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The Pandemic is an Opportunity to Transform Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

9 December 2022 | Briefing note

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a silent educational crisis that threatens to affect the educational and labour trajectories of children, adolescents, and young people. Prior to the pandemic, education in the region was already facing significant inclusion and quality challenges. Hence, it is necessary to take advantage of the opportunity not only to recover but also to transform the region's education systems.…

Thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

28 September 2022 | Briefing note

The thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 24 to 26 October 2022, at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires.…

Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean: reflections for advancing towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient health and social protection systems

22 August 2022 | Briefing note

Analysis of the evolution of the pandemic clearly shows that the health crisis has not passed and that uncertainty remains. The prolonged crisis has highlighted not only the weaknesses of the region's health and social protection systems, but also the centrality of health for social and economic development.…

Latin America and the Caribbean lost nearly 3 years of life expectancy at birth between 2019 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

22 August 2022 | Briefing note

New population estimates and projections for Latin America and the Caribbean used to estimate the demographic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic show that Latin America and the Caribbean lost 2.9 years of life expectancy at birth, from 75.1 years in 2019 to 72.1 years in 2021. This makes it the region of the world that lost the most years of life expectancy due to the pandemic.…

Call for chapter proposals with compensation

2 August 2021 | Briefing note

The ADELA Program of the KAS and the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC will organize a conference and publish a book (in English and Spanish) that addresses the current and future challenges of the region in international trade to encourage debate and promote common responses…

It is important to analyze the gender distributional impacts of fiscal policies in response to the COVID-19 crisis, says ECLAC

22 June 2021 | Briefing note

Within the framework of the 29th Annual Congress of the International Association for Feminist Economics Sustaining Life: Challenges of Multidimensional Crisis, Nicole Bidegain Ponte moderated the panel “From crisis to opportunity? Fiscal stimulus packages and Financing for Gender Equality in Latin America in the COVID-19 context”. This event was organized by UN Women virtually on June 22, 2021.…

COVID-19 mortality: Evidence and scenarios is the main topic of the 2020's Demographic Observatory

4 February 2021 | Briefing note

CELADE is pleased to present its readers with this edition of the Demographic Observatory, which uses national sources of data on deaths from civil registry offices and health information systems to analyse the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on mortality in the countries of the region. In addition, by means of a simulation exercise based on different scenarios of COVID-19 prevalence rates, it estimates the impact of COVID-19-related deaths on life expectancy at birth for the 38 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.…

First Issue Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean Bulletin

1 August 2020 | Briefing note

On August 1st, 2020, the First Issue of the Natural Resources Bulletin in Latin America and the Caribbean was published, which was prepared by ECLAC's Natural Resources Division and whose objective is to disseminate progress in governance, policies, management and the use of natural resources and associated basic and ecosystem services in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Global Air Cargo in the context of the COVID-19

29 April 2020 | Briefing note

The air transport industry is deemed essential in the face of the current outbreak, being the means of transport that regularly distributes crucial goods such as medical equipment, inputs and supplies, as well as other essential assets for the functioning of a country. However, since the beginning of the pandemic, it has displayed an overall downturn. The air cargo performance demonstrated a severe capacity shortfall at a global scale: ✓ Global demand, which includes both domestic and international markets, fell by 15.2% in March compared to the previous year (-15.8% for internatio…

Observatory on Border Crossing Status due to COVID-19

5 April 2020 | Briefing note

The observatory is a joint effort of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, to gather all the updated information on the limitations of the border crossing both in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and in the rest of the world due to the outbreak of COVID-19.…

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