Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean
Explore data on digital technology adoption and evidence on policies that deliver results.
Digitalization and artificial intelligence are transforming economies, public services, and opportunities across Latin America and the Caribbean.
To help policymakers and others understand the latest trends, compare indicators and uncover effective policies, the IDB has produced easy-to-access dashboards providing reliable evidence on digital adoption, AI use, barriers to technology uptake, and the effectiveness of public policies.
This dashboard provides insights into digital access, usage, skills and AI adoption across countries.
This dashboard presents evidence on the impacts of digitalization and AI interventions across countries and sectors.
The Digitalization and AI dashboards provide complementary perspectives on digital transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Compare digital access, usage, skills, and AI adoption across countries and population groups, and explore the evidence behind policies and interventions implemented across sectors.
Together, these interactive tools enable users to benchmark countries, identify trends and disparities, examine research findings, and access reliable evidence to support informed decision-making.
This report presents findings from a regional study on the infrastructure required to enable the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with a focus on the public sector. Building on a multilayered conceptual framework, the analysis identifies five key infrastructure pillars--data generation, storage, processing, transport, and development environments--alongside enabling factors such as financing, cybersecurity, data governance, environmental sustainability, and human capital. Drawing from regional use cases in health, education, environmental management, security, public administration, and economy, the study illustrates how infrastructure readiness directly influences the potential and impact of AI-based public services. A differentiated roadmap outlines short-, medium-, and long-term recommendations tailored to island states, low-income countries, and middle-income countries. The report highlights infrastructure as a foundational enabler for inclusive and trustworthy AI ecosystems and calls for targeted investment and regional cooperation to close existing gaps and position LAC as a competitive actor in the global digital economy.
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