La informalidad de los mercados en america latina

Abstract

This article analyzes the crisis of market informality in Latin America, a phenomenon that affects more than half of the region's workers. Using real figures and up-to-date studies carried out by the countries themselves, we examine how this problem is no longer a hypothetical case but has become a real issue in terms of how social vulnerability has grown in the countries of South America. We highlight the serious consequences this entails: on the one hand, workers without access to social benefits (health, pensions, occupational risk insurance, etc.); on the other, a state with weak tax collection that is unable to finance quality public services. This is not just a matter of numbers and interests on both sides, but a growing problem that is holding back the progress of the population. Finally, possible solutions are analyzed, from tax incentives for people who decide to formalize their economic activity to the facilitation of procedures, concluding that formalization is not achieved only by imposing laws, but with an attractive economic environment so that people realize that formalizing their work is really worthwhile. It is a call for governments and individuals to work hand in hand so as not to continue compromising our economic future as a region.