The World Bank and UNDP conducted a multi-wave High-Frequency Phone Survey (HFPS) in 2021 to assess the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the welfare of Latin American and Caribbean households. The...
After implementing Phase 1 of the High-Frequency Phone Survey (HFPS) project in Latin America and The Caribbean (LAC) in 2020, the World Bank conducted Phase 2 in 2021 to continue to assess the socio-economic...
La vacunación ha constituido la respuesta más eficaz para salvar vidas y reactivar las economías y las sociedades. Hasta el 19 de octubre de 2022, se habían administrado casi 1.300 millones de dosis de...
Vaccination has constituted the most effective response to save lives and reactivate economies and societies. By October 19th, 2022, almost 1,300 million Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine doses...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) were among the regions most affected by the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 - despite being home to only 8.5 percent of the world’s population...
Para continuar monitoreando cómo la pandemia del Coronavirus (COVID-19) ha afectado el bienestar de los hogares de la región, el Banco Mundial y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)...
To continue monitoring how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the welfare of households in the region, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joined forces in...
While most households in Latin America and the Caribbean use mobile broadband via smartphones, expensive fees and poor service quality pose major obstacles for potential users. In addition, power outages...
En América Latina y el Caribe, la pandemia sigue teniendo efectos pronunciados en el mercado laboral, especialmente para las mujeres. Los datos de encuestas telefónicas de alta frecuencia muestran que...
A más de un año del inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19 y con campañas masivas de vacunación en marcha, más de la cuarta parte de la población adulta (18+) de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) que tenía trabajo...
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the effects of the pandemic on labor market outcomes continue to be pronounced, especially for women. Continued pronounced impacts on women’s employment are partly...
More than a year on from the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with massive vaccination campaigns underway, over a quarter of the adult population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)...