The institutions that support micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America have demonstrated their capacity to react to the...
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The crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic had severe repercussions on the region’s economy and labour markets in 2020. The...
The countries of the region implemented a series of short-term measures to mitigate the social, health and economic effects of the coronavirus...
This edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America examines the social impact of an unprecedented crisis. The effects of the coronavirus disease...
The health and socioeconomic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the countries of Latin America hard and laid bare the profound...
COVID-19 is exposing social inequalities of all kinds in the world and the region, as well as the overrepresentation of Afrodescendants among the...
The growing crisis caused by the coronavirus disease pandemic has dire implications
for Latin American societies. As is often the case, the...
The document analyzes the social protection responses of ten Latin American countries since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March 2020....
Air pollution represents a major environmental health hazard. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is responsible for 300,000...
Recently, Latin American countries have had to face the challenges of improving social inclusion and economic redistribution while consolidating...
ForewordThe present document was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for consideration by the Heads of...
Abstract This paper discusses the rationale of social insurance and social insurance institutions as they have emerged and developed in...
Health quasi-markets aim to introduce competition into the public sphere by separating functions in order to improve efficiency and quality. In...
This document is prepared by Edward Palmer, Consultant of the Project ¨Inclusion of the European Nordic Model in the debate concerning reform...