Latin America must invest at least 5 percent per year in infrastructure to take the leap toward competitiveness

Latin America must invest at least 5 percent per year in infrastructure to take the leap toward competitiveness

May 11, 2017

In the region, the average investment in infrastructure as a percentage of GDP was 2.8 percent between 2008 and 2015, according to the figures in A CAF, IDB, and ECLAC initiative which has the most complete data base regarding investments in sectors such as water and sanitation, energy, telecommunications, and transportation for 18 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.