Financing of education and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Latin America and the Caribbean

A key pre-requisite for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is accessible and inclusive quality education (SDG 4). Research has shown that investments in human capital —by the public sector, by firms and by households— have a significant impact on economic performance as well as individual and social wellbeing. The role of technical and vocation education and training (TVET) in this process is key, especially as the global and regional economy undergoes significant changes. The world of work is evolving rapidly, as productive structures adapt to the shifts induced by the emergence of n…

Social programmes, poverty eradication and labour inclusion: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

Diverse social programmes —including conditional cash transfer programmes, labour and production inclusion programmes and social pensions— are being implemented in Latin American and Caribbean countries with the aim of ending poverty and reducing inequalities throughout the life cycle. This book offers an up-to-date analysis of these programmes and the way they relate to labour inclusion, and analyses ongoing debates regarding the possible incentives and disincentives they create in terms of the labour supply, formalization and child labour among the target population.…

Mainstreaming youth in sustainable development

The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.6

Report of the Fifty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. The future of work in Latin America and the Caribbean: old and new forms of employment and challenges for labour regulation

This twentieth issue of the joint ECLAC/ILO report analyses a specific issue that is extremely relevant to the relationship between new technologies and decent work. Digital platforms create new job opportunities both locally and in global digital markets. However, these new forms of work are often performed outside existing regulations, denying these workers legally established labour and social rights. A key question is this regard is whether these new forms of work are a new form of wage employment or independent work, or whether the regulatory framework should be adapted, since neither the…

Summary of the Chair. Third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.5

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 14/15 BD: Strengthening the capacity of Central American and Caribbean countries in the preparation of sustainable energy policies and strategies

Intergovernmentally Agreed Conclusions and Recommendations of the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Agreements. Third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Annotated provisional agenda. Third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Provisional agenda. Third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019: Tax policies for resource mobilization in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Fiscal consolidation continued in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018. The fiscal position in Latin America improved, reflecting cuts in primary spending, mainly through capital expenditures. Despite this adjustment, gross public debt is trending upward in Latin America with rises occurring in several countries. Conversely, the Caribbean countries continue to generate primary surpluses —driven, in 2018, by higher public revenues— and have thus succeeded in reducing their gross public debt levels, which nevertheless remain high. Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2019 exami…

Provisional agenda. Ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation

Report on the Activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean to March 2019

Annotated provisional agenda. Eighteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean Samoa Pathway prioritized