In this article the author seeks to explain the reasons backing the success of mobile technology in money transfers comparing Africa and Latin America.

The issue of public safety has been under debate in Uruguay and a great part of the public opinion highlights that the situation has worsened. The objective of this study is to verify people’s perception in Uruguay and discuss the responses in comparison with others Latin American countries....

We present a new database of social security indicators for eleven Latin American countries designed to show how much they promise to pay in return to contributions. The indicators are based on micro-simulations according to existing norms. Our results indicate that most programs are...

I document differences in labor supply between a set of Latin American countries and the U.S, in the period 1990-2005. These differences are mostly explained by large differ-´ ences in female labor supply. In the U.S. the female labor force participation was 69% by 1990, while in Brazil and...

Latin America is known as the most unequal region in the world. However, the effect of income inequality on people’s welfare is still an open question. This paper assesses the relationship between income distribution and welfare by considering the levels of happiness reported by people. The...

Social protection coverage is quite low in Latin America. This situation, irrespective of the type of pension scheme, represents a challenge for public policy since these low levels of affiliation and irregular contribution histories indicate that pensions will be insufficient in the coming...

This paper analyzes the wage differentials in Spain between local and foreign employees from Latin America and the Caribbean. It also explores the earnings gap between Latin American employees and other groups of foreign workers from both developing and developed countries. The study is based on...

This paper discusses the Conditional Cash transfer Program, the main public policy against poverty in Latin America today. The poverty level, and both the institutional characteristics and the results achieve by the programs are highlighted. The paper conclude that CCT are helping to reduce the...

The U.S. recession could hurt the South, particularly in oil and apparel exports, and Latin America and the Caribbean. But South-South trade is partly picking up the slack. Middle-income countries are driving export diversification of low-income countries. Developing countries may be moving...