Durante las décadas de 1980 y 1990, el sector financiero constituyó el talón de Aquiles del desarrollo económico en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Desde entonces, el sector ha crecido y se ha profundizado, volviéndose más integrado y competitivo, con nuevos actores, mercados e instrumentos y una ampliación de la inclusión financiera. Para coronar estos logros, los sistemas financieros de la región han atravesado la crisis global de 2008-2009 en gran medida ilesos. Ahora que los beneficios de la estabilidad macrofinanciera de ALC están siendo ampliamente reconocidos y puestos a prueba, parece ser el momento ideal para hacer un balance y analizar lo que resta por hacer. El Desarrollo Financiero en America Latina y el Caribe: El Camino por Delante provee un análisis balanceado, con miras al futuro, sobre el desarrollo financiero de la región. En lugar de perderse en discusiones sectoriales específicas, el reporte se enfoca en los principales elementos estructurales, perspectivas generales y sus interconexiones. El valor agregado de este reporte descansa entonces en su visión holística del proceso de desarrollo; en su cobertura amplia de la industria de servicios financieros (tomada como un todo, sin centrarse exclusivamente en el sector bancario); en su énfasis en un enfoque comparativo, relativo a valores de referencia; en su perspectiva sistémica; y en su esfuerzo explícito de incorporar las lecciones de la crisis financiera internacional de 2008–2009. El Desarrollo Financiero en America Latina y el Caribe: El Camino por Delante a su vez expande y complementa la visión global de una serie de estudios publicados durante la última década sobre el desarrollo financiero, tanto sobre los países de ALC como sobre otros países en vías de desarrollo. Este reporte resultará de especial interés para hacedores de política y analistas financieros interesados en impulsar el desarrollo del sector financiero de la región.

During the 1980s and 1990s, financial sectors were the Achilles heel of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since then, these sectors have grown and deepened, becoming more integrated and competitive, with new actors, markets, and instruments springing up and financial inclusion broadening. To crown these achievements, the region s financial systems were left largely unscathed by the global financial crisis of 2008 09. Now that the successes of LAC s macrofinancial stability are widely recognized and tested, it is high time for an in-depth stocktaking of what remains to be done. Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Road Ahead provides both a stocktaking and a forward-looking assessment of the region s financial development. Rather than going into detail about sector-specific issues, the report focuses on the main architectural issues, overall perspectives, and interconnections. The report s value added thus hinges on its holistic view of the development process, its broad coverage of the financial services industry beyond banking, its emphasis on benchmarking, its systemic perspective, and its explicit effort to incorporate the lessons from the recent global financial crisis. Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Road Ahead builds on and complements several overview studies on financial development in both LAC countries and the developing world that were published in the past decade. It will be of interest to policy makers and financial analysts interested in improving the financial sector in the LAC region.

This publication examines the social impact of an unprecedented crisis. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to all areas of human life, altering the way we interact, crippling economies and bringing about profound changes in societies. The pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated the major structural gaps in the region, and it is clear that the costs of inequality have become unsustainable and that it is necessary to rebuild with equality and sustainability, aiming for the creation of a true welfare state, long overdue in the region.

Through his voluminous and in?uential writings, editorial activities, organi- tional leadership, intellectual acumen, and strong sense of history, Clifford - brose Truesdell III (1919–2000) was the main architect for the renaissance of - tional continuum mechanics since the middle of the twentieth century. The present collection of 42 essays and research papers pays tribute to this man of mathematics, science, and natural philosophy as well as to his legacy. The ?rst ?ve essays by B. D. Coleman, E. Giusti, W. Noll, J. Serrin, and D. Speiser were texts of addresses given by their authors at the Meeting in memory of Clifford Truesdell, which was held in Pisa in November 2000. In these essays the reader will ?nd personal reminiscences of Clifford Truesdell the man and of some of his activities as scientist, author, editor, historian of exact sciences, and principal founding member of the Society for Natural Philosophy. The bulk of the collection comprises 37 research papers which bear witness to the Truesdellian legacy. These papers cover a wide range of topics; what ties them together is the rational spirit. Clifford Truesdell, in his address upon receipt of a Birkhoff Prize in 1978, put the essence of modern continuum mechanics succinctly as “conceptual analysis, analysis not in the sense of the technical term but in the root meaning: logical criticism, dissection, and creative scrutiny.