Social Progress in Latin America
Measuring Social Progress, Not Wealth: Why the Social Progress Index has become an invaluable tool for development in Latin America
The Social Progress Index (SPI) was created to make the concept of social progress as important as economic growth in both measuring and guiding development. By aggregating a series of social and environmental indicators, the SPI captures three dimensions of social progress: Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity. Debuted globally in 2013, the SPI is now in use by governments, civil society, and the private sector from Mexico to Brazil. Join our panel of experts to explore why the SPI has been used in countries and communities throughout the Americas and discuss its potential future impact on the region.
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Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle International Foundation
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Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more