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23 November 2023 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion
Despite this improvement in the indicators, more than 180 million people in the region do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 70 million of them lack the income needed to acquire a basic food basket, the Commission warns in its report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023.
Foto del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL en la testera con otras dos personas
26 October 2023 | News

Productive Development Policies are Key to a Better Production and Work Future and to Fostering Economies’ Global Integration
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he stressed the need to escalate productive development policies and focus efforts on dynamic sectors to increase growth in the region’s countries and make it more sustainable and inclusive.
photo of the document's cover
21 November 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty and Inequality in the Region and on the Silent Crisis in Education
The annual report, Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, will be presented on Thursday, November 24 at a press conference given by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization.
14 June 2021 | Press Release

Labor Markets in the Region Will Be Slow to Recover from the Severe Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020
A new ECLAC-ILO joint publication warns that in order to reduce the high unemployment rates seen during the pandemic, significant efforts will be needed on employment policies aimed at the most vulnerable groups.
10 November 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO Warn that the Labor Market in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Recover Slowly After the COVID-19 Pandemic
In a new joint publication, these two United Nations organizations stress that to emerge from the crisis, active macro policies are needed along with sectoral policies that would promote sustainable development with employment.
cover book
17 June 2019 | News

ECLAC: Working Does Not Guarantee Overcoming Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new book published by the United Nations regional organization analyses the importance of non-contributory social protection programmes in the region.
De izquierda a derecha: Mario Cimoli, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, Carolina Goic, Senadora y Presidenta de la Comisión de Trabajo del Senado de Chile; y Nicolás Monckeberg, Ministro del Trabajo y Previsión Social de Chile.
5 March 2019 | News

To Face the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is Crucial to Spur on Complementary Labor and Production Policies, Specialists at ECLAC Warned
Chile’s Minister of Labor and Social Security, Nicolás Monckeberg, Senator Carolina Goic and the regional organization’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Mario Cimoli, inaugurated a seminar in Santiago.
Fotografía de la portada del libro
22 June 2015 | News

Greater Labor Formality and Education Are Key to Reducing Inequality
A new book by ECLAC analyzes the relationship between these factors in five Latin American countries.