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Latin America Must Move from the Capitalism of Shareholders to a Fairer and More Inclusive Capitalism of Stakeholders

19 February 2020 | News

Promoting sustainable development and equality is not the work of a single actor – the State or the private sector – but rather of society as a whole, and the business sector plays a critical role, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted at a high-level event with Mexican businesspeople held on Tuesday, February 18 in Mexico City, and presided by Nicolás Mariscal Torroella, Chairman of Consejo Marhnos. The United Nations regional organization’s most senior representative was one of the speakers on a panel entitled “Perspectives…

ECLAC Advocates for Forging a New Social Compact for Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 February 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, advocated today for forging a new social compact that puts an end to the deep inequalities affecting the region, during a conference organized by the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) in Rome, Italy. The United Nations regional commission’s most senior representative addressed the causes of social tensions in Latin America and the Caribbean, and emphasized that ECLAC has positioned equality as the basis of development, and as an unflagging ethical principle, centered in a rights-…

The Region’s Countries Still Face Multiple Challenges to Overcoming the Structural Constraints of Gender Inequality by 2030

29 January 2020 | News

Forty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the establishment of the Regional Gender Agenda, and 25 years since the approval of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, it can be seen that progress on the path to gender equality is not linear. As a result of changes in economic, political and social scenarios, setbacks occur and new challenges emerge to achieving sustainable development based on gender equality, women’s autonomy and respect for their rights. This is according to the first Regional progress report…

Investment is Key for Bolstering Productive Diversification, Infrastructure, and Integration of the Region’s Countries

22 January 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, emphasized today in Davos, Switzerland the key role of public, private and foreign direct investment for bolstering productive diversification, infrastructure, and the integration of countries in the region. In the context of her participation in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the senior United Nations official spoke at a session entitled Strategic Outlook: Emerging Markets on the outlook for emerging markets in 2020, where she presented an economic and social …

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Will Speak about the Region’s Situation at the World Economic Forum 2020

20 January 2020 | Announcement

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, will participate this week in distinct sessions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020, where she will address issues such as the persistence of inequality and social discontent in the region, as well as the scope of the Comprehensive Development Plan for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and south-southeastern Mexico, among other matters. The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting will take place on January 21-24, 2020 in the Swiss city of Davos under the theme of “Stakeholders for a …

ECLAC Will Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region

21 November 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil on Thursday, November 28 its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America 2019, which includes new estimates for monetary poverty, social spending and income inequality in the region’s countries, among other key issues for understanding and taking action in the current regional context. The document will be presented by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference that will take place at 11 a.m. (GMT-3) at the Commission’s central headquarters in Sant…

Alicia Bárcena Urges for Redoubling Efforts to Forge Proposals that Allow for Lifting the Burden of Inequality in the Region

24 October 2019 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called today for redoubling efforts to formulate evidence-based proposals that allow for lifting the burden of inequality that harms the peoples of the region and threatens the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In a message to ECLAC officials, in the framework of the commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the United Nations’ founding, the regional commission’s most senior representative recalled that while Latin America and the Caribbean is not the world’s…

ECLAC’s Summer School 2019 Concludes with the Participation of 40 Students from 19 Countries

27 September 2019 | News

Forty postgraduate students from 19 countries worldwide participated in the 20th session of the Summer School on Latin American Economies organized annually by the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which included for the first time a week dedicated to gender issues, along with three international seminars – to mention just a few activities. The students – from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, th…

ECLAC is Accepting Proposals for Papers on Inequality Measurement through July 21

8 July 2019 | News

The Summer School on Latin American Economies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is accepting, through July 21, 2019, proposals for research papers on the topic of inequality that will be presented on August 26-27 during a seminar held at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The Inequality Seminar: measures, analysis and policies, which will mark the celebration of this training program’s twentieth anniversary, will be co-sponsored by the European Union. Participants will include researchers as well as representatives of think tanks, …

ECLAC Calls on Researchers to Present Papers on Sustainable Development by July 28

8 July 2019 | News

The Summer School on Latin American Economies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is accepting, through July 28 2019, proposals for research papers on the topic of sustainable development that will be presented on September 3-4 at a seminar to be held at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The seminar Sustainable Development: the science, economics and policy nexus is part of the celebration of the Summer School’s twentieth anniversary, and it will be co-sponsored by the European Union and the Young Scholars Initiative (INET). The top…

Equality is Efficient Since it Contributes to Innovation, Productivity Growth and Environmental Protection: ECLAC

14 May 2019 | News

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli, reaffirmed today that equality is the foundation of sustainable development and is economically efficient, since it contributes to innovation, productivity growth and environmental protection, during a high-level debate held at United Nations headquarters in New York. The senior official from ECLAC was one of the main speakers at the “General Assembly High-Level Thematic Debate: Addressing Inequality toward Inclusive Development,” which was convened by the global body’s Presiden…

ECLAC Will Host the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

29 March 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host on April 22-26 the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, where representatives of governments, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather to review the progress and challenges related to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region. The gathering will take place at the central headquarters of the United Nations regional organization, located in Santiago, Chile. The Forum is c…

Rights-based Approach is Essential for Addressing the Ageing of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Population

14 March 2019 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean is on the threshold of a demographic change that is without precedent in its history: in 2037, the proportion of older persons will surpass the proportion of those under 15 years of age. This confirms that demographic ageing is a process underway that must be addressed with a rights-based approach that guarantees older persons’ autonomy and dignity. This is the view set forth by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the book Ageing, Older Persons and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A Regional and Human Rights Perspec…

ECLAC will Launch its Social Panorama of Latin American 2018 Report

9 January 2019 | Announcement

On Tuesday January 15, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will make public its report, Social Panorama of Latin America, which addresses issues such as income and wealth distribution, poverty evolution and trends in the region, the dynamics of social spending, social and labor inclusion of the population and the economic autonomy of women in a context of technological change. The document will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional organization, during a press conference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (GMT – 3) at the Commission’s main…

New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala

10 December 2018 | News

Guatemala must move toward a new generation of public policies that recognize ethnic diversity in order to eradicate racism and discrimination against indigenous peoples, Wilson Romero and Ana Patricia Orantes recommend in the Study on Racism, Discrimination and Inequality Gaps in Guatemala (in Spanish only), published recently with the collaboration of the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODIRSA). According to the authors, the study’s objective is to render visible the social inequality resulting from racism and racial discrimi…

ECLAC Caribbean and partners celebrate International Men’s Day

21 November 2018 | News

‘Positive Community, Positive Role Models’ is the theme of the event to celebrate two important initiatives, which are the International Men’s Day, and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, jointly organized by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the UN system and several civil society organisations. The event will take place at the Enterprise Government Primary School in Cunupia on 24 November 2018 from 12 noon to 5 pm. This event is free and open to the public. It will be a unique opportunity to highlight the important role that men and boys can and should p…

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Address Progress on Planning for Development and Its Challenges

26 August 2018 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities linked to planning for development and public administration from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning, which will be held on August 30 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The meeting will be preceded by a high-level international seminar on “Territorialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Policy Challenges,” which will take place on August 29 and 30 in the Dominican capital. Both mee…

Caribbean Gender Experts say fostering gender equality and women’s rights is indispensable for the region’s sustainable development

20 August 2018 | News

The specific challenges facing Caribbean women were at the center of attention during the 57th meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held from 30-31 July 2018 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Among the obstacles faced by Caribbean women, countries noted the serious constraints faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), due to their middle-income country status, highly indebted situation, heavy dependence on tourism, and vulnerability to climate change and environmental hazards, that negatively…

ECLAC Announces Winners of International Short Essay Contest about the Future of Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 June 2018 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Southern Cone edition of Le Monde diplomatique and the NODAL Latin American and Caribbean News Portal, announced the results of the international short essay contest on the future of equality in the region. In the framework of the commemoration of ECLAC’s 70th anniversary, which is being celebrated in 2018, 80 young people (48 men and 32 women) from 20 countries and from a multiplicity of fields and professions presented previously unpublished works in the form of short essays, which contribute to the discussio…

Foreign Ministers and UN Authorities Defend Multilateralism as a Key Tool for Sustainable Development with Equality

11 May 2018 | News

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance from seven countries of the region and United Nations high authorities offered a fervent defense of multilateralism today as the principal and only tool for advancing toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to arrive at development that puts equality front and center. This was in the context of ECLAC’s thirty-seventh session that concludes today in Havana, Cuba. In a high-level dialogue with special participation by Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, foreign ministers from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador…

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