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ECLAC Promotes a Life Cycle Approach to End Inequalities Determined by People’s Age

14 Jun 2017 | News

Age is one of the structural elements in the social inequality matrix in Latin America and the Caribbean, which overlaps with and potentiates other core elements, such as socioeconomic status, gender, ethnic-racial origin and territory, according to one of the chapters in the Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 annual report, which was presented recently by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). “Each stage of the life cycle presents specific opportunities, challenges and risks,” ECLAC indicates in the chapter entitled “The social inequality matrix: Age as an ax…

New Database on Social Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is Now Available

14 Jun 2017 | News

A new Database on Social Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is available to all users interested in discovering the volume of resources spent on policies related to six functions: social protection; education; health; housing and community services; recreation, culture and religion; and environmental protection. The tool was developed by the Social Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as a result of the accords reached during the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, w…

ECLAC Study Analyses Increase in Sickness Benefit Applications in Uruguay

14 Jun 2017 | News

Applications for sickness benefit in Uruguay, together with the corresponding payouts, have risen sharply since 2010. The factors behind that increase are varied and are the result of a series of changes that have affected this government programme, reveals a recently published ECLAC study. The report, Study of Sickness Benefit in Uruguay, written by Verónica Amarante, Director of the ECLAC office in Montevideo, and Andrés Dean, a consultant with the organization, analyses those factors and the impact that the changes made in recent years have had. It was prepared under an agreement between EC…

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2016

24 May 2017 | Announcement

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch a new edition of its flagship annual report on issues of social development. The report, published since 1991, will be unveiled at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The institution’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. The launch will be broadcast live online via ECLAC’s website at: ://www.cepal.org/en. The study focuses on the measurement and analysis of diverse…

The Dominican Republic Will Host the First Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development

27 Oct 2016 | Announcement

The Vice President of the Dominican Republic along with Latin American and Caribbean ministers and senior officials who work on social matters will gather in the Dominican Republic on November 1 to participate in the first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). At the meeting, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present a document entitled The social inequality matrix in Latin America, which addresses some of the core structural aspects of the inequality …

ECLAC Will Analyze Social Institutionality for Universal Protection, Response to Situations of Emergency and Measurement of Spending in Three Events

20 Jun 2016 | Announcement

Three international seminars that will address diverse subjects related to Latin American and the Caribbean social development will take place during June and July 2016 in Santiago, Chile and in Quito, Ecuador, with the participation of senior government representatives, international officials and specialists from the region. The first event entitled Progress and Challenges of Social Institutionality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Pathways Towards Universal Social Protection From the Perspective of Rights will be held on June 20-21 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin…

ECLAC and Argentina’s Ministry of Social Development Sign Cooperation Agreement

18 Apr 2016 | News

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Carolina Stanley, Argentina’s Minister of Social Development, signed on Monday, April 18 a Framework Agreement of Technical Cooperation between both institutions with the aim of facilitating joint activities. The agreement includes developing indicators and information systems for the design of public policies; assessing policies, instruments of support and institutions to foster sub-national areas; carrying out seminars, conferences and courses; and the training and exchange of staf…

Social Development Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet in Lima to Discuss Policies Against Poverty and Inequality

29 Oct 2015 | Announcement

Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Social Development will participate in the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Peru and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on November 2-4, 2015 in Lima. The authorities will discuss new poverty and inequality reduction policies, in view of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in New York on 25 September. The Conference was created in 2014 during the last session of ECLAC …

Policies against Poverty and Inequality Will Be Analyzed at Conference on Social Development in Lima

19 Oct 2015 | Announcement

With the aim of promoting and supporting the strengthening of the region’s social development policies, as well as boosting cooperation and the exchange of experiences among countries, the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on November 2-4, 2015 in Lima, Peru. The event, which will be held at Lima’s Conventions Center, is convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Peru and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The registration for participants is already available on the…

Study Proposes Public Policy Priorities for Colombian Cities in Accordance with their Social Development

31 Mar 2015 | News

A new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) classifies Colombia’s 23 main cities into six groups according to their social development levels, and proposes priorities in differentiated public policies tailored to each metropolis’ stage of demographic transition. The report Differentiated Social Policies for Cities in Colombia: A New Generation of Social Policies (only available in Spanish) distinguishes between cities that are elderly, mature, adult, big and young, adolescent and embryonic, according to their demographic features, levels of economic pover…

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…

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…

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…

Protecting Migrant Persons' Human Rights Is a Priority for Latin America and the Caribbean

1 Oct 2013 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean's migration challenges will be discussed at the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which will be held on 3 and 4 October at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present the contents of the report from the Latin America and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the High-Level Dialogue, which was organized together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and held in Santiago, Chile, on 10 and 1…

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…

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…

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