Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
65.1% employment in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reached 2022 for people aged 15 to 64 (OECD, 2024).
64.9% of the population of LAC lived in households with at least one informal income before 2022 (OECD, 2024).
71.4% rural informality contrasted with 50.5% urban informality in ALC (OECD, 2024).
5.0; 4.6; 4.8; 3.0 and 5.7 points were the gender gaps in informality in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru (OECD, 2024).
83.7%, 79.6%, 74.4%, 68.5% and 67.9% were the highest rates of informality in Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador and Paraguay (OECD, 2024).
At COP30, CAF and Oxford launched an international challenge to promote nature-inspired technological solutions to the region's sustainability challenges (CAF, 2025).
CAF joined the Biodiversity Credit Alliance and the FIRST alliance to promote biodiversity credits and low-emission agricultural actions (CAF, 2025).
$12 million will be allocated by CAF and the Adaptation Fund to support local governments of the BiodiverCities Network in climate adaptation (CAF, 2025).
CAF will allocate USD 40 billion over the next five years to boost green growth (CAF, 2025).
CAF and Oxford presented a report at COP30 proposing the use of science and bio-inspired innovation to turn biodiversity into an engine of development (CAF, 2025).
