New series of webinars on Aging and Long-term Care

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At the IDB, we aim to help the region’s governments prepare to tackle the challenges of aging by creating and/or strengthening the supply of long-term care services. That’s why we created the Panorama of Aging and Long-Term Care to provide information on health conditions and current and future needs for care services for older people in order to encourage evidence-based policymaking.

Who Drives on Ride-Hailing Platforms in Latin America?: A Profile of Uber Drivers in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

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Digital platforms can improve the functioning of markets characterized by coordination problems and high levels of fragmentation, such as the transportation market. In recent years, the adoption of digital platforms across Latin America (Latam), notably in the ride-hailing sector, has been considerable. This expansion may increase the availability of better job alternatives for workers in the region, which is characterized by high levels of informality and citizen’s insecurity.

Who Drives on Ride-Hailing Platforms in Latin America?: A Profile of Uber Drivers in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

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Digital platforms can improve the functioning of markets characterized by coordination problems and high levels of fragmentation, such as the transportation market. In recent years, the adoption of digital platforms across Latin America (Latam), notably in the ride-hailing sector, has been considerable. This expansion may increase the availability of better job alternatives for workers in the region, which is characterized by high levels of informality and citizen’s insecurity.

Can we really change parenting behavior?

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This question has been on our minds as we analyze the effects of a recent home visit program implemented by the Nicaraguan government (results forthcoming, stay tuned!). The Nicaraguan intervention, like most home visit programs, targets children’s first and arguably most important teachers: their parents. The curriculum aims to strengthen parents’ knowledge of early childhood development and provide concrete examples of activities parents can do with their children to encourage early cognitive, social-emotional, and language skills.

Better Jobs Index - Guatemala

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El Índice de Mejores Trabajos mide cómo son los empleos de los países a través de dos dimensiones: cantidad y calidad. La dimensión de cantidad está compuesta a su vez por dos indicadores: la tasa de participación laboral y la de ocupación. La de calidad, por su parte, se construye con las tasas de formalidad y de trabajos con salario suficiente para superar la pobreza. Así, el índice es la media ponderada de estos cuatro indicadores* y sus puntuaciones van de 0 a 100.

Applying Behavioral Insights to Intimate Partner Violence: Improving Services for Survivors in Latin America and the Caribbean

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According to global survey data, 30 percent of women who have ever been in a relationship have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, perpetrated by their intimate partner. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), it is estimated that 29.8 percent of ever partnered women have been physically or sexually abused by their partners.

The Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Great Opportunity for the Region? (interactive version)

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In this first issue of “The future of work in Latin America and the Caribbean” series, we approach this topic from a general perspective with the idea of offering a conceptual framework to set the coordinates for the debate. First, we address the two major trends that, in our opinion, will shape the labor market of the future: the technologic tsunami and demographic aging. Their potential impacts in the world of work, as we explain later, will be of great relevance for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, of which we offer some interesting data to promote this conversation.

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