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25 January 2022 | Press Release

Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.
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8 October 2021 | News

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor
An international seminar organized by ECLAC on October 6-7 announced the key findings of a project financed by the United Nations Development Account.
9 June 2020 | Press Release

Building Back Better after COVID-19 Necessitates Doing So with Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level international event on inequalities and the informal economy during and after the pandemic.
Trabajadores uruguayos protestan.
1 September 2016 | News

Labor Informality and Access Requirements Explain Low Coverage of Unemployment Insurance in Uruguay, ECLAC says
A study by the international organization describes the characteristics of that program, the evolution of its coverage, its utilization by companies and the profile of its beneficiaries.
28 October 2013 | Speech

Meeting to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Declaration on Security in the Americas
By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
11 May 2012 | Press Release

The Regional Agenda on Equality Requires the Inclusion of Older Persons in Social Protection Systems
The number of older persons in Latin America will exceed that of children in 2036.
29 November 2011 | Press Release

Poverty and Indigence Levels Are the Lowest in 20 Years in Latin America
The Organization predicts that the region will close this year with three million people less living in poverty.
20 June 2011 | Press Release

Ban Ki-Moon Highlights Contribution of South American Countries to Key Issues on the Global Agenda
Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, is part of entourage accompanying the most senior United Nations representative.