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Economic impacts of population ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities
This document analyses the economic implications of rapid population ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting both the challenges it poses for economic growth, the labour market, and the sustainability of social policies, as well as the opportunities it presents to boost various economic sectors in the region. Based on demographic and economic data, the ongoing structural transformation is examined, with particular emphasis on the increase in the population aged 65 and over. The study reviews the conceptual approaches that enable an understanding of the various dimensions of age…
Effects of countercyclical policies on women’s and men’s incomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a gender analysis of personal taxes and transfers in Colombia, Ecuador and the Plurinational State of Bolivia
At the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, just weeks before the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the region’s governments undertook to “implement gender-sensitive countercyclical policies, in order to mitigate the impact of economic crises”. Against this backdrop, this document analyses the impact that taxes and transfers targeted to households and their members had on the disposable income of women and men between 2019 and 2020 in Colombia, Ecuador and the Plurinational State of Bolivia —countries for which harmonize…
Efectos de políticas contracíclicas en los ingresos de mujeres y hombres durante la pandemia de COVID-19: un análisis de género sobre impuestos personales y transferencias en Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de), Colombia y el Ecuador
A solo semanas del comienzo de la pandemia del COVID-19, los Gobiernos de la región reunidos en la Conferencia Regional de la Mujer se comprometieron a “implementar políticas contracíclicas sensibles a las desigualdades de género para mitigar los efectos de crisis…”. Así, el presente documento analiza el impacto que tanto impuestos como transferencias dirigidas a los hogares y sus integrantes tuvieron en los ingresos disponibles de hombres y mujeres entre 2019 y 2020 en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Colombia y el Ecuador. Estos países fueron seleccionados por contar con modelos armonizad…
Cuidados de largo plazo para personas mayores: perspectivas demográficas y sociales en el Caribe hispano, Centroamérica y México
En este documento se ofrece un revelador análisis sobre el cuidado de largo plazo de las personas mayores. Se examina cómo la CEPAL ha sido pionera en impulsar su reconocimiento como un derecho humano fundamental, culminando en su inclusión en la Convención Interamericana sobre los Derechos Humanos de las Personas Mayores en 2015. Se profundiza en la concepción del cuidado como experiencia universal e interdependiente y se exploran los escenarios demográficos y sociales en el Caribe hispano, Centroamérica y México. A través de un análisis exhaustivo de las fuentes de datos disponibles y las pe…
The Hummingbird Vol. 12 No. 3
Panorama Social da América Latina e do Caribe, 2024. Resumo Executivo
Esta edição do Panorama Social da América Latina e do Caribe 2024 aborda os desafios da proteção social não contributiva para avançar rumo ao desenvolvimento social inclusivo na região. Para enfrentar a crise do desenvolvimento, as lacunas do desenvolvimento social inclusivo e a estrutura de riscos em reconfiguração é preciso avançar rumo a sistemas de proteção social universais, integrais, sustentáveis e resilientes. As políticas de proteção social não contributiva são essenciais para cumprir os objetivos e funções dos sistemas de proteção social: proteção da renda, acesso aos serviços sociai…
Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024. Executive summary. Accessible version
This edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024 focuses on the challenges of non-contributory social protection in advancing towards inclusive social development in the region. Tackling the development crisis, inclusive social development gaps and changing risk structure demands progress towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems. Non-contributory social protection policies are essential to fulfil the goals and functions of social protection systems: the protection of income, access to social services and labour inclusion.…