WAPLAC

WAP members have initiated the launch of a new network on Welfare and Policy in Latin America and the the Caribbean : WAPLAC

WAPLAC is a platform aiming to bring together scholars, practitioners and policy makers to discuss wellbeing and policy issues for the region.

Precisely, the network aims to:

• Promote access to analytical tools for welfare and policy research in the region (data, microsimulation models, etc.),
• Facilitate knowledge exchange between LAC and international scholars to encourage collaborative work, 
• Diffuse research and policy analyses while increasing the visibility of individual LAC researchers thanks to a broad and well-connected WAPLAC community,
• Encourage comparative work for many LAC countries (for instance to learn from neighbor countries and alternative systems when considering tax-benefit systems, sources of inequality, causes of social unrest or noncompliance, etc.).

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