Futures of work in Latin America: between technological innovation and crisis

TY - GEN

T1 - Futures of work in Latin America: between technological innovation and crisis

AU - Grigera, Juan

PY - 2020/9/1

Y1 - 2020/9/1

N2 - This background paper explores different possible futures of work and the prospects of economic security in Latin America with a horizon of 2050. It does this by considering and analysing the impact in the region of three major tendencies that drive the transformations of global work andeconomic security: automation, digitalisation and transformations of social security systems. These global trends are considered in the light of structural peculiarities of the region. The background paper concludes by turning to alternative possibilitiesstemming from the specificities of the region. It discusses the implications of Latin America’s volatility, expected transformations of the international division of labour and the dynamics of social conflict.

AB - This background paper explores different possible futures of work and the prospects of economic security in Latin America with a horizon of 2050. It does this by considering and analysing the impact in the region of three major tendencies that drive the transformations of global work andeconomic security: automation, digitalisation and transformations of social security systems. These global trends are considered in the light of structural peculiarities of the region. The background paper concludes by turning to alternative possibilitiesstemming from the specificities of the region. It discusses the implications of Latin America’s volatility, expected transformations of the international division of labour and the dynamics of social conflict.

M3 - Article

JO - UNESCO Background Papers

JF - UNESCO Background Papers

ER -