Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Between 40% and 60% of the territory and forests of the Andean countries are part of the biodiverse Amazon basin, with great potential for sustainable development (Castilleja et al., 2023).
-0.6% is the estimated initial reduction in Peru's GDP associated with El Niño and the loss reaches up to -5% in the second year; the CPI is approximately 4% above the counterfactual after one year and inflation expectations increase by up to 0.45 percentage points.
Only 1% of "gender equality" funds from governments go to women's organizations (ECLAC, 2024).
0.9% was the average annual growth rate of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024, less than half of the 2.0% recorded during the lost decade of the 1980s (ECLAC, 2024).
980 million women are estimated to be excluded from formal financial systems (ECLAC, 2024).
9% is the gender gap in financial access in developing countries (ECLAC, 2024).
55% of women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean work in the informal sector, which limits their ability to grow in size and profits (ECLAC, 2024).
