Regional Observatory on Planning for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Conceptual Framework

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ILPES
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LC/CRP.16/4

In the course of the twenty-first century, planning has gained momentum in Latin America and the Caribbean as a guiding policy tool for ensuring continued progress in development. However, current conditions are difficult both for planning as an instrument and for policymakers as executors of those plans that are developed. Social inequality, poor economic growth and global warming are but a few of the main issues in the current global context.