The Gig Economy: A Lifeline for Latin American Migrants – or a Dead End?
The Gig Economy: A Lifeline for Latin American Migrants – or a Dead End?
By
Dany Bahar
Companies like Rappi and Uber are helping many migrants get by. But host countries can do more.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on migration
The Venezuelan refugee crisis may soon become the largest globally since World War II, different from anything Latin America has experienced before. Yet the exodus from Venezuela is unprecedented not only in size. Nearly 5 million Venezuelans have left their country and are trying to integrate into new societies at a moment when the gig economy has created a new reality for labor markets everywhere.
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