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24 Nov 2022

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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.

16 Nov 2022

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Digitalization is a Priority for Transforming the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

Today the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated in Montevideo.

foto del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL en la inauguración del evento

18 Nov 2022

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Countries of the Region Approved the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean eLAC2024

Today the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded in Montevideo.

17 Nov 2022

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Latin America and the Caribbean is One of the Regions Most Affected Demographically by the Health Crisis

The 2022 edition of ECLAC’s Demographic Observatory confirms that the region had the biggest loss of years of life expectancy at birth in 2021 versus 2019, and a sharp reduction in population growth.

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The climate emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean

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23 Aug 2022

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La CEPAL lanzó su Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2022

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Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 40.7% in 2021, but Did Not Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

ECLAC: At Least 4,473 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021

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Poverty Rates in Latin America Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Warns

Digitalization is a Priority for Transforming the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries of the Region Approved the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean eLAC2024

Latin America and the Caribbean is One of the Regions Most Affected Demographically by the Health Crisis

Infographics

The climate emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean

La CEPAL lanzó su Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2022

La CEPAL lanzó su Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2022

Latin America’s stagnation ‘worse than the 1980s’, says UN official

ENTREVISTA: Urge acelerar reactivación económica en AL con un tercio de población en pobreza, afirma CEPAL

Con “sentido de urgencia” en la pospandemia, América Latina deja “pensamientos tradicionales” y puede “dar saltos importantes”

“Crisis en cascada afectan a los países de América Latina”, según José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

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