Editorial BIDInequality
The Inequality Crisis
Inequality is stubbornly high in Latin America and the Caribbean. It manifests in many aspects of people’s lives, from unequal degrees of opportunity and access to high-quality education, health services, or justice to vast differences in families’ ability to cope when disaster strikes in the shape of a pandemic or climate change. This document explores the underlying economic factors that account for these many inequalities and lays out what to expect in the wake of COVID-19.