Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
Coverage: 1948 to present.
Language(s): Spanish and English.
Title in another language: Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Frequency: Annual.
Successor to: Estudio Económico de América Latina.
Content: It includes an analysis of different aspects of the region's macroeconomic reality, with special emphasis on specific topics depending on the year, an analysis of the regional economic situation of the previous year and the first half of the current year, and country notes showing the evolution of the main economic indicators.
ISSN: 0257-2176.
Note(s): This collection also includes the executive summaries of the annual publication known as: "Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean. Summary."
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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2026. Growth and productivity amid high informality: constraints and challenges in fostering productive formalization in the region. Executive summary
The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2026 identifies labour informality as a structural constraint that limits the region’s capacity to translate growth into sustained increases in productivity, investment and high-quality employment.