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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

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…

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Blogs

A one-stop-shop for our webinars on COVID-19

A one-stop-shop for our webinars on COVID-19

About a year ago, in March 2020, people worldwide were having their last workday in the office. Although life has slowly begun to return to…
Reducing health inequalities using digital health tools

Reducing health inequalities using digital health tools

Latin America and the Caribbean is known as one of the least equal regions in the world – and it is also unequal in terms of health. Did you…
It takes a virtual village: Digital tools for supporting new moms during and beyond COVID-19

It takes a virtual village: Digital tools for supporting new moms during and beyond COVID-19

“Try not to move so much during this next contraction so I can take your COVID-19 sample” was one of the phrases I had not planned on hearing…

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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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