Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The pandemic has been certainly harsh on poor and vulnerable populations across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Income fell for two-thirds of households and nearly half of workers stopped working, while 16% lost their jobs....
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Flexible workplace policies might help improve gender gaps in employment but they can also weaken women's position in the labour market.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022
The Commission for Social Development continued its 2022 session today, seeking ideas from Governments and United Nations experts alike about the best ways to combat poverty and hunger and — in the pandemic’s third year — get back on track to...
Thursday, January 20, 2022
We are seeing early signs of global recovery in economic output, global mobility, and international trade. But the latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) edition presents a troubling picture: worsening inequality that the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Extreme poverty in West Africa rose by nearly three per cent in 2020, another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN-backed report launched on Thursday that looks at the socio-impact of the crisis has revealed. The proportion of people living on less...
Friday, December 17, 2021
Food insecurity and foregone care in the time of pandemic tell different stories across Latin America. Social inequalities (structured by gender, education and assets) shape them both, but there are more fundamental drivers of food security that tell...
Friday, December 10, 2021
Despite more than three-quarters of the region’s population being legally entitled to health protection, pervasive gaps in legal coverage, lack of awareness on rights coupled with practical difficulties and impediments to accessing services leaves huge...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
In response to the impact of Covid-19 on poverty and inequality in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC has called for Latin American countries to build welfare states. Is this the right call? This blog, and two that will...
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Thursday, November 25, 2021
While great strides in poverty reduction have taken place in Colombia in the last decade, the number of people living below the poverty line increased by 6.8 percentage points since the start of the pandemic, reversing a decade of economic and...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin American governments took the unprecedented step of including informal workers in emergency relief legislation. Informal workers comprise a significant share of Latin American countries’ economically active population...