Decent work and pandemic: a narrative review on sustained economic Growth, Brazil and Latin America

The world is currently experiencing a phase of reflections, doubts, and uncertainties on a universal level. The pandemic of COVID-19, reflected not only in the bases of the family, but in the whole context of development and sustained economic growth of countries, especially the less developed belonging to Latin America. The search was based on literature analysis via narrative review, in indexed journals, websites and online documents, obtaining as a basis the possible cause and effect relationships of the pandemic. As for the unemployment in some countries, as well as identify the investments of public policies to overcome the crisis suffered by governments, in the guarantee of maintaining the economy in attendance to the objectives of sustainable development, prioritizing the most vulnerable groups. The results pointed out that several legal measures were taken by the governments, actions that benefited employees with decent jobs, i.e., under contract, self-employed workers, small entrepreneurs, and other employer regimes. There was also a great demand for assistance to the socially vulnerable class, through income transfer programs or similar, resulting from sustained public policy actions to maintain the economic growth of each territory.