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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.
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25 September 2023 | News

ECLAC Presents Portal of Inequalities in Latin America
The platform uses graphics to clearly visualize the existing gaps and texts that describe the construction of the indicators, their interpretation and the results they yield.
26 de September de 2023 | Speech

Inauguración de la XII reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas
Palabras de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Diagnóstico de las brechas estructurales en República Dominicana: una aproximación sistémica general
Entre 1990 y 2019, la República Dominicana mostró avances en el combate a la pobreza y la desigualdad. Sin embargo, sus niveles actuales son altos si se comparan con países de similar desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe y en el mundo. En consecuencia, subsisten importantes brechas estructurales definidas como las diferentes expresiones de la desigualdad, amplias y persistentes, en diversas áreas y entre diferentes grupos de personas, que obstaculizan el desarrollo.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Diagnóstico de las brechas estructurales en Guatemala: una aproximación sistémica general
Entre 1990 y 2020, Guatemala mostró avances en el combate a la pobreza y la desigualdad, sin embargo subsisten importantes brechas estructurales, amplias y persistentes en diversas áreas sociales, económicas y territoriales. Además, la reciente pandemia generada por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) y sus variantes ocasionó una de las caídas económicas más profundas de los pasados 100 años, generando mayor pobreza y desigualdad.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografia. Limitaciones en el acceso a la salud en México en el marco de la nueva ruralidad
Se propone un marco metodológico para estudiar brechas de acceso a la salud en localidades rurales, con la construcción de tres indicadores de base: el acceso potencial, el acceso efectivo y el acceso efectivo y de calidad a la salud en las localidades rurales en comparación con las urbanas. La fuente de información fue la Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso y Gasto de los Hogares (ENIGH), levantada por el INEGI en México.
24 November 2022 | Press Release

Poverty Rates in Latin America Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Warns
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.
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5 July 2022 | News

ECLAC Supports Haiti in the Process of Implementing its National Social Protection Policy
On June 21-22, an international seminar took place in Port-au-Prince with the aim of addressing the Caribbean country’s implementation of the National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion.
24 March 2021 | Press Release

2020 Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Offers a Set of Statistics on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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.
4 March 2021 | Press Release

Pandemic Prompts Rise in Poverty to Levels Unprecedented in Recent Decades and Sharply Affects Inequality and Employment
In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state.
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14 July 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update Its Economic Growth Estimates for the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, a new Special Report COVID-19 that will include revised forecasts on employment, poverty and inequality levels in the region in 2020.
12 May 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Moving Towards a Basic Income to Help the Most Vulnerable Population Overcome the Coronavirus’s Effects
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

New Report by ECLAC Will Address the Social Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Latin American and Caribbean Countries
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.
28 November 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC: The Region Has Underestimated Inequality
The economic commission noted that the upward trend for poverty in Latin America held firm and called for resuming the construction of comprehensive and universal social compacts, during the launch of its Social Panorama 2019 report today in Chile.
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21 November 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region
On Thursday, November 28, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will launch in Chile the Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 report.
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8 July 2019 | News

ECLAC is Accepting Proposals for Papers on Inequality Measurement through July 21
The selected research will be presented at a seminar that will take place at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on August 26-27.
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9 January 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC will Launch its Social Panorama of Latin American 2018 Report

On Tuesday, January 15, Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will give a press conference at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
20 December 2017 | Press Release

Poverty Increased in 2016 in Latin America and Reached 30.7% of the Population, a Percentage Seen Holding Steady in 2017
In Mexico today ECLAC launched its report Social Panorama 2017, which includes an update to the methodology used to estimate monetary poverty in the region.
30 May 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC: High Levels of Inequality in Latin America Constitute an Obstacle to Sustainable Development
This is a structural phenomenon that manifests itself via multiple vicious circuits, according to the Social Panorama 2016 annual report released today.
8 de August de 2016 | Press Release

Revista CEPAL aborda el poder adquisitivo y la ayuda oficial al desarrollo en los países de América Latina y el Caribe
Nueva edición de la publicación académica incluye también artículos sobre la segregación escolar en Chile y análisis del crecimiento económico en Colombia y Perú, entre otros temas.

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