COVID-19 leaves high unemployment, inactivity in Latin America, Caribbean
LIMA, Peru During the last 10 months, the labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean have regressed at least 10 years and the crisis is far from over, said Vinícius Pinheiro, International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Director, as he presented the new edition of the annual ‘Labour Overview Report,’ which outlines the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
“We are entering 2021 with employment in intensive care,” said Pinheiro to launch the main findings of the 2020 Labour Overview for Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Confronted with this scenario, the countries of the region now face the challenge of “laying the foundations for a new and better normal,” he said. “Strategies must be adopted to generate more and better jobs as production reactivates and the health emergency diminishes.