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5 de December de 2013 | Press Release

Se enlentece la reducción de la pobreza y la indigencia en América Latina

Con datos proyectados al 2013, la pobreza estaría afectando a unos 164 millones de personas en la región, igual número que en 2012, consigna el estudio que aborda el fenómeno también desde una perspectiva multidimensional.

29 November 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2013

The annual report, which will be presented by Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena, provides a multidimensional view of poverty.

21 November 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Will Meet in Brasilia to Discuss Planning and Public Management

Ministers and Heads of Planning will exchange experiences on policies for the development.

21 November 2013 | Press Release

Brasilia Hosts Regional Meeting on Planning that Calls for Strengthened Integration for Development with Equality

The Brazilian Minister for Planning, Miriam Belchior, and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, opened the meeting being held on 21 and 22 November.

7 November 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Reports on Its Participation in the 2011 Round of the National Socioeconomic Survey (CASEN) of Chile

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has made public a document providing details on its role in the latest round of the Socioeconomic Survey and on the technical procedures followed.

18 October 2013 | Press Release

Innovation, diversification and better logistics key to sustainable and inclusive growth, says new report

OECD, ECLAC and CAF presented the document Latin American Economic Outlook 2014, during the XXIII Ibero-American summit.

17 October 2013 | Press Release

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

"Our impressive achievement in cutting poverty by half should not blind us to the fact that more than 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty worldwide", states the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in his message.

24 September 2013 | Press Release

"Our Generation Can Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger in the Next Decade"

The Executive Secretary of ECLAC took part in an event held in the framework of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

15 August 2013 | Press Release

First session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development Begins in Uruguay

Representatives from over 30 Latin American and Caribbean countries will discuss priority issues for a future population agenda beyond 2014, at an event attended by over 800 people.

12 August 2013 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Discuss New Population and Development Agenda beyond 2014

This is a people's agenda to raise the profile of excluded sectors: children, older adults, women, indigenous people, Afro-descendent people and migrants.

24 July 2013 | Press Release

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Presented a Document on Structural Perspectives for the Region's Development

She stressed that equality is the guiding principle for a paradigm change in Latin America and the Caribbean.

12 July 2013 | Press Release

Road Map for Population, Migration and Development beyond 2014 Adopted by Caribbean Governments in Guyana

Proposals include actions to reduce poverty and inequality and promote the rights of vulnerable groups.

3 July 2013 | Press Release

OAS Highlighted Effect of Drugs Problem on the Pillars of Development

Secretary-General of this organization, José Miguel Insulza, emphasized that crime and violence limit democracy and freedom.

26 April 2013 | Press Release

The Region's Countries Will Analyse the Statistical Challenges of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

At the end of the twelfth meeting of the Executive Committee of ECLAC-SCA, representatives adopted agreements in the lead up to the next regional meeting.

26 April 2013 | Press Release

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Early Warning Signs Will Be Analysed at Meeting of Regional Statisticians

The Executive Committee of the ECLAC Statistical Conference of the Americas will meet in Pucón, Chile.

19 April 2013 | Press Release

Experts Analyse Policies for Overcoming Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Academic publication also includes articles on the measurement of multidimensional poverty and free-trade agreements in the region.

1 de February de 2013 | Press Release

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL participó en conversatorio sobre el futuro de América Latina

Alicia Bárcena compartió con altos funcionarios internacionales y representantes del Gobierno peruano.