Economic Competitiveness and Labor Reform in Argentina: A Conversation with Labor Minister Jorge Triaca
Overview
Labor reform is a central component of Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s reform agenda, designed to modernize the Argentine economy and increase competitiveness. The proposed reforms seek to reduce labor informality, address gender inequalities, increase access to youth employment and reduce labor litigation. Following significant tax and pension reforms last year, the labor legislation is the government’s top priority, and is being closely monitored by foreign investors.
Please join us on Tuesday, April 10 at 3 p.m. for a conversation with Argentine Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security Jorge Triaca, who will discuss Argentina’s labor market, its shifting union landscape, and recent progress increasing employment and reducing poverty.
Hosted By
Argentina Project
The Argentina Project is the premier institution for policy-relevant research on politics and economics in Argentina. Read more
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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