Report

Social protection and response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Innovations in registration and payment systems for social protection interventions.

Highlights

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the foundations of the economy and provoked devastating social effects in all the countries in the world, being Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) one of the most affected regions.

The region is also experiencing a significant deterioration in the levels of poverty and extreme poverty, which affects children and adolescents more significantly.

This Research Report analyzes digital payment systems for social protection interventions in the region.

Cover Social protection and response to COVID-19 in LAC
Author(s)
Nurth Palomo, Luis Vargas Faulbaum, Anna Carolina Machado, Camila Rolon, Fábio Veras Soares, Monica Rubio, Florencia Alejandre, Gerardo Escaroz.
Publication date
Languages
Spanish, English
ISBN
2526-0499

Files available for download

Spanish (PDF, 1 MB)
English (PDF, 1 MB)

Related topics

COVID-19
Social and economic policy
Latin America and the Caribbean

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