This tenth document of the PLAC Network Technical Assistance Document Series, entitled “Haiti pension system - Recommendations to improve the regulation”, provides general recommendations for the regulatory framework of the pension system in Haiti and tries to identify broad key policy options to improve the performance of the pension system.
We’re witnessing a new boom in the audiovisual industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. Financially speaking, it’s estimated that in 2019 alone, more than $5.7 billion US dollars were invested in audiovisual productions, which led to the creation of more than 1.6 million direct and indirect jobs in Latin America, according to a study from Olsberg SPI [1].And the opportunities extend beyond the merely economic: they also have an impact on our cultural identity and the chance to share our stories with the rest of the world.
This document is the first of four publications in the series "The Road to educational inclusion: four steps to develop systems to protect educational pathways". It aims to serve as a guide for education ministries and secretariats in the region that are interested in the design and implementation of protection systems for educational pathways.
The series collates existing knowledge about the protection of students educational pathways in a context in which the challenge of exclusion is ever more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
This document is the first of four publications in the series "The Road to educational inclusion: four steps to develop systems to protect educational pathways". It aims to serve as a guide for education ministries and secretariats in the region that are interested in the design and implementation of protection systems for educational pathways.
The series collates existing knowledge about the protection of students educational pathways in a context in which the challenge of exclusion is ever more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic consequences for labor markets across Latin America. While data is not available for all countries ethnically diverse populations have been hard-hit. This has been especially true for African descendants when even before the pandemic faced barriers to accessing the labor market.
Maintaining high standards of care from doctors, nurses and other health professionals is of critical importance for an effective and efficient health system. Yet deficient levels of health worker performance, including low effort, absenteeism, and lack of compliance with clinical guidelines, have been documented across numerous countries and contexts. In response, various pay-for-performance interventions that reward providers based on measures of quality of care and health outcomes have been tested, with mixed results.
In this paper, we show that order effects operate in the context of high-stakes, real-world decisions: employment choices. We experimentally evaluate a nationwide program in Ecuador that changed the order of teaching vacancies on a job application platform in order to reduce teacher sorting (that is, lower-income students are more likely to attend schools with less qualified teachers).
In this paper, we show that order effects operate in the context of high-stakes, real-world decisions: employment choices. We experimentally evaluate a nationwide program in Ecuador that changed the order of teaching vacancies on a job application platform in order to reduce teacher sorting (that is, lower-income students are more likely to attend schools with less qualified teachers).
From a macro perspective, women's employment in Latin America and the Caribbean has made positive strides during the 21st Century. Nevertheless, this growing involvement in the labor market has taken place in a context of disadvantage and inequality, which is evidenced by higher levels of unemployment, occupational segregation, and a gender pay gap, among other things.
From a macro perspective, women's employment in Latin America and the Caribbean has made positive strides during the 21st Century. Nevertheless, this growing involvement in the labor market has taken place in a context of disadvantage and inequality, which is evidenced by higher levels of unemployment, occupational segregation, and a gender pay gap, among other things.