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Economic crises like the one that Latin America and the Caribbean is suffering now, have long-lasting effects on the structure of employment and may permanently drive many from the formal economy, according to a new World Bank report,\u00a0EMPLOYMENT IN CRISIS: The Path to Better Jobs in a Post Covid-19 Latin America<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Covid-19 pandemic is having the biggest impact on low-skilled workers and exacerbating the region\u2019s already high inequality, according to the report. Low-skilled workers often suffer from lower earnings for a decade following a crisis, while high-skilled workers see a quick rebound. As a result, government labor policies should focus on providing social safety nets and retraining, as well as improving the macroeconomic and business environment to ensure long-term and inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n At this seminar, Joanna Silva, Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank, will present the main findings of the report.\u00a0 This seminar will be conducted in English (no interpretation into Japanese).<\/p>\n Please submit your questions via online form posted on this website.<\/p>\n Joanna Silva<\/a> Joana Silva\u00a0is a Senior Economist at the\u00a0Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean.\u00a0Since joining the World Bank in 2007 as a Young Professional, Joana published several books and articles on a broad set of issues related to economic development, including labor economics, education\/skills, social safety nets, poverty, inequality, political economy of economic reforms, firm dynamics and international trade. Her research has been published in professional journals such as the\u00a0Journal of International Economics<\/i>,\u00a0Economics Letters<\/i>,\u00a0Review of World Economics<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0IZA Journal of Labor Policy<\/i>.\u00a0Book titles authored or coauthored by Joana include \u201cSustaining Employment and Wage Gains in Brazil: a Skills and Jobs Agenda<\/i>\u201d,\u00a0\u00a0\u201cInclusion and Resilience: The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in the Middle East and North Africa<\/i><\/a>\u201d and \u201cStriving for Better Jobs: The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa<\/i>\u201d.\u00a0While at the Bank she authored thematic Flagship Reports (e.g. as Task Team Leader for the 2013 MENA Development Report, the Brazil Skills & Jobs report), managed cross-sectorial lending projects and advisory activities (e.g. Task Team Leader for innovative labor and social protection projects), and contributed to a range of analytical studies on design and evaluation of social welfare systems, labor markets, political economy, international integration and investment climate. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham.\u00a0Prior to joining the World Bank, she also worked for the Globalization and Economic Policy Research Center at the University of Nottingham and the Inter-American Development Bank. She is fluent in Portuguese, French, English, and Spanish.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EMPLOYMENT IN CRISIS: The Path to Better Jobs in a Post Covid-19 Latin America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74019,"template":"","meta":[],"tipo-eventos":[12],"class_list":["post-123095","agenda","type-agenda","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-eventos-eventos-realizados"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/123095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/agenda"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-eventos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-eventos?post=123095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Date\/Time:\u00a08am-9am, Friday August 6, 2021 (Japan Standard Time)<\/h4>\n
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\nSenior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank<\/p>\n