Human development in the region has not been progressing since the COVID-19 pandemic.
That is the finding of the 2025 Human Development Report.
Rodrigo Barraza, Sustainable Development Goals technical specialist at the United Nations Development Programme’s Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean shared this information yesterday.
Noting that the full report will be launched in the coming days, Barraza told day two of the Second Wider Caribbean Regional Risk Conference at Wyndham Grand Barbados, Sam Lords Castle that the region’s progress on the Human Development Index had stalled.
The index, he said, measures human well-being beyond income, focusing on “the opportunity to live a long and healthy life, having access to education and securing the resources needed for a decent standard of living”.
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