How Latin American and Caribbean countries can mitigate slow growth in 2023

Jan 19, 2023

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Governments across Latin America are under pressure to reactivate job markets and deliver growth. Image: Random Institute/Unsplash

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

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Total GDP per capita in Latin America in USD, 1990-2021

GDP per capita has fallen in Latin America the past decade after rising sharply in the 2000s Image: ECLAC

After rebounding in 2021, growth rates are slowing down in Latin America and the Caribbean Image: ECLAC/ Twitter

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— José M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

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