The institutionality of gender in the State: new analytical perspectives

This document posits conceptual frameworks for a reading of gender mechanisms that seeks to analyze them as part of the broader process of which they are an expression: the legitimization and institutionalization of the new challenges facing society and the state. These processes are evident at the national and international levels, in civil society and in international organizations. They include the construction of new concepts of gender relations in various societies, the inclusion of inequality-related problems on public agendas, and the institutionalization of the issue within the State. …

Current conditions and outlook: Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2001

Foreword This publication corresponds to the first chapter of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-2001, and is being published simultaneously in Spanish and English. It provides an assessment of the region's economic performance during the first half of 2001 and of its prospects for the remainder of the year. An analysis is presented of the main aspects of the regional economy -its external sector, macroeconomic policy, levels of economic activity, inflation, employment, saving and investment- together with a statistical appendix containing 14 tables with data s…

The gender perspective in economic and labour policies: state of the art in Latin America and the Caribbean

The member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have called for an integrated approach to development. Despite making significant macroeconomic progress in the 1990s, the Latin American economies reached the end of the decade with relative poverty levels above those of 1980, while labour market conditions have worsened in most countries. To achieve development with equity, it is essential to apply a gender perspective to public-policy formation, as a technical-analytical instrument to accompany the overall ethical-political goal. For the United Nati…

Caribbean SIDS Prepare for Johannesburg 2002 - The World Summit on Sustainable Development

ECLAC Hosts Third United Nations Inter-Agency Collaboration Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2000 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2000

La edición 2000 del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe contiene una selección actualizada a comienzos de diciembre de las principales series estadísticas disponibles sobre la evolución económica y social de los países de la región. Representa un sistemático esfuerzo de la División de Estadística y Proyecciones de la CEPAL, orientado a homogeneizar las cifras y a hacerlas internacionalmente comparables. La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, proporciones o coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida de cada área de interés y…

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2000

The Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean is prepared annually by the Economic Development Division in collaboration with the Statistics and Economic Projections Division, the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico and Port of Spain and ECLAC national offices in Argentina and Brazil.…

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 1999-2000

Foreword The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999-2000 is the fifty-second edition in this series and incorporates a number of changes in methodology and format. In addition, a new methodology that was introduced in the preceding edition is being used for the country studies (Parts Two and Three). This methodology is based on national ac counts statistics expressed in the local currency, rather than United States dollars, and uses the base year employed by the relevant country. The chapters on regional issues (Part One) use statistics expressed in dollars and take 1995 as t…

Reconceptualizing social indicators in the Caribbean: a review and discussion

This document discusses the relevance, strengths and limitations of social indicators. Difficulties encountered in the analysis of such data in the Caribbean are identified and discussed. Issues related to the availability of social data for social planning and the implementation of programmes and projects are also explored.…

Meeting held on engendering macroeconomic policy

ECLAC Conducts Training Workshops on Assessing the Impacts of Natural Disasters in the Region

Economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 1999-2000: summary

This Summary of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999-2000 is the first chapter of the Survey, and is being published simultaneously in Spanish and English. It provides an assessment of the region’s economy during 1999 and the first half of 2000. The summary also presents a brief overview of the regional chapters of the Survey: the external sector, macroeconomic policy, activity levels, inflation, employment, saving and investment. It is accompanied by a statistical appendix containing 13 tables taken from the regional chapters, with data series through 1999. Wide distri…

Gender Dialogue : Message from the Editor

ECLAC Creates Database of SIDS Projects in the Caribbean

The challenge of gender equity and human rights on the threshold of the twenty-first century

This document was prepared by the Women and Development Unit of ECLAC and submitted to the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean at its eighth session (Lima, Peru, 8-10 February 2000); (bearing the symbol LC/L.1295(CRM.8/3););.…

CEPAL Review no.70

Study of gender mainstreaming in the Caribbean

Background The mandate for gender mainstreaming underpins the comprehensive provisions of the Beijing Platform for Action which itself finds continuity with the concern for the development of institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women contained in the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies. Governments in the Caribbean have attempted in various ways to advance gender equity not only through substantive policy but also through administrative reform. In these attempts, governments have both made progress and confronted conceptual and operational difficulties. The United Nations mid-term r…

CDCC - Twenty-Five Years of Cooperation and Development: 1975-2000

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 1999 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 1999

La edición 1999 del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe contiene una selección actualizada a comienzos de diciembre de las principales series estadísticas disponibles sobre la evolución económica y social de los países de la región. Representa un sistemático esfuerzo de la División de Estadística y Proyecciones de la CEPAL, orientado a homogeneizar las cifras y a hacerlas internacionalmente comparables. uarios en forma oportuna. La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, proporciones o coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida…

Part-time work in Chile: is it precarious employment?: reflections from a gender perspective

Abstract Economic globalization has had a variety of consequences for employment including changes in labour market structure, making way for new non-standard (or atypical ) forms of employment. These are often associated with low-quality employment, to such an extent that the concepts non-standard forms of employment and precarious employment are used as synonymous expressions. The literature shows that women have been affected the most by these changes. This study considers a particular example of non-standard employment: part-time work in Chile. The …