scholarly journals A Socio-Legal Exploration of the Linkages between Informal Employment, Social Protection and Labour Law in Latin America

2015 ◽  
pp. 12-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Thoene
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Informal Employment ◽  
Labour Law

New Forms of Social Assistance and the Evolution of Social Protection in Latin America

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARMANDO BARRIENTOS ◽  
CLAUDIO SANTIBÁÑEZ
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Income Transfers ◽  
Lost Decade

AbstractThis article discusses the evolution of social protection in Latin America and proposes a conceptualisation and contextualisation of new forms of social assistance. It begins by outlining the main features of social protection prior to the ‘lost decade’ of the 1980s and the changes enforced by crises and structural adjustment. It then focuses on the new forms of social assistance emerging in the region, especially conditional and unconditional income transfers and integrated anti-poverty programmes. The article draws out their common features, identifies possible underlying conceptual frameworks, and places their introduction and evolution within the broader context of the new dynamics of poverty and vulnerability in the region.

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