CEPAL Review no. 132. Special Issue. COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

31 December 2020 | Publication

Work area(s)

Gender affairs International trade and integration Economic development Social development Population and development

Topic(s)

Fiscal affairs International trade International cooperation COVID-19 Economic growth Inequality Income distribution Education Employment Gender statistics Economic statistics Financing for development Financing and external debt Gender equality Social institutionality Macroeconomics Mortality and health Poverty Labour policy Social protection Health Tourism Time use Gender
COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

CEPAL Review no. 132. Special Issue. COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Publication type: CEPAL Review
  • Physical description: 278 páginas.
  • Publisher: ECLAC
  • UN symbol (Signature): LC/PUB.2021/4-P
  • Date: 31 December 2020

Table of contents

  • Editorial note. -- Introduction. The global economy and development in times of pandemic: the challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean / Alicia Bárcena and Mario Cimoli, guest editors
  • Structural asymmetries and the health crisis: the imperative of a transformative recovery for the advancement of sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean / Alicia Bárcena and Mario Cimoli
  • The COVID-19 crisis in Latin America in historical perspective / José Antonio Ocampo
  • Building pro-development multilateralism: towards a “New” New International Economic Order / Ha-Joon Chang
  • COVID-19, elites and the future political economy of inequality reduction in Latin America / Benedicte Bull and Francisco Robles Rivera
  • Why the rich always stay rich (no matter what, no matter the cost) / José Gabriel Palma
  • Brazil: the effects of COVID-19 and recovery / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira
  • The COVID-19 crisis and the structural problems of Latin America and the Caribbean: responding to the emergency with a long-term perspective / Martín Abeles, Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Gabriel Porcile
  • Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order / Giovanni Dosi
  • The health economy in Mexico / Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas
  • A “new normal” as a “new essential”? COVID-19, digital transformations and employment structures / Maria Savona
  • Women’s economic autonomy during the COVID-19 pandemic / Nicole Bidegain, Lucía Scuro and Iliana Vaca Trigo
  • Hyper-fortunes and the super-rich: why a wealth tax makes sense / Ramon E. López and Gino Sturla
  • Central America and the pandemic: macroeconomic policy challenges / Juan Carlos Moreno Brid and Rodrigo Alfonso Morales López
  • COVID-19 and social protection of poor and vulnerable groups in Latin America: a conceptual framework / Nora Lustig and Mariano Tommasi.

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SDG(s)

1. No poverty 3. Good health and well-being 5. Gender equality 8. Decent work and economic growth 17. Partnership for the goals