CEPAL lançará relatório especial COVID-19 sobre a autonomia econômica das mulheres na recuperação pós-pandemia

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) lançará na quarta-feira, 10 de fevereiro de 2021, às 11h do Chile (11h de Brasília), o Relatório Especial COVID-19 Nº9, intitulado: A autonomia econômica das mulheres na recuperação sustentável e com igualdade, que aborda os efeitos da pandemia sobre o emprego e a renda das mulheres e propõe ações para a igualdade de gênero na recuperação. O documento, o nono de uma série elaborada pela CEPAL sobre a evolução e os efeitos da pandemia da COVID-19 na América Latina e no Caribe, será apresentado em uma coletiva de imprensa por Alicia B…

Persons with disabilities and their rights in the COVID-19 pandemic: leaving no one behind

This document examines the situation of persons with disabilities, in terms of the impact that COVID-19 could have, taking into consideration age and sex, health conditions, types of disability, access to basic infrastructure, overcrowding in the home, access to information and communications technology (ICT), employment status and education. In conclusion, the report presents some national actions that have been taken to reduce the impact of the pandemic and recommendations for addressing the devastating social and economic effects of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities.…

Personas con discapacidad y sus derechos frente a la pandemia de COVID-19: que nadie se quede atrás

En el presente documento se ofrece un diagnóstico de la situación de las personas con discapacidad frente al impacto que el COVID-19 podría tener en ellas, tomando en consideración la estructura por edad y sexo, las afecciones de salud y los tipos de discapacidad que tienen, el acceso a infraestructura básica y el hacinamiento que hay en sus hogares, el acceso a las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC), la situación laboral y la educación. Por último, se presentan algunas acciones nacionales que se han puesto en marcha para disminuir el impacto de la pandemia y se plantean …

Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean set priorities for the post COVID-19 recovery agenda

New York, United States, January 14, 2021 - Over 2,700 attendees and representatives from 35 governments met virtually on January 12, 13 and 14 at the XII Ministerial Forum for Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean “COVID-19 - Beyond Recovery. Towards a new social contract for LAC”. The event co-organized by the government of the Republic of Colombia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), included the Fourth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Economic Commission for Latin Ameri…

Líderes de América Latina y el Caribe definieron prioridades de la agenda de recuperación pos-COVID-19

Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 14 de enero de 2021 – Más de 2.700 asistentes y representantes de gobiernos de 35 países se reunieron virtualmente los días 12, 13 y 14 de enero en el XII Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe con el tema “COVID-19 - Más allá de la recuperación. Hacia un nuevo contrato social para ALC”. El evento coorganizado por el gobierno de la República de Colombia y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), y que incluyó la Cuarta Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y …

Exploring knowledge spillover through labour mobility from multinationals to domestic firms in the information technology sector in Costa Rica

This study uses wage premiums to explore knowledge spillovers through labour mobility from multinational companies (MNCs) to domestic firms in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector in Costa Rica. To this end, the authors use a novel employer-employee matched database for 2001–2012 and various fixed-effects models.…

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