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Inequality is Inefficient, Self-Perpetuating and Permeates the Productive System, Alicia Bárcena Affirms at Davos Forum

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in various sessions of the 19th edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the central theme of which was Globalization 4.0.

Participants in the 2014 Summer School of ECLAC.

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ECLAC is Accepting Applications for the 20th session of its Summer School on Latin American Economies

The academic program will take place between July 15 and September 30, 2019 at the headquarters of the United Nations regional organization in Santiago, Chile.

From left to right: Janet Camilo, the Dominican Republic’s Minister of Women and Vice President of the Presiding Officers; Cielo Morales, Chief of ECLAC’s Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES); and Isabel Plá, Chile’s Minister of Women and Gender Equity.

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Authorities Discuss at ECLAC Progress and Obstacles to Achieving Women’s Autonomy and Gender Equality Ahead of Regional Conference in November

The fifty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated this Tuesday in Santiago, Chile.

ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena presented the report during a press conference held in Santiago, Chile.

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Poverty in Latin America Remained Steady in 2017, but Extreme Poverty Increased to the Highest Level since 2008, while Inequality has Fallen Notably since 2000

ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.

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Inequality is Inefficient, Self-Perpetuating and Permeates the Productive System, Alicia Bárcena Affirms at Davos Forum

ECLAC is Accepting Applications for the 20th session of its Summer School on Latin American Economies

Authorities Discuss at ECLAC Progress and Obstacles to Achieving Women’s Autonomy and Gender Equality Ahead of Regional Conference in November

Poverty in Latin America Remained Steady in 2017, but Extreme Poverty Increased to the Highest Level since 2008, while Inequality has Fallen Notably since 2000

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Press briefing on the Atlas of migration in Northern Central America (Marrakech Conference)

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