Helping cities in the region move towards more inclusive, resilient, and productive urbanization.
Our objective is to promote the sustainable development of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean through knowledge and investment that promote inclusion, productivity and resilience.
80% of LACs' population live in cities, receiving services through municipal governments, making it essential to improve local government capacity.
86 million households ‒ 25% of the region’s urban population ‒ reside in informal neighborhoods, which lack basic services and regular land tenure.
55 million households live in housing units that suffer some type of deficit and 70% of these households are in urban areas.
There are more than 80 UNESCO historical and cultural sites in Latin American cities, but only half of them have management plans.
Latin American cities are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events, droughts, and floods; three quarters of Latin Americans live in low-lying coastal areas.
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