ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, Mexico, D.F.
Social development
La Unidad de Desarrollo Social tiene como objetivo impulsar el ejercicio efectivo y pleno de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales de todos los habitantes de los países de la subregión mediante el desarrollo de investigación especializada, la formulación de políticas públicas y la promoción de legislación consistente con esta perspectiva.
News
Transformative and Comprehensive Public Policies for Overcoming Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean are Advocated For at Seminar in Guatemala
“The possibility of a more equitable Guatemala and Latin America depends on the decisions we make today,” the President of the Republic, Bernardo Arévalo, said at the inauguration of this event organized by ECLAC and IDB.
“No More Lost Decades for Latin America and the Caribbean”: ECLAC Lays Out its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation
Because of his contributions to the region’s development, the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, was awarded with the Maestro Ricardo Torres Gaitán 2024 Lecture from the Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leonardo Lomelí.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
ECLAC Urges for Strengthening Welfare States and Moving Towards a Care Society for a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability
Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, participated in the 14th National Dialogue for a Social Mexico: Development and Society after the Pandemic, organized by the UNAM’s University Program for Development Studies.