Social digital cluster working areas

Principios

Digital Transformation

A Public-private collaboration initiative to guide professionals applying digital technologies to development programs. There are nine Principles for Digital Development that are updated over time and designed to help integrate best practices into technology-enabled programs. The IDB joined this collaboration for its work on the digital agenda.
Catalogoen

Data Ecosystem

Sociómetro-BID is a diverse dataset of indicators designed to capture social conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes indicators in five areas: Demographics, Education, Labor Market, Housing, and Income, disaggregated by ethnicity and race (when available) in addition to being disaggregated by gender, geographic residence, education, and income quintile.
Fairlac

fAIr LAC

Alliance between the public sector, the private sector and the civil society working together to ensure the adoption and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Work Sectors

Discover the work in digital transformation from each sector that aims to improve the provision of social services in Latin America and the Caribbean.
SPH

Social Protection and Health

Health policies, and development of skills and access to comprehensive quality programs for social protection

EDU

Education

Effective teaching and learning among all children and youth

LMK

Labor Markets and Social Security

Labor and social security policies that help create more and better jobs, and universal pension coverage

MIG

Migration

Transforming the challenges of migration into development opportunities

GDI

Gender and Diversity

Gender equality policies, promote an inclusive development for people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ and with identity for indigenous people and afro-descendants

Resources

Find digital tools and solutions that demonstrate how digital transformation can empower social services in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Publications

Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Innovation Policy Design and Implementation in Chile: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development of OECD and Science and Technology Divisi

Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Innovation Policy Design and Implementation in Chile: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development of OECD and Science and Technology Divisi

This document has been elaborated by the OECD and the IADB with the support and collaboration of the CNIC. The document is part of an effort…
Review of International Best Practices of Programs to Promote Regional Innovation Systems

Review of International Best Practices of Programs to Promote Regional Innovation Systems

This paper has two main objectives. First, it aims at briefly reviewing the concept of Regional Innovation System (RIS) as it has been…
ICT in Education: Disruptive Innovation

ICT in Education: Disruptive Innovation

There is a chance that by 2015, 30 million students in Latin America may have an electronic device for personal use devoted to aid in their…

Blogs

Digital education and teacher training program in Barbados

Digital education and teacher training program in Barbados

This blog was written jointly with Virpi Heinonen who is responsible for the cooperation initiatives and projects in the Latin America and…
Barbies, employment and digital skills

Barbies, employment and digital skills

Laura Ripani is a principal specialist in the Labor Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in charge of coordinating…
The pandemic caused job disruptions, but digital careers offer new opportunities

The pandemic caused job disruptions, but digital careers offer new opportunities

Justina Nixon-Saintil is the Vice President and Global Head at IBM Corporate Social Responsibility. Her career has spanned leadership roles…

Videos

How Are People Experiencing Telework in Latin America and the Caribbean?

#Telework #Latinamerica #Caribbean #Covid19 COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the way we work. In the wake of the pandemic, many…

Skills Development Strategies to Leverage Opportunities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Technologies are transforming labor markets. How is Jamaica mitigating the workers' displacement in the Global Services Sector?…

My Life Without an ID: The Road to Identity

The National Registry of Identification and Civil Status of Peru has provided a unique, legal identity to over 500.000 individuals in…