A Real and Effective Digital Transformation Can Help Latin America and the Caribbean Overcome the Traps Hindering its Development

ECLAC is presenting a new document with recommendations in the framework of the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held this Thursday and Friday, November 7-8, in Chile. whatsapp_image_2024-11-06_at_12.39.15_pm.jpeg portada del documento Making progress on the real and effective use of digital technologies can serve as a bridge that enables overcoming development traps in the region, by closing historical inequality gaps and fostering more productive, inclusive and sustainable growth, ECLAC sustains in the document Overcoming Development Traps in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Digital Age: The Transformative Potential of Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (Spanish only), released today. “The region has a historic opportunity to utilize digital tools to address the three traps that inhibit its development: a first trap of low capacity for growth, a second involving high inequality, low social mobility and weak social cohesion, and a third trap of low institutional capacity and ineffective governance,” the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) contends. Digital transformation offers a path for strengthening competitiveness, accelerating learning, driving innovation and improving the quality of life of millions of people. But this change will not occur […]

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