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Social Digital

Transformation for the future of social services

Social Digital is an initiative of the Social Sector (SCL) of the Inter-American Development Bank that leverages the benefits of technology to offer more and better social services in five sectors: Health and Social Protection, Education, Labor, Social Security, Migration and Gender and Diversity.

The main objectives of the IDB's digital transformation of the Social Sector are to improve the efficiency of the sector, improve the quality of social services and reduce inequality through digital services.

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

How Do Disruptive Innovators Prepare Today's Students to Be Tomorrow's Workforce?: Deep Learning: Transforming Systems to Prepare Tomorrow’s Citizens

How Do Disruptive Innovators Prepare Today's Students to Be Tomorrow's Workforce?: Deep Learning: Transforming Systems to Prepare Tomorrow’s Citizens

Disruptive innovators take advantage of unique opportunities. Prior to COVID-19 progress in Latin America and the Caribbean for integrating…
The Future is Now: Transversal Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 21st Century

The Future is Now: Transversal Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 21st Century

The 21st century is not in the future: it is happening now. Accelerated changes in technology, migration, demographics, and climate are…
Are Behaviorally Informed Text Messages Effective in Promoting Compliance with COVID-19 Preventive Measures?: Evidence from an RCT in the City of Sao Paulo

Are Behaviorally Informed Text Messages Effective in Promoting Compliance with COVID-19 Preventive Measures?: Evidence from an RCT in the City of Sao Paulo

The COVID-19 pandemic has required societal behavioral change in order to slow the spread of the virus. Making people keep proper distance…
Artificial Intelligence for Job Seeking: How to Enhance Labor Intermediation in Public Employment Services (Executive Summary)

Artificial Intelligence for Job Seeking: How to Enhance Labor Intermediation in Public Employment Services (Executive Summary)

One of the main challenges of employment services -in particular labor intermediation systems- is to facilitate the adequate matching between…

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Blogs

Education 2030: The Game Changers

Education 2030: The Game Changers

Education is being challenged from many fronts: students are not learning what they need in the basics (literacy and numeracy); they are…
Attention! We Are Looking for Women Leaders in Digital Health

Attention! We Are Looking for Women Leaders in Digital Health

Jennifer became alarmed when the application that monitored her pregnancy showed abnormal results. What was the problem? The software was…
The radio is still alive! And it has helped foster children´s development during the pandemic

The radio is still alive! And it has helped foster children´s development during the pandemic

At the beginning of the lockdown in Guatemala, due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the staff of Juega Conmigo in Childfund faced a great challenge…

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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…

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Internal Toolkit

This toolkit consists of a list of general and sectorial tools designed to guide and support IDB specialists and operational teams in the preparation and execution of digital transformation projects or that contains digital components.

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