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Productive Development Policies are Key to a Better Production and Work Future and to Fostering Economies’ Global Integration

26 Oct 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated on Thursday, October 26 in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he reiterated the importance of Productive Development Policies (PDP) as catalysts for higher-quality international economic integration – especially in small economies – and for a better future in terms of production and work in the region’s countries. The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the two events held in Montevideo in the framework of the “Dialogues …

ECLAC: Latin America and the Caribbean Faces the Challenge of Moving from Labour Market Participation to Labour Inclusion

29 Jun 2023 | News

Labour inclusion policies in the region must have a strategic and comprehensive perspective that also involves educational, productive, fiscal, social and environmental spheres, among others, according to participants in the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, held on June 27-29, 2023 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. “It will not be possible to create a better future for work without creating a better future for production, and vice versa. They are two s…

Labour Inclusion Will Be the Main Theme of the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development, Organized by ECLAC

23 Jun 2023 | Announcement

Authorities from the region, academics and specialists from the United Nations and multilateral organizations will participate on June 27-29, 2023 in the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, German Cooperation an…

“It’s Not Possible to Create a Better Future for Work Without Creating a Better Future for Production”: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

1 Jun 2023 | News

“It’s not possible to create a better future for work without creating a better future for production. These are two sides of the same coin,” José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), sustained this Thursday, June 1, 2023 at the inauguration of the ECLAC-ifo-PILLARS Workshop: Labor Market Effects of Automation and Technology Adoption in the Global Economy, which is being held in Santiago, Chile using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual). “In order to create decent jobs, it is indispensable that we focus on a pr…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty and Inequality in the Region and on the Silent Crisis in Education

21 Nov 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Thursday, November 24, 2022 its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, which includes new data on inequality and poverty in the region and on the silent crisis in education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The document will be unveiled by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) held from Santiago, Chile at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT-3). This edition of the Social Panorama analyzes the sil…

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor

8 Oct 2021 | News

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the need to promote productive, decent jobs in Latin America, which includes the implementation of multisectoral policies to confront the high rates of informal labor that characterize the region, underlined government representatives and specialists in the international seminar on Labour Informality: Challenges posed by technological change, territorial inequality and the need for social protection, organized on October 6-7, 2021 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The event presented the key findings of the project Transf…

ECLAC: Working Does Not Guarantee Overcoming Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

17 Jun 2019 | News

“Having paid employment – whether as a wage earner or a self-employed person – is no guarantee of escaping poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean,” the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warns in a new book entitled Social programmes, poverty eradication and labour inclusion: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the document, the problem lies in that men – and especially women – who live in situations of poverty are not able to access decent work: they frequently work in low-productivity sectors, in often unsafe environments, without their…

Specialists at ECLAC agreed on the need to rethink labor informality in the region, in the light of technological change

3 Apr 2019 | News

It is necessary to rethink the phenomenon of labor informality considering both the structural gaps that persist in Latin America and the Caribbean and the technological transformations that are developing rapidly in the world. This was the shared opinion of specialists, gathered at a two-day event at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The international seminar New and Old Forms of Labor Informality and Precarious Employment was inaugurated on Wednesday, April 3rd by Mario Cimoli, ECLAC Deputy Executive Secretary, and Man…

Specialists Underscore the Importance of Technical and Vocational Education for Labor Inclusion and Development with Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 Mar 2019 | News

Government representatives and specialists gathered at a two-day seminar at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile underscored today the importance of technical and vocational education and training as a space for crucial articulation between education, work and development with equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. The seminar Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Labor Inclusion and Greater Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Erland Skut…

To Face the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is Crucial to Spur on Complementary Labor and Production Policies, Specialists at ECLAC Warned

5 Mar 2019 | News

To face the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is critical to spur on complementary labor and production policies in the framework of national and regional strategies for sustainable development, according to the authorities and specialists gathered this Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The seminar they were attending, entitled The Transformation of Employment in Light of the Digital Revolution and Automation, was organized jointly by ECLAC and the government and Senate of Chile, with …

Greater Labor Formality and Education Are Key to Reducing Inequality

22 Jun 2015 | News

Starting in 2002 inequality levels declined significantly in most Latin American countries. This good news was due largely to progress made in the labor market, especially in the formalization of employment, as well as to higher education levels, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The book entitled Inequality and Informality: An Analysis of Five Latin American Experiences (in Spanish only) —published in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated by Verónica Amarante, Director of ECLAC’s Office i…

ECLAC Participated in Education, Skills and Labour Market Panel during High Level Segment of ECOSOC

1 Apr 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), represented by its Deputy Executive Secretary Antonio Prado, took part in the panel Finding the Opportunities: Matching Education and Skills to Market Demands, held this Wednesday 1 April in New York as part of the 2015 Integration Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The panel, moderated by Mr. Prado, was formed by Elizabeth A. Vazquez, CEO and Co-Founder, WeConnect International; Ron Bruder, Founder, Education for Employment; and Zach Sims, Co-founder and CEO, Codecademy. The experts discussed…

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…

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