Latin America

Digital payments in Latin America have rapidly replaced cash – driven by innovation, interoperability, and policy – delivering gains in convenience, financial inclusion, efficiency, and growth, while raising complex challenges around informality and regulation.

Amateur football clubs in Latin America show no overall discrimination against immigrants, but treatment varies sharply by origin, with players from lower-ranked football countries facing fewer positive responses, driven largely by perceived player q...

Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that skin tone is a powerful predictor of intergenerational mobility.

Fintech has the potential to enhance financial inclusion and welfare for low-income migrants, but its benefits may be limited for migrants with lower financial literacy.

Local exposure to Venezuelan migrants does not necessarily lead to a rise in local xenophobia. In fact, evidence suggests that anti-migrant sentiment is a national-level phenomenon, driven by national narratives and divorced from local experiences wi...

Does discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation during the housing search add to existing forms of discrimination and marginalisation? Does this further limit the opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Latin America?

Women in Latin America experience a substantial 35% reduction in income after becoming mothers

How can research help policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean tackle economic challenges?

A non-contributory pension scheme substantially improved consumption and wellbeing, and reduced the number of over-65s in poverty doing paid work