Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2014, Volume 3

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: South-South exchange;    health services;    service delivery reforms;    social protection;    Agricultural innovation;   

RP-ID  :  92220

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The Latin America and Caribbean regionhas had impressive achievements in the past decade, such ascutting extreme poverty by half and adding more than 50million people to the middle class. Beyond the positiveexternal conditions, it was the concerted efforts anddedication of the region's countries to improve thelives of their citizens that enabled these and many otherremarkable results.The World Bank is proud to be a part ofthis story, learning from our partners and contributing withknowledge, convening power and resources for initiativesranging from the local to the regional, increasingopportunities for all Latin Americans. Results on the groundare the core of the World Bank's mission to eradicateextreme poverty and share the benefits of prosperity,especially for those at the bottom of the social pyramid.This publication presents some of the recent results theWorld Bank Group has helped achieve in the Latin America andCaribbean Region.