The 2026 Notas de Población Webinar brought together nearly 150 participants to examine the implications of ongoing age transformations for education and environmental public policies, based on two studies recently published in issues 121 and 122 of the journal.

On 15 June, the international community marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day with a focus on prevention.

The authors of two articles on the topic — one on ageing and CO2 emissions in Brazil, published in issue 121, and the other on the impact of declining birth rates on the education sector in Latin America, published in issue 122 — will present their studies in summary form, focusing on results and co...

At a side event held during the Ninth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2026, government officials, experts, and civil society representatives highlighted the importance of strengthening data production, monitoring, and public policie...

This refers to three countries with census data from the 2020s, whose microdata bases were processed using REDATAM. With these, there are now six countries with 2020 census data incorporated into MATERNILAC.

The document analyzes international experiences aimed at improving the quality of life of older persons in situations of dependency and of caregivers in Brazil.

The new figures added to the Internal Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (MIALC) database mean that there are now four countries with standard inter-city migration tables from 2020s censuses (Mexico, Panama, Ecuador and Paraguay) available in MIALC.

The Director of CELADE – Population Division of the ECLAC, Simone Cecchini, contributed to dialogues on these issues at the Summit, which took place in Doha, Qatar, on 4-6 November 2025.

Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing one of the most rapid demographic transitions in the world, which is profoundly transforming their economic and social structures.

A national training workshop focused on National Inclusion Accounts (NIA) was held in Kingston, Jamaica from February 24-28, 2025. This event was organized by CELADE - ECLAC Population Division, in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and UNFPA. The main objective of the works...

INE technicians participated in a workshop organized by ECLAC to develop a statistical geoportal based on free software and open standards. The initiative seeks to strengthen the dissemination of official data and promote interoperability, following successful examples from other countries in the re...

The report was presented at the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica by Simone Cecchini, Director of CELADE - Population Division of ECLAC, at the Hemispheric Interparliamentary Meeting "Migration in the Context of Socio-Environmental Challenges", held in San José, Costa Rica from October 23 to 25, 2...

The paper "Medium-term changes in internal population movements in Latin American countries: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic", No. 139 of the Population and Development Series uses digital footprint data to estimate changes in mobility intensities and patterns during the pandemic.

The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in ac...

On June 18 and 19, 2024, the Regional Seminar “Challenges and opportunities of population aging: the silver economy”, organized by CELADE - Population Division of ECLAC, will be held at ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

The meeting will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 3 - 4 July 2024, preceded on July 2 by a day of side events and civil society activities.

With only 15 per cent of SDG targets being on track to be achieved by 2030 globally, there was a strong sense of urgency to deliver on the promise that was made in 2015 at the SDG Summit this year.

In the context of recovery with transformation, it is crucial to promote labor inclusion policies focused on population groups in situations of greater vulnerability, that is, to implement policies that promote equal opportunities to access and develop productive jobs that generate sufficient income...

This month, countries come together at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to take stock of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is State-led and open to participation by all Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is convened under the auspices of ECLAC and guided by the principles established for all follow-up and review processes by...