
Latin America and the Caribbean
During the 2000s, Latin American countries achieved significant progress, which reduced poverty and led to the emergence of a new middle class.
Despite this progress, Latin America needs to overcome a number of barriers to its sustainable development, starting with reducing social and spatial inequalities (almost one Latin American in two lives below the poverty line), the lack of infrastructure, the low level of productivity, the conservation of the environment…
Despite this progress, Latin America needs to overcome a number of barriers to its sustainable development, starting with reducing social and spatial inequalities (almost one Latin American in two lives below the poverty line), the lack of infrastructure, the low level of productivity, the conservation of the environment…

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Proparco's operations
€449 M
commitments for Latin America & Caribbean in 2022
20 %
of commitments in Latin America & Caribbean in 2022
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