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Structural change for equality: an integrated approach to development. Thirty-four session of ECLAC

July 2012|
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Structural change for equality: an integrated approach to development. Thirty-four session of ECLAC

Autor institucional: NU. CEPAL Physical Description: 305 páginas. Editorial: ECLAC Date: July 2012 ECLAC symbol: LC/G.2524(SES.34/3)

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In today's complex and changing global context, the Latin American and Caribbean region must persevere, more than ever, in three directions: structural change to underpin progress towards more knowledge-intensive sectors, convergence to reduce internal and external gaps in income and productivity, and equality of rights. This is the integrated approach proposed by ECLAC as a route towards the development the region needs. This implies tackling three major challenges: to achieve high and sustained rates of growth so as to close structural gaps and generate quality jobs; to change consumption and production patterns in the context of a genuine technological revolution with environmental sustainability; and to guarantee equality on the basis of greater convergence in the production structure, with universal social protection and capacity-building. Such an endeavour requires the return of politics and of the State's role in promoting investment and growth, redistribution and regulation with a view to structural change for equality, through industrial, macroeconomic, social and labour policies. These are some of the key proposals of Structural Change for Equality: An Integrated Approach to Development, which ECLAC will present to its member States at the thirty-fourth session of the Commission (San Salvador, August 2012). The proposals in that document, which is summarized here, deepen and broaden the ideas set forth in Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails, aiming towards sustainable development with equality and taking into account the diverse national conditions across the region.

Table of contents

Prólogo .-- Capítulo I. Cambio estructural para el desarrollo .-- Capítulo II. Estructura, especialización y crecimiento .-- Capítulo III. Ciclo económico e inversión .-- IV. Macroeconomía y estructura productiva .-- V. Heterogeneidad estructural, segmentación laboral y desigualdad social .-- Capítulo VI. Políticas para una visión integrada del desarrollo .-- Capítulo VII. Reflexiones finales: El Estado y la política en la visión integrada del desarrollo.

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