Cash transfer in the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin América and the Caribbean
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0259.2023.e86538Keywords:
Cash transfer programs, Pandemic, Latin America, CaribbeanAbstract
This article presents partial results of an investigation under development by researchers at Brazilian, Argentine
and Uruguayan Universities. The cash transfer programs are seen as social measures to mitigate poverty, as well as to decrease the rise of unemployment, informal work and waste of income. The research methodology were bibliographic and
documental studies; secondary data; access to websites and data from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. The discuss focus on conceptions, modalities and the debate on Focalized Cash Transfer Programs and Universal
Basic Income as reference to discuss the reality of cash transfer programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The outcomes pointed out the enlargement of the focalized cash transfer programs; creation of emergence programs to meet the economic and social consequences generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, but it was not identified the implementation of the Universal and Unconditional Basic Income.
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