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Poverty and Indigence Reduction Stalls in Most of Latin American Countries

26 Jan 2015 | News

Poverty affected 28% of Latin America’s population in 2014, revealing that its decline has stalled at around that level since 2012, while indigence rose to 12.0% from 11.3% during the same two-year period in an overall context of economic deceleration, according to the projections from a study presented today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The document Social Panorama of Latin America 2014 indicates that the poverty situation in the region remained stable between 2012 and 2013, when it affected 28.1% of the population. It is estimated…

ECLAC Participated in the Fourth Challenges of Government Conference at Oxford University

17 Dec 2014 | News

A series of policy proposals related to education and the labor market were formulated by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, during the fourth Challenges of Government Conference 2014: Flourishing Cities, organized by the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The event took place on December 11-12 and brought together international experts to discuss the challenges of inclusive growth, the population’s well-being and environmental sustainability in light of the world’s rapid urbanization. P…

OECD, ECLAC and CAF to Launch their Joint Latin American Economic Outlook 2015

5 Dec 2014 | Announcement

The eighth edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook: Education, Skills and Innovation will be launched on Tuesday 9 December at 8:30am in the margins of the Ibero-American Summit at the Conventions Center, World Trade Centre, in Veracruz, Mexico. This year’s edition focuses on how the region can increase the levels and quality of education and skills in order to foster productivity and competitiveness as well as a more inclusive society, in a context of growth slowdown. The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America a…

ECLAC meeting secures commitment to Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

3 Dec 2014 | News

The Caribbean technical meeting on the Beijing +20 review and appraisal of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action took place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago Chile, on 14 - 15 November 2014. The meeting focused attention on the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, and provided a forum for reflection on the ongoing gender concerns facing the Caribbean subregion during the past two decades. Participants from 10 member and two associate member states of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Com…

ECLAC regional workshop on the development of REDATAM applications for the dissemination of census data

26 Sep 2014 | News

A team drawn from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile will be holding a training workshop to support the statistical offices of Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados in the development of web-based applications for the dissemination of national census data. Organised at the request of the respective governments, the workshop will take place from 29 September to 10 October 2014 in Saint George’s, Grenada, and follows a similar workshop held in Trinidad and Tobago in February 2014. REDATAM is a software program developed by the…

Report Urges Region to Incorporate International Guidelines to Measure Disabilities

1 Sep 2014 | News

It is estimated that some 70.6 million people lived with some kind of disability in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2001 and 2013, which is equivalent to 12.5 % of the region's population, according to a report by the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA), a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which recommends that countries incorporate international guidelines into their statistical procedures on this topic. The document, which is based on information provided by the national statistics offices in 17 Latin American s…

Uruguay's Agricultural Sector, An Example of Structural Change

1 Sep 2014 | News

According to a recent publication by ECLAC, even though Uruguay's economy heavily depends on exports derived from natural resource-intensive activities (70%), changes introduced in the agricultural sector have improved the country's international competitiveness and its social indicators. This progress indicates, according to the organization, that Uruguay is creating the conditions to achieve a more inclusive social development. In the report Changes in Uruguay's Agricultural and Agro-industrial Dynamics and Public Policies (Spanish only), published by ECLAC's office in Montevideo, …

Authorities and Civil-Society Representatives Discussed Situation of People with Disabilities

2 Jun 2014 | News

The situation of people with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean was analysed at a meeting held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, on 30 May. At the event, representatives of organizations for people with disabilities and their families took part in a dialogue with observers from the Government of Chile, local human-rights organizations and United Nations system agencies. The aim of the meeting, which was opened by Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Mauro Tamayo Rozas, Director of the Chile…

ECLAC Organizes Seminar in Quito on Public Policies in Light of Climate Change

28 May 2014 | News

To provide a space for reflection on public policies related to climate change, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold a seminar this Thursday and Friday, May 29-30, in Quito, Ecuador, called "Public Policies in the Face of Climate Change: Pro-development Measures, Environmental Tax Reforms and Progress on Universal Social Protection in Latin America." The event-which will take place in the framework of the EUROCLIMA Program, funded by the European Union-will be attended by government officials and international experts from Europe and Latin America. The …

UN Women Calls on Global Citizens to Bring Gender Equality into Focus

22 May 2014 | News

New York - UN Women today launched a major campaign in the lead-up to the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the historic Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. A year of activities around the world will aim to mobilize governments and citizens alike to picture a world where gender equality is a reality and to join a global conversation on empowering women to empower humanity. Events will focus on achievements and gaps in gender equality and women's empowerment since 189 governments adopted the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. This visionary blueprint pa…

ECLAC Will Present in Lima Proposals for a Sustainable Future in the Region

14 Apr 2014 | News

"The sessions are ECLAC's most significant event because they gather together all its Member States and Associate Members to analyze the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean," Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations organization, said during an informational meeting with ambassadors held this Monday, April 14, in Santiago, Chile. This was the last meeting of its kind before the Thirty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will take place May 5-9 in Lima, Peru. The previous informational meetings were held in …

Illiteracy Affects Almost 38 Million People in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 Dec 2013 | News

On average, 9% of those aged 15 and over are completely illiterate in Latin American and Caribbean countries (about 38 million people), according to estimates based on official data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, says a study prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which examines the main relevant strategies currently developed in the region. If we consider functional illiteracy (which means the lack of skills and abilities that people need to function in various life situations), the figure is significantly higher - according to the documen…

Narrowing Social Inclusion Gaps for Young People Is Key for Latin America

1 Oct 2013 | News

Latin American young people currently suffer from high unemployment, low social security coverage and labour market participation characterized by low productivity and wages, according to the Officer in Charge of the Argentina Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Martín Abeles, speaking at the International Meeting on Social Inclusion, Youth and Gender Equality. IXth Forum of Ministers of Social Development for Latin America, organized by UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme, and held at the Palacio San Martín i…

How Are Social Policy Consensuses Achieved?

1 Oct 2013 | News

Why is a covenant important? And how does consensus come about in terms of social policy? These are two of the questions that ECLAC seeks to answer in a new study on this recurring topic in the work of the United Nations Commission. The document Building covenants and consensus in social policy: notes for a framework of analysis , which was produced by officials from the Social Development Division, is based on a practical concern and a paradox. According to the authors Carlos Maldonado and Andrea Palma, "The paradox is that, despite the importance of re…

Workshop on Replicating Social Innovation Models Will Be Held in Lima

16 Sep 2013 | News

Government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives from civil-society organizations and the community met in Lima, Peru, on 17 and 18 September 2013 to explore innovative models in health, education, youth, child labour and school/family violence, with a view to replicating them in their countries of origin to benefit the most disadvantaged groups in the region. The Workshop on replicating social innovation models was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), with support from th…

UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the Application of Rights-Based Public Policies

13 Jun 2013 | News

See photo galery United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, called for public policies to be focused on overcoming the structural obstacles that prevent the poorest from enjoying their economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), at the end of a seminar today in ECLAC. At the International seminar on indicators for economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) and follow-up to social policies to overcome poverty and achieve equality, which was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Chile's National Hum…

Seminar on Indicators of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Will Be Held at ECLAC

10 Jun 2013 | News

In the presence of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, a seminar aimed at driving the regional debate on building a system of indicators for human rights to follow-up and assess social policy in Latin American and Caribbean countries will be held on 12 and 13 June 2013 in Santiago, Chile. The International seminar on indicators for economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) and follow-up to social policies to overcome poverty and achieve equality is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC…

How ICTs Can Contribute to Inclusive Education in Latin America

11 Feb 2013 | News

A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyses eight cases of good practice in which information and communications technologies (ICTs) can be used in the Latin American school system to contribute to inclusion and reduce social inequalities. The document Las tecnologías digitales frente a los desafíos de una educación inclusiva en América Latina. Algunos casos de buenas prácticas (Digital technologies facing the challenges of an inclusive education in Latin America. Some cases of good practice) was drafted as part of the activities …

ECLAC Seminar on Emergence of Middle Class in Latin America

8 Jan 2013 | News

The development of the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past decade and the characteristics of the region's economic mobility are some of the topics that will be discussed by renowned experts in a seminar to be held on Friday 11 January 2013 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Seminar on economic mobility and the emergence of the middle class in Latin America, which has been organized by ECLAC and the World Bank, will be opened at 11.00 a.m. by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary, and …

Conference to Address Trade Agreements and Sustainable Development for Inclusive Societies

6 Aug 2009 | Announcement

The role of trade agreements in advancing towards a more inclusive society and the effects of climate change will be two of the main topics of the Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis to be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile from 10-12 June. The conference will be inaugurated on 10 June at 2 p.m. by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena; the Manager of Integration and Trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Antoni Estevadeordal; University of Columbia professor and former Executive Secretary of&nb…

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