Latin America and the Caribbean in 2013: Building on a decade of inclusion

Hasan Tuluy

By Hasan Tuluy

Hasan Tuluy is World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Next year marks a decade since Latin America and the Caribbean took a dramatic turn for the better. After decades of stagnation, the region began a speedy economic and social transformation in 2003 that lifted 73 million out of poverty and grew the ranks of the middle class by more than 50 per cent or 50 million people.

According to World Bank research,