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16 July 2024 | Speech
Inaugural remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the HLPF side-event co-led by UN Regional Economic Commissions, gathered in the UN Working Group on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.
24 November 2022 | Press Release
The Social Panorama 2022 report projects that 201 million people (32.1% of the region’s total population) live in situations of poverty, with 82 million (13.1%) of them in extreme poverty. The regional organization calls for urgently addressing the silent crisis in education to avert the risk of a lost generation.
10 de May de 2022 | Press Release
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre la acumulación del capital en la región, cambio tecnológico y mercados laborales, entre otros temas.
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
6 July 2021 | Announcement
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will unveil the document during a virtual press conference on Thursday, July 8, held from the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
24 March 2021 | Press Release
The latest version of this flagship publication by the United Nations regional commission presents a selection of indicators and statistics on the social, economic and environmental situation of the region’s countries.
15 July 2020 | Press Release
ECLAC updated its growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries today. It underscores that both the external and domestic shocks have been stronger than what was foreseen last April, which led to a downward revision of the figures.
12 May 2020 | Press Release
The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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11 May 2020 | Announcement
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document at a virtual press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12, from the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
27 September 2019 | Press Release
The United Nations regional organization presents a new study in the framework of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be inaugurated this Tuesday in Mexico City.
9 July 2019 | Press Release
On the first day of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, speaking on behalf of the five United Nations regional commissions, gave an account of the progress made toward meeting the SDGs and called for putting equality at the center.
15 January 2019 | Press Release
ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.
17 de December de 2018 | Press Release
Nueva edición de la publicación académica incluye investigaciones sobre la distribución de la renta, los gobiernos corporativos y los ingresos provenientes de recursos naturales, entre otras materias.
28 de August de 2018 | Fact sheet
Hoja informativa con un resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 125, agosto de 2018. Autor: Sergio Tezanos.
13 March 2018 | Press Release
The distinguished international expert gave a keynote lecture at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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18 October 2017 | Announcement
President Tabaré Vázquez will kick off the gathering that will be held on October 25-27 in Montevideo.
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24 May 2017 | Announcement
The United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will hold a press conference on May 30 in Santiago, Chile.
18 de April de 2016 | Fact sheet
Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 118, abril de 2016.
22 March 2016 | Press Release
According to projections by the United Nations regional organization, 175 million people were living in situations of poverty in late 2015 in Latin America.
17 March 2016 | Press Release
The richest 10% in Latin America and the Caribbean own 71% of wealth and their tax rate is only 5.4% of their income.
13 de August de 2015 | Fact sheet
Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 116, agosto de 2015. Autores: Michael Hanni, Ricardo Martner y Andrea Podestá.