The 2022 edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean outlines the region’s economic performance in 2021 and analyses trends in the early months of 2022 as well as the outlook for growth for the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance in 2021 trends for 2022 and how these factors will affect economic growth in the coming years. This edition also presents some of the main challenges the region faces in investing for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. It analyses the trends in total investment over the last 70 years and highlights the profound change brought about by the 1980s debt crisis with a slowdown in investment from the 1990s onwards.

This publication outlines the region’s economic performance in 2019 and analyses trends in the early months of 2020 as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance analyses the characteristics of growth prices and the labour market and draws attention to some of the macroeconomic policy challenges of the prevailing external conditions amid mounting uncertainty stemming mainly from political factors. It analyses the dynamics of investment and its determinants with a view to identifying the different variables on which public policy can act to influence the trajectory of investment. This edition also analyses the effects and challenges of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic for the region during 2020 and the outlook that is taking shape for the years to come.

The 2018 edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean its seventieth issue consists of three parts. Part I outlines the region’s economic performance in 2017 and analyses trends in the early months of 2018 as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance analyses the characteristics of economic growth prices and the labour market and draws attention to some of the macroeconomic policy challenges of the prevailing external conditions amid mounting uncertainty stemming mainly from political factors. Part II of this edition which has three chapters analyses the dynamics of investment and its determinants with a view to identifying the different variables on which public policy can act to influence the trajectory of investment. Part III contains notes relating to the economic performance of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017 and the first half of 2018 together with their respective statistical annexes.

Published since 1948 This is the sixty-eighth edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean which corresponds to the year 2016 consists of three parts. Part I outlines the region’s economic performance in 2015 and analyses trends in the first half of 2016 as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and internal factors influencing the region’s economic performance and highlights some of the macroeconomic policy challenges that have arisen in an external context of weak growth and high levels of uncertainty. Part II analyses the challenges that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean face at the domestic and international levels in mobilizing financing for development. On the domestic front slower growth and tighter fiscal restrictions pose significant challenges for the mobilization of resources. Externally the classification of many of the region’s countries in the middle-income category limits their access to concessional external financing or international support. Part III of this publication contains the notes relating to the economic performance of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015 and the first half of 2016 together with their respective statistical annexes. The cut-off date for updating the statistical information in this publication was 30 June 2016.

This publication comes at a critical point in the economic development of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A growth phase that the region's recent history cannot equal in nature and duration has come to an end and output is contracting. The first part of this edition looks at the channels through which the crisis is affecting the economies of the region and its impact on variables such as economic growth employment and external-sector indicators. It also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the countries and concludes with a discussion of the outlook for the second half of the year. The second part discusses policies for creating quality jobs including challenges and opportunities for labor institutions and labor markets labor-market policies for youth and women. This CD-ROM also contains the electronic versions of the printed publication. The statistical information reflects data available up to 30 June 2009.

In 2009 the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean experienced the brunt of the global financial crisis on their levels of activity. However since the second half of the that year most countries in the region just begun a vigorous recovery that should strengthen with a regional GDP expansion of approximately 5.2 per cent. The factors behind a more positive performance are both external and internal in nature. Amongst the former can be included the continued dynamism of some key Asian economies whose sustained demand for products from this region has created important conditions for a recovery in exports especially in the case of South America.

This year's edition of the Economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean the fifty-seventh in this series is divided into two parts. The first analyses the main features of the regional economy while the second examines the situation in the individual countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The full statistical appendix is published in electronic format for ease of data processing.

This year's Survey the fifty-sixth edition in this series is divided into two parts. The first analyses the main features of the regional economy while the second examines the situation in the individual countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. A summarized statistical appendix is supplemented by the more detailed information that is provided on the accompanying CD-ROM for ease of data processing.