Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 16/17Y: Big data for measuring and fostering the digital economy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Economía digital y tributación: el caso argentino en el marco de la experiencia internacional

En este documento, elaborado en el marco de las actividades de un proyecto conjunto de la Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) de la Argentina y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), se abordan los desafíos que plantea la tributación de la economía digital a nivel global y las alternativas para superarlos que se discuten en los foros multilaterales. Se exponen también experiencias internacionales en materia de tributación nacional a la economía digital. Finalmente, se describen los pasos que ha dado la Argentina en ese sentido y se analizan sus posibilida…

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the need to promote productive, decent jobs in Latin America, which includes the implementation of multisectoral policies to confront the high rates of informal labor that characterize the region, underlined government representatives and specialists in the international seminar on Labour Informality: Challenges posed by technological change, territorial inequality and the need for social protection, organized on October 6-7, 2021 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The event presented the key findings of the project Transf…

La crisis del COVID-19 reafirmó la importancia de aprovechar los avances tecnológicos y visibilizar las desigualdades territoriales para promover empleos decentes en América Latina, subrayaron especialistas en evento sobre informalidad laboral

La crisis del COVID-19 reafirmó la necesidad de promover empleos productivos y decentes en América Latina, lo que incluye la implementación de políticas multisectoriales para enfrentar la alta informalidad laboral que caracteriza a la región, subrayaron representantes de gobierno y especialistas en el seminario internacional Informalidad laboral: desafíos frente al cambio tecnológico, la desigualdad territorial y el imperativo de la protección social, organizado los días 6 y 7 de octubre de 2021 por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En el evento se presentaron los …

Promoting productive jobs and confronting the challenge of new forms of informal employment in LA

Fomentando empleos productivos y enfrentando los desafíos de las nuevas formas de informalidad en AL

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 9

Strategies for Post COVID-19 Recovery in the Caribbean

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Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Decent work for platform workers in Latin America

The crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic had severe repercussions on the region’s economy and labour markets in 2020. The year ended with a 7.1% decline in GDP, which translated into a sharp drop in employment and an increase in the unemployment rate, to 10.5%. Unlike in previous crises, withdrawal from the labour market was high, primarily in the second quarter of 2020, and the contraction in informal employment was greater than that of formal employment. With the gradual easing of lockdown measures, labour force participation has picked up and employment is recovering…

Coyuntura Laboral en América Latina y el Caribe: trabajo decente para los trabajadores de plataformas en América Latina

La crisis causada por la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) tuvo un gran impacto en la economía y los mercados laborales regionales durante 2020. El año finalizó con una caída del PIB del 7,1%, que se tradujo en una marcada pérdida de empleos y un aumento de la tasa de desocupación, que alcanzó el 10,5%. A diferencia de crisis anteriores, el número de personas que se retiraron del mercado laboral fue elevado, principalmente en el segundo trimestre del año, y la contracción del empleo informal fue mayor que la del empleo formal. A medida que las restricciones a la movilidad se le…

Labor Markets in the Region Will Be Slow to Recover from the Severe Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

Regional GDP in 2020 experienced a -7.1% contraction, the biggest in a century, producing in turn a drop in employment and an increase in the unemployment rate, which reached 10.5% on average that same year, ECLAC and the ILO indicate in a new study released today. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched this Monday, June 14, edition No. 24 of their joint publication, Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (June 2021) – now available online – in which they analyze the impact of the crisis prom…

Los mercados laborales de la región demorarán en recuperarse del fuerte impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020

Durante 2020, el PIB regional registró una contracción de -7,1%, la mayor del último siglo, lo que a su vez generó una caída en el empleo y un aumento de la tasa de desocupación que alcanzó el 10,5% en promedio para 2020, indican la CEPAL y la OIT en un nuevo estudio dado a conocer hoy. La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) lanzaron este lunes 14 de junio la edición N⁰ 24 de su publicación conjunta Coyuntura Laboral en América Latina y el Caribe (junio 2021), disponible desde ahora en internet, en la cual analizan el efe…

Os mercados de trabalho da região demorarão a se recuperar do forte impacto da pandemia da COVID-19 em 2020

(Tradução: gentileza do Escritório da OIT no Brasil) Em 2020, o PIB regional registrou uma contração de -7,1%, a maior do último século, que por sua vez gerou uma queda no emprego e um aumento na taxa de desocupação que atingiu 10,5% em média no ano passado, indicam a CEPAL e a OIT em novo estudo divulgado hoje. A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) e a Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) lançaram nesta segunda-feira, 14 de junho, a edição Nº 24 da sua publicação conjunta Conjuntura Laboral na América Latina e no Caribe (“Coyuntura Laboral en América Latina…

Selected online learning experiences in the Caribbean during COVID-19. Policy Brief

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …

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Economic Reactivation Needs Productive, Fiscal and Institutional Structural Reforms to Move Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Development Pattern in Latin America and the Caribbean

The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has been the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most harmed in economic and social terms. This is due to longstanding structural factors that have portended its dysfunctional development pattern. That is why the economic reactivation must pursue, at the same time, significant productive, fiscal and institutional structural reforms, in order to move forward on configuring a new, inclusive and sustainable development pattern. So stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECL…

Reactivación económica necesita reformas estructurales productivas, fiscales e institucionales, para avanzar hacia un estilo de desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe

La región de América Latina y el Caribe ha sido la más afectada por la pandemia del COVID-19 y también la más dañada en términos económicos y sociales. Esto se debe a factores estructurales de larga data que han prefigurado su disfuncional estilo de desarrollo. Por ello, la reactivación económica deberá cursar, a la par, significativas reformas estructurales productivas, fiscales e institucionales, para avanzar en la configuración de un nuevo estilo de desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible. Así lo señalan Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe…

A reativação econômica precisa de reformas estruturais, fiscais e institucionais produtivas para avançar em direção a um estilo de desenvolvimento inclusivo e sustentável na América Latina e no Caribe

A região da América Latina e do Caribe foi a mais afetada pela pandemia de COVID-19 e também a mais prejudicada em termos econômicos e sociais. Isso se deve a fatores estruturais de longa data que prefiguraram seu estilo disfuncional de desenvolvimento. Por isso, a reativação econômica deverá, ao mesmo tempo, passar por significativas reformas estruturais produtivas, fiscais e institucionais para avançar na configuração de um novo estilo de desenvolvimento inclusivo e sustentável. É o que assinalam Alicia Bárcena, Secretária Executiva da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEP…

CEPAL Review Will Launch a New Special Edition on COVID-19 and the Socioeconomic Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

LIVE BROADCAST (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided). With the aim of contributing to broadening and deepening discussions regarding the global crisis and its effects on and prospects for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, the CEPAL Review has edited a special issue on the COVID-19 pandemic, which will be unveiled next Thursday, April 29, during a webinar that will include a virtual dialogue with authors of the articles to be published in this distinctive edition. The event entitled “COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean” will take pl…