Social digital cluster working areas

Work Sectors

Work Sectors

The digital transformation within IDB’s social sector will be oriented towards five key areas.

Catalogoen

Data Ecosystem

SCLData is a digital platform that contains information on key issues for research and development 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

An 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.

Resources

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

Publications

Going Beyond Normal Challenges for Health and Healthcare in Latin America and the Caribbean Exposed by Covid-19

Going Beyond Normal Challenges for Health and Healthcare in Latin America and the Caribbean Exposed by Covid-19

This technical note describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Latin America and the Caribbean, and analyzes the implications for the…
Regulatory Framework for Telemedicine: Current status and Next Steps

Regulatory Framework for Telemedicine: Current status and Next Steps

This document addresses each aspect of the process of digital transformation of health, shares evidence, practices and concrete…
Breve 24. The pharmaceutical price regulation in El Salvador

Breve 24. The pharmaceutical price regulation in El Salvador

His policy brief is based on a webinar presented by Luis Alejandro Rivera, Chief of the Pricing Unit at the Dirección Nacional de…
Education Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean

Education Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean

Education Technology has the potential to be a powerful engine for transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean, however the size of the…

Blogs

How to Avoid a Lost Generation: Three Strategies to Combat Pandemic Learning Loss

How to Avoid a Lost Generation: Three Strategies to Combat Pandemic Learning Loss

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 15 million excess deaths across the globe.  Although mortality rates are lowest among children and…
How Can Alternative Credentials Help Close the Skills Gap?  

How Can Alternative Credentials Help Close the Skills Gap?  

Traditional degrees take years and often thousands of dollars to acquire—and they sometimes fail to prepare students for the workplace. They…
Seeds of Attachment (Semillas de apego): 3 keys to promoting child development in the context of armed conflict or displacement

Seeds of Attachment (Semillas de apego): 3 keys to promoting child development in the context of armed conflict or displacement

The number is not trivial: 17% of the world’s children were living in conflict zones by the end of 2020. Exposure to traumatic events in the…

Videos

How can Trinidad and Tobago develop new economic sectors? Promoting a diversification agenda

Trinidad’s reliance on oil and gas production makes it especially vulnerable to global energy market fluctuations. In light of these risks,…

Scholas Citizenship: innovative educational programs for vulnerable youth - Lessons from Haiti

"Scholas Citizenship" is an educational program that works with youth between the ages of 15 and 17 years from different schools in…