Caribbean- Latin American relations in the twenty first cent
The Future is Now
The Future is Now
The Future is Now
The Future is Now THE FUTURE IS NOW Despite advances toward greater equality, it is not yet possible to break the cycle of dependence: social and family origin largely predicts the future and the chances of success for children and young people. Foundational skills are the best buffer to respond to the uncertainty posed by today’s world. Introduction T he 21 st century is not going to happen in the future: it is happening today . Accelerated technological, migratory, demographic, and environmental changes are reshaping the social, economic, and political order. This new configuration creates new demands for training individuals.
The challenges
The Future is Now
The Future is Now
Thirty years ago, the world celebrated for the first time the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th, 1993. Since then, we have faced periods of dizzying economic growth, followed by others of sharp deceleration including a pandemic that exposed humanity to an unexpected stress test and wreaking havoc on the global economy for over two years. It has been thirty years, more than enough time to carry out an evaluation of the efforts, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, to fulfill the moral imperative of eradicating poverty and, especially, extreme poverty.