not only adapting to shocks. It means breaking through structural obstacles that hinder growth and people’s well-being.