Latin America and the Caribbean 2030: Future Scenarios

Abstract

Strategic foresight is critical to moving a country or region in the right direction. Leaders nearly everywhere in the world are overwhelmed by the crush of events, focusing their attention on the present rather than the long term. Latin America and the Caribbean is no dif- ferent. But complacency in thinking and planning for the future can no longer be the status quo. At a moment of profound regional and global transformation, the time is now to seize on policy directions that are most likely to take the region in the right direction. While Latin Ameri- ca and the Caribbean has many challenges, through foresight and strategy it could boost its position in the world—as Asia has done already. This publication makes the case for doing just that.