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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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16 November 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present its Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 Report
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference on Thursday, November 23 from Santiago, Chile.
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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.
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25 October 2021 | News

ECLAC Calls for Articulating Social Protection Systems with Disaster Risk Management Policies in Pursuit of a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region
The United Nations regional organization presented a document on this issue in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually on October 26-28.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
28 September 2021 | News

Fighting Illicit Flows and Tax Non-Compliance and Alleviating Debt are Key to Expanding Developing Countries’ Fiscal Space: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, stressed the importance of international cooperation to redistribute concessional funding to the nations most affected by the crisis, at a high-level event held in the framework of the UN General Assembly.
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14 July 2021 | News

The Pandemic Showed the Need to Move Towards Universal, Comprehensive, Sustainable and Resilient Social Protection Systems
Social Development authorities, international officials and specialists participated in an event on middle-income strata, COVID-19 and the challenges of social protection, organized by ECLAC in the framework of Development in Transition month.
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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1 de February de 2021 | News

Revista de población de la CEPAL examina en su nueva edición los impactos del COVID-19 en la dinámica demográfica de los países de la región
El número 111 de las Notas de Población analiza con especial interés las vulnerabilidades que se han hecho más visibles en medio de la emergencia sanitaria.
13 January 2021 | Press Release

Countries Confirmed their Commitment to the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development for Tackling the Current Crisis and Moving Towards a Transformative Recovery with Equality at the Center
Government authorities and international officials participated in the Fourth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of ECLAC’s Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the framework of the XII Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized jointly with UNDP.