What is a Non-contributory Transfer Program? Non-contributory transfer programs are cash transfers from a government to its population that are financed from general taxes or some other item of public expenditure. In other words, those financed by funds different from the ones obtained from the contributions made by workers to the social security system. In Latin America … [Read more...] about An Ethno-Racial Perspective on Non-contributory Transfer Programs
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Care and Support: Persisting Challenges in the Region
Why was an International Day of Care and Support established? All people require care and support at some point in their lives. As defined by UN Women and ECLAC (2020), care encompasses various daily tasks that sustain life. This includes maintaining the household, caring for bodily needs, education, managing social relationships, and providing psychological support to the … [Read more...] about Care and Support: Persisting Challenges in the Region
Gender Pay Gap: What Do Flexibility and Caregiving Have to Do with It?
Eliminating the gender pay gap for equal work is one of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 8. In 2019, to drive action toward its achievement, the United Nations General Assembly declared September 18 International Equal Pay Day. While eliminating the wage gap is an aspiration with which we all agree, it is one of the most difficult labor market outcomes to … [Read more...] about Gender Pay Gap: What Do Flexibility and Caregiving Have to Do with It?
Breaking Barriers: Outstanding Results from Gender Parity Accelerators in Latin America
In 2016, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) partnered to develop Gender Parity Accelerators (IPGs, for its name in Spanish) in Latin America. The French Development Agency (AFD, for its name in Spanish) joined this collaboration in 2019. IPGs brings together key actors from the public and private sectors and involves a wide range of … [Read more...] about Breaking Barriers: Outstanding Results from Gender Parity Accelerators in Latin America
Gender Parity Accelerators in Latin America: Boosting Opportunities for Women
Closing gender economic gaps not only equalizes the playing field between men and women. Gender parity also allows for harnessing 100% of the population's talent to accelerate the growth of Latin America and the Caribbean. According to estimates from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for countries in the Southern Cone, closing the gender economic gap implies an … [Read more...] about Gender Parity Accelerators in Latin America: Boosting Opportunities for Women