00881nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000245014000018260003100158300001000189520053600199583002100735650001500756 a13.01.03 U582 aEmployment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean : universal social protection in labour markets with high levels of informality bUN RCLACaSantiagoCLc2015 a28 p. aShows that job performance in the region in 2014 was attibutable both to progress made in labour markets in previous years and to sluggish economic activity over the next twelve months. Puts forward the hypothesis that this performance owes much to previous labour developments that have made many households more resilient. Discusses in detail the challenge surrounding a structural issue standing in the way of further progress in reducing poverty and inequality: how to extend social protection in a context of high informality. c7/20/16kEVELYND aEMPLOYMENT