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Informal employment rate

04/11/2024 Go to Evidence

51.6% is the informal employment rate among the young population and 71.7% among people over 65 years of age, with a concentration of 69.8% in rural areas in LAC (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Time use gap

04/11/2024 Go to Evidence

Three times more time is dedicated by women to unpaid domestic and care work compared to men, according to time use measurements in various LAC countries (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Reducing plastics and GDP

03/11/2024 Go to Evidence

8% is the estimated reduction in the use of plastics which, together with a 5% decrease in certain raw materials, could generate increases in GDP between 0.9% and 2.2% and employment between 1.2% and 2.1% in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru by 2030.

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Urban population

30/10/2024 Go to Evidence

54% of the world's population lives in urban areas and is expected to reach 66% by 2050 (Gutiérrez et al., 2019).

Gutiérrez et al. (2019)

Gutiérrez, N., Ferraro, B., Patrouilleau, M. M., Alonso, I., Rodas, C., Carrasco, J., Maia Cordeiro, L. A., & Sur (PROCISUR), P. C. para el D. T. A. y A. del C. (2019). Políticas públicas e institucionalidad para la intensificación sostenible en los países del Cono Sur. https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/22023

Reduction in emissions

29/10/2024 Go to Evidence

A 49% reduction in nitrogen emissions and a 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by intensifying the pig and chicken production chain, according to data from 166 countries.

La intensificación de toda la cadena de cría de cerdos y pollos podría reducir las emisiones y generar beneficios económicos y en la producción de alimentos

https://tabledebates.org/research-library/whole-chain-intensification-pig-and-chicken-farming-could-lower-emissions-economic?utm_source=Fodder+mailing+list&utm_campaign=3596ed32c1-FODDER+31%2F10%2F2024_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4426c720f-a80dd350dd-330103260

Abandonment of farmland

28/10/2024 Go to Evidence

62.7% of bird species and 77.7% of mammals gain habitat from the abandonment of cropland, but 74.2% and 86.3% would have benefited even more in the absence of recultivation.

Consecuencias del abandono de las tierras de cultivo para la biodiversidad

https://tabledebates.org/research-library/biodiversity-consequences-cropland-abandonment?utm_source=Fodder+mailing+list&utm_campaign=3596ed32c1-FODDER+31%2F10%2F2024_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4426c720f-a80dd350dd-330103260