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The aims of the Social Development Division include contributing to the assessment and analysis of the social situation of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean, and its work focuses on specific groups in the various countries of the region, including children. It also conducts analyses of public policies aimed at improving the living standards of persons under the age of 18 and makes proposals to redress existing shortfalls in the fulfilment of children’s and adolescents’ rights.
Areas of interest
Child poverty
Children living in poverty are dep…
Education is the main mechanism for achieving progress in multiple dimensions of social inclusion: greater equality of opportunity, skills for future social mobility, the formation of an active citizenry respectful of rights, familiarity with various cultural codes and access to the labour market with greater options.
In recent years, ECLAC has focused on analysing the role of education in social inclusion, by monitoring gaps, progress and challenges, and looking in particular at levels of schooling (primary and secondary).
One of the main challenges facing the region is continuing to improve …
The Social Development Division’s work on food and nutrition security is underpinned, first, by the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, which enshrines food as a fundamental right and calls upon States to ensure food and nutrition security and, second, by the need to address major inequalities in access to food despite its availability in the region, which severely curtail fulfilment of the right to food and prejudice the nutritional status of the population.
The Division’s work in this area has involved analysing the social, economic and cultural factors…
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, adopted on 13 December 2006 at the Headquarters of the United Nations, undoubtedly constituted a major landmark for persons with disabilities and has contributed to the mainstreaming of disability into the region’s political and social agenda.The Convention adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with any type of disability must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It has been ratified by 152 Member States of the United Nations. In the regio…
Social protection encompasses policies that are geared towards the exercise of economic, social and cultural rights and towards protecting against uncertainty and risk, on the basis that people’s present and future well-being are affected by, among other factors, illness, difficulties in meeting the care needs of children, persons with disabilities or some sort of fragility, episodes of unemployment or underemployment, and the loss or substantial reduction of income in old age. Without adequate policies, socioeconomic conditions can worsen inequalities, vulnerability and poverty.
Social protec…
The aims of the Social Development Division include assessment and analysis of the social situation of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean and examination of social policy management and impact.
In this connection, one of the Division’s current priorities is tracking and assessing social investment in the countries of the region, which involves collecting, disseminating and analysing statistics related to (public and private) social investment, which are published annually in the Social Panorama of Latin America, among other specialized documents. The Division maintains the relev…
The First Summit of the Americas took place in Miami, Florida December 9 to 11, 1994. The meeting produced a Declaration of Principles and a Plan of Action signed by all 34 Heads of State and Government in attendance.
The Heads of State and Government of the Americas, the architects of this new system, decided to meet on a regular basis in order to define the fundamental precepts of the new Hemispheric agenda. This decision to institutionalize the meetings led to the notion of a "Summit process", where experiences are accumulated, a common language is forged and mandates for collective action …
O Escritório de Brasília da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) oferece estágio não remunerado sobre uma base ad hoc. Esta prática está destinada a promover entre os participantes, uma melhor compreensão dos problemas internacionais e dar uma ideia do trabalho da CEPAL e das Nações Unidas em geral. Ao mesmo tempo, constitui uma excelente oportunidade de crescimento pessoal e profissional, por meio de atribuição de trabalhos práticos relacionados com as atividades da CEPAL no Brasil.
Pré-requisitos
Para qualificar-se para o Programa de estágio do Escritório da CEPAL em B…
During this period, the following academics and researchers acted as referees for the CEPAL Review:
Jorge Abrahão
Manuel Agosin
Germán Alarco
José Eduardo Alatorre
Erik Alencar de Figueiredo
Roberto Alvarez
Angelo Alves Carrara
Adriana Amado
Verónica Amarante
Reynaldo Bajraj
Nora Balzarotti
Alberto Barreix
Renato Baumann
Janine Berg
Ricardo Bielschowsky
Fabio Bittes
Terra Bineswaree Bolaky
José Borello
Flor Brown
Marisa Bucheli
Alfredo Calcagno
Fernando Cantú
Rodrigo Caputo
Pablo Carvallo
Simone Cecchini
Alessandro Cigno
Manlio Coviello
Gustavo Crespi
Renato da Fonseca
Eva Yamila da S…
Care work entails activities undertaken to ensure the day-to-day well-being of persons from various perspectives: physical, economic, moral and emotional. As such, it ranges from the provision of elements essential to human life, such as food, shelter, cleanliness, health and company, to support and the transmission of knowledge, social values and practices via processes related to nurturing.
The term encompasses relationships between caregivers and persons receiving care in situations of dependency: children, persons with disabilities or chronic diseases, and older persons. However, all…
El trabajo de cuidado comprende actividades destinadas al bienestar cotidiano de las personas, en diversos planos: material, económico, moral y emocional. De esta forma, incluye desde la provisión de bienes esenciales para la vida, como la alimentación, el abrigo, la limpieza, la salud y el acompañamiento, hasta el apoyo y la transmisión de conocimientos, valores sociales y prácticas mediante procesos relacionados con la crianza.
El término caracteriza relaciones entre personas cuidadoras y personas receptoras de cuidado en situación de dependencia: niños y niñas, personas co…
Cepal Review first appeared in 1976 as part of the Publication Programme of ECLAC, its aim being to make a contribution to the study of the economic and social development problems of the region.
CEPAL Review Special Chinese Edition May, 2013
Revista CEPAL - Numéro Hors- série en français July 2010
Revista CEPAL - Número especial em português May 2010
Revista de la CEPAL - Numéro Spécial en français: section d'articles publies 1995-2004 June 2005
CEPAL cincuenta años: reflexiones sobre América Latina y el Caribe October 1998
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La Revista de la CEPAL se inició en 1976 y actualmente se distribuye a universidades, institutos de investigación y otras organizaciones internacionales, así como a suscriptores individuales, en español e inglés. Su objetivo es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, en especial mediante enfoques analíticos y de políticas, con artículos de expertos en economía y otras ciencias sociales, tanto de Naciones Unidas como fuera de ella.
CEPAL Review Special Chinese Edition Mayo, 2013
Revista CEPAL - Numéro Hors- série en français Julio 2010
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The first and second Ibero-American Youth Reports, presented jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ibero-American Youth Organization (OIJ) in 2004 and 2008, respectively, paved the way for visions, analysis and policies concerning youth in the region by providing updated data and detailed policy proposals in various areas of young people’s lives, including education, employment, migration, sexuality and reproductive health, the family, drug abuse, victimization and violence, risk, time use and cultural identities and social and political partici…
Censuses are the widest-ranging and most important primary source of statistical information. Given the periodicity of censuses (every 10 years), changes can be compared over time (evolution) and between countries, since they are carried out on similar dates almost everywhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. Their results provide basic information on housing, households and individuals; they are also the only instrument capable of providing data for small geographical areas.
CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC works intensively with ECLAC member countries in various fields, including techni…
International organizations
Inter-American Social Protection Network, Organization of American States (OAS)
Knowledge Sharing Platform on Social Protection (World Bank - United Nations Development Programme - International Labour Organization)
Global Extension of Social Security GESS-International Labour Organization (ILO)
Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), social protection
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
World bank, social protection
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), social protection
United Nations…
Over the past 50 years, fertility has fallen by between 30% and 70% in Latin American and Caribbean countries, basically as a result of women’s incorporation into the labour market, gains in education, the general improvement of living conditions and the use of modern contraceptive methods. Nevertheless, the number of children per woman continues to differ widely by socioeconomic status, educational level and ethnic origin. The rise in the number of adolescent pregnancies also gives cause for concern owing to its significant impact on education and the opportunities available to young people, …
Mortality rates in Latin America have come down in the past 50 years, essentially because of improvements in the field of health. Greater control of infectious, parasitic and respiratory diseases, immunization programmes and maternal education have had a direct impact in reducing infant mortality, albeit with large differences from one country to another, and between high-income groups and those who are poorer, revealing profound inequalities. The causes of death in the region have changed, shifting to adult ages and centring on chronic and degenerative diseases, alongside violence and acciden…
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