Report On The Economic Impact Of Coronavirus Disease Covid 19 On Latin America And The Caribbean

Author : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789210054133

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Report on the Economic Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Latin America and the Caribbean by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Pdf

This study was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the request of the Government of Mexico in its capacity as Pro Tempore Chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), at the virtual ministerial meeting on health matters for response and follow-up to the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, held on 26 March 2020. The report addresses three topics: the economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the region, the actions taken by ECLAC in response to the request by CELAC and, on the basis of these, a set of policy recommendations to address the pandemic and its effects in different areas.

Author : Vereinte Nationen Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1192462150

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Report on the Economic Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Latin America and the Caribbean by Vereinte Nationen Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Pdf

Report for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) .-- I. The economic and social impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- II. Action taken by ECLAC .-- III. Policies to tackle the economic and social effects of the pandemic.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9211220696

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Social Panorama of Latin America 2020 by United Nations Publications Pdf

This publication examines the social impact of an unprecedented crisis.

Author : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789210047401

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Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Pdf

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has generated a health, human and economic crisis without precedent in the past century. The region has responded rapidly, adopting packages of fiscal measures of diverse magnitude and scope. In this context, fiscal policy must play a key role in mitigating the human and economic impact in the short term, while also continuing to provide the impulse for achieving sustainable and inclusive growth in a post-COVID-19 world. As well as analysing the fiscal policy challenges of the current crisis, the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020 provides a broad overview of the problems of tax evasion in the region. It looks at the challenges of measuring tax evasion and the measures the countries are taking to tackle it. It also compares the functional allocation of public expenditure in the countries of the region, as a factor that has implications for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Author : Economic Commission Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
ISBN : 9789210055673

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 by Economic Commission Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Pdf

This publication outlines the region's economic performance in 2020 and analyses trends in the early months of 2021, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region's economic performance, analyses the characteristics of growth, prices and the labour market, and draws attention to some of the macroeconomic policy challenges of the prevailing external conditions, amid mounting uncertainty stemming mainly from political factors. It analyses the dynamics of investment and its determinants, with a view to identifying the different variables on which public policy can act to influence the trajectory of investment. This edition also analyses the impact of the crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the region's labour markets, with a comparison of historical trends, and particular emphasis placed on the disproportionate effect of the pandemic on female and youth employment.

Author : Guillermo Beylis,Roberto Fattal Jaef,Rishabh Sinha,Michael Morris
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814600

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Going Viral by Guillermo Beylis,Roberto Fattal Jaef,Rishabh Sinha,Michael Morris Pdf

COVID-19 started as a health emergency, but it is rapidly evolving into an employment crisis. There is still uncertainty on how severe the economic impact of the pandemic will be. As things go, however, the drag on the region’s employment could last longer than the epidemic itself. Beyond the immediate impacts on the level of employment, the crisis is deepening and accelerating the transformation of jobs, bringing the future closer. Going Viral: COVID-19 and the Accelerated Transformation of Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean focuses on recent trends in the economies of the region that have been significantly changing the labor market: premature deindustrialization, the servicification of the economy, and the changing skill requirements of jobs as automation advances. The findings of this report have important implications for economic policy. Some of these implications are related to the productivity challenges that Latin America and the Caribbean was already facing after the end of the “Golden Decade†? in 2013. Other policy implications see their relevance enhanced by the COVID-19 crisis. As sectors are impacted in different ways, as new technologies are developed and adopted, and as working remotely becomes more common, governments need to respond in ways that support a smooth transformation of jobs—one that is socially acceptable and that contributes to productivity growth, including investing in the human capital of the workforce. The accelerated transformation of jobs also calls for a rethinking of labor regulations and social protection policies. The institutional architecture geared to wage earners in the formal sector is quickly becoming outdated. The report calls for the flexible regulation of the emerging forms of work, in a way that encourages employment and supports formalization, thereby expanding the coverage of social protection. to larger segments

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464816505

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Semiannual Report of the Latin America And Caribbean Region Fall, 2020 by World Bank Pdf

Latin America and the Caribbean was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which arrived on the back of years of disappointing economic growth and limited social progress, and after a wave of social unrest. This report reviews the impacts of the crisis as well as the policy responses by countries, which often involved sizeable social transfers. It also presents growth forecasts, and quarterly growth estimates based on satellite imagery. With countries experiencing a diverse mix of health costs and economic costs, the report analyzes how the effectiveness of containment policies, and their impact on economic activity, differ between richer and poorer countries. It also assesses the cost of staying healthy in normal times, showing how it is affected by the structure of the domestic pharmaceutical sector and by the effectiveness of public procurement of medicines. As the region may have to live with the virus for a while, four policy directions are proposed for discussion.

Author : Alejandro Izquierdo,Philip Keefer,Allen Blackman,Matías Busso,Eduardo Cavallo,Gregory Elacqua,Ana María Ibañez,Julián Messina,Mauricio Moreira,Carlos Scartascini,Norbert Schady,Tomás Serebrisky
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Emerging from the Pandemic Tunnel with Faster Growth and Greater Equity: A Strategy for a New Social Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean by Alejandro Izquierdo,Philip Keefer,Allen Blackman,Matías Busso,Eduardo Cavallo,Gregory Elacqua,Ana María Ibañez,Julián Messina,Mauricio Moreira,Carlos Scartascini,Norbert Schady,Tomás Serebrisky Pdf

While the pandemic lasts, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will go through a tunnel full of uncertainty. It is not known especially how long it is: how long until therapies or a vaccine emerge, or until best practices are known to control the pandemic to live with a virus of unknown lethality. This note describes policy options on how countries can expand their possibilities to meet the economic challenges of the crisis, with an emphasis on growth and equity. These options are based on the assumption that the fiscal situation of the region and its access to sovereign credit markets are much more restricted than in previous crises, which forces to think about policy reforms beyond fiscal ones to accelerate the Economic recovery. The options are ambitious, but the ambition meets the need. This document is part of a series of 3 IDB monographs on public policies in the context of COVID-19. The other documents can be consulted at the following links: Public Policy to Tackle COVID-19: Recommendations for Latin America and the Caribbean: https://publications.iadb.org/en/public-policy-to-tackle-covid-19-recommendations-for--latin-america-and-the-caribbean From Lockdown to Reopening: Strategic Considerations for the Resumption of Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of Covid-19 https://publications.iadb.org/en/from-lockdown-to-reopening-strategic-considerations-for-the-resumption-of-activities-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-within-the-framework-of-covid-19

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464818066

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Recovering Growth by World Bank Pdf

After its worst economic crisis in 100 years, Latin America and the Caribbean countries are emerging from the COVID†?19 pandemic. The need to recover dynamic, inclusive, and sustainable growth to redress both the legacy of the pandemic and long†?standing social needs has never been more acute. However, despite progress in some areas, the region is facing a weaker recovery than expected given the favorable international tailwinds and is likely return to the low growth rates of the 2010s. Moreover, growth could be further slowed by both internal and external factors: the emergence of a new variant of the virus, a rise in international interest rates to combat global inflation, and high levels of debt in both the private and public sector. Beyond offering the current macroeconomic outlook of the region and the near†?term challenges it faces, this report explores three broad areas where growth†?advancing policies and reforms could be undertaken within a constrained fiscal context: mobilizing sources of revenue that appear to be growthneutral; improving public spending efficiency to free up resources for other purposes; and reallocating spending to areas with highest growth and social impact.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

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Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : Joana Silva,Liliana Sousa,Truman Packard,Raymond Robertson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464816918

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Employment in Crisis by Joana Silva,Liliana Sousa,Truman Packard,Raymond Robertson Pdf

A region known for its volatility, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has suffered severe economic and social setbacks from crises—including the COVID-19 pandemic. These crises have taken their toll on careers, wage growth, and productivity. Employment in Crisis: The Path to Better Jobs in a Post-COVID-19 Latin America provides new evidence on the effects of crises on the region’s workers and firms and suggests several policy responses that can bolster long-term and inclusive economic growth. This report has three key findings. First, crises lead to persistent employment losses and accelerate structural changes away from the formal sector. This change occurs more through reductions in the creation of formal jobs than through job destruction. Second, some workers recover from crises, while others are permanently scarred by them. Low-skilled workers can suffer up to a decade of lower earnings caused by crises, while high-skilled workers rebound fast, exacerbating the LAC region’s high level of inequality. Formal workers suffer smaller employment and wage losses in localities with higher rates of informality. And the reduced job flows caused by crises decrease welfare, but workers in localities with more job opportunities, whether formal or informal, bounce back better. Third, crises’ cleansing effects can increase efficiency and productivity, but these effects are dampened by the LAC region’s less competitive market structure. Rather than becoming more agile and productive during economic downturns, protected sectors and firms gain market share and crowd out others, trapping valuable resources. This report proposes a three-pronged mix of policies to improve the LAC region’s responses to crises: •Create a more stable macroeconomic environment to smooth the impacts of crises, including automatic stabilizers such as unemployment insurance and short-term compensation programs; •Increase the capacity of social protection and labor programs to respond to crises and coalesce these programs into systems that complement income support with reemployment assistance and reskilling opportunities; and •Tackle structural issues, including the lack of product market competition and the spatial dimension behind poor labor market adjustment—a “good jobs and good firms†? agenda.

Author : Pepe Zhang,Peter Engelke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1619771705

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2025 Post-Covid Scenarios by Pepe Zhang,Peter Engelke Pdf

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211220513

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 by United Nations Publications Pdf

This publication outlines the region's economic performance in 2019 and analyses trends in the early months of 2020, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region's economic performance, analyses the characteristics of growth, prices and the labour market, and draws attention to some of the macroeconomic policy challenges of the prevailing external conditions, amid mounting uncertainty stemming mainly from political factors. It analyses the dynamics of investment and its determinants, with a view to identifying the different variables on which public policy can act to influence the trajectory of investment. This edition also analyses the effects and challenges of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic for the region during 2020 and the outlook that is taking shape for the years to come.

Author : Economic Commission Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,Helena Cruz Castanheira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : COVID-19 (Disease)
ISBN : 9789210047548

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Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2020 by Economic Commission Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,Helena Cruz Castanheira Pdf

This publication uses national sources of data on deaths from civil registry offices and health information systems to analyse the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on mortality in the countries of the region. In addition, by means of a simulation exercise based on different scenarios of COVID-19 prevalence rates, it estimates the impact of COVID-19-related deaths on life expectancy at birth for the 38 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean. The information used to prepare this edition of the Demographic Observatory corresponds to official information on deaths and causes of death available at 31 October 2020, as well as population estimates and projections prepared by the United Nations.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211220718

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Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 by United Nations Pdf

In 2021, Latin America and the Caribbean faces an economic and social context that will remain complex and uncertain. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact the region, with a fresh wave of cases that has led to the implementation of new public health measures to curb the spread of the virus. Vaccination campaigns, which are a priority, have been hampered by unequal access to vaccines globally and challenges in vaccine production and distribution. In this complex and uncertain context, the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021 analyses the challenges for fiscal policy in the region as it continues to tackle the emergency and bring about a transformative post-pandemic recovery. Maintaining an expansionary fiscal policy will be key, and will require the support of international cooperation through development financing. The report also reflects on the need to promote tax policies that expand fiscal space, improve income distribution and maintain the sustainability of spending trajectories. Lastly, it examines progress in the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in fiscal policies in the region.