There Are Jobs in Latin America and The Caribbean, but Their Quality Urgently Needs Improvement April 30, 2024

https://www.iadb.org/en/news/there-are-jobs-latin-america-and-caribbean-their-quality-urgently-needs-improvement?utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_term=PANTHEON_STRIPPED Nearly 55% of workers in Latin America and the Caribbean have informal jobs without a contract or social security coverage, and 3 out of 10 do not earn enough to surpass the poverty threshold, according to the most recent edition of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Better Jobs Index, which assesses employment quality and quantity in Latin America every two years.