The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s 2025 Regional Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean, Under Pressure: Recalibrating the Future of Development in LAC, examines how the region faces a new era of uncertainty shaped by recurrent crises, technological acceleration, social fragmentation, and climate challenges. These dynamics have exposed the structural vulnerabilities that undermine the sustainability of progress. In response, the Report calls for a paradigm shift: placing resilience at the core of development strategies, not as a byproduct but as a guiding principle for public policies, institutions, and infrastructure. By advancing the concept of resilient human development, the report outlines a roadmap to protect and expand people’s freedoms, recognizing both individual and collective agency as essential for navigating uncertainty.
