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27 December 2010 | Press Release

Conditional Transfer Programmes Benefit Over 100 Million People in the Region
Brazil has the largest number of beneficiaries, followed by Mexico and Colombia.
22 December 2010 | Press Release

Climate Change Is Expected to Cost Latin American Countries at Least 1% of Annual GDP
In Cancún, ECLAC presented a report on the potential economic costs of climate change in the region by the end of the century if global mitigation and adaptive actions are not taken.
13 December 2010 | Press Release

ECLAC Provides Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Outlook for 2011
Report presents the most recent economic growth estimates for the region's countries in 2010.
8 December 2010 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Present New Data on the Impact of Climate Change on the Region's Economies
The study, which will be launched in Cancún on 8 December, outlines the economic consequences of global warming measured in GDP percentages in different potential scenarios of higher temperatures.
1 December 2010 | Fact sheet

Latin America: Poverty And Extreme Poverty A/, 1980 – 2010
Gráfico con la estimación correspondiente a 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe más Haití. Muestra cifras en porcentaje y número total de personas pobres (indigentes más pobres no indigentes).
1 December 2010 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Fell in 2010 and Returns to the Pre-Crisis Trend
Thanks to the region's economic recovery, the number of poor people will fall to the same levels as in 2008 (180 million inhabitants).
25 November 2010 | Press Release

ECLAC Assesses the Impact of the Economic Recovery on Poverty in the Region
The Social Panorama, which proposes long-term policies to tackle inequality, will be presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, in Chile on 30 November.
21 November 2010 | Press Release

Gender Equality Is the Road to Freedom and Democracy
Authorities and delegates from over 30 Latin American and Caribbean countries debate the challenges that need to be overcome in order for women to achieve full autonomy.
16 November 2010 | Press Release

Successful Social Innovation Projects to be Presented in the United States
ECLAC will exhibit 25 programmes awarded for their innovation, community participation and low costs, developed to overcome poverty and inequality in the region.
10 November 2010 | Press Release

Experts to Assess Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture in the Region
The phenomenon impacts the rural population of Latin America and the Caribbean, most of which lives in conditions of poverty.
2 October 2010 | Press Release

ECLAC Addresses Mapuche Issue
The Commission draws attention to the importance of the international legal regime and the need to place equality at the heart of the debate.
28 September 2010 | Press Release

Representatives of a Mapuche Group in ECLAC Premises
Upon her arrival to the Chilean capital, ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, met the group's members and checked that their living conditions were satisfactory.
3 September 2010 | Fact sheet

Latin America and the Caribbean: Evolution of the export structure of since the early 1980s

Evolución de la estructura de las exportaciones de bienes al mundo desde inicios de los años ochenta
3 September 2010 | Press Release

Regional Exports Expected to Rise 21.4% in 2010
According to the study Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2009-2010, the expansion of trade over the past decade was due more to prices than to value added.
20 de August de 2010 | Press Release

CEPAL presentará tres exitosos programas de apoyo a jóvenes en riesgo social
Los proyectos en Colombia, Argentina y Guatemala serán expuestos en un encuentro organizado por la CEPAL y el gobierno de Costa Rica.
11 August 2010 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Approve Action to Achieve Autonomy and Equality for Women
Support is also expressed for the creation of UN Women and the post-earthquake reconstruction efforts underway in Haiti and Chile.
3 August 2010 | Press Release

"Women Are Better at Channelling the Benefits of Social Programmes"
The President of Brazil received delegates to the Eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Brasilia.
3 August 2010 | Press Release

Women Must Be Placed at the Centre of Development for the Rebuilding of Haiti and Chile
Authorities and representatives of the United Nations discussed the challenges outstanding in this area at the Eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, now under way in Brasilia.
3 August 2010 | Press Release

New Social Covenant Needed to Achieve Equality between Women and Men in the Workplace
Women in Latin America and the Caribbean must conquer economic, physical and political autonomy for full recognition of their rights.
22 July 2010 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean to Grow 5.2% in 2010
The region is expected to expand only 3.8% in 2011 due to the uncertain outlook of the world economy, particularly in Europe.

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