1 Jun 2006, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 04:34
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This paper presents three demographic models useful for projections of social sector demand. The first model is a probabilistic national population forecast based on the collective experience of UN member states. It offers a set of probabilistic forecasts as a complement to the official UN scenario forecasts. The second model forecasts the population by age and educational level using data from a single census. Forecasts are presented for Chile which show dramatic changes in the educational composition of the elderly population and in the working-age population in the near future. The…
1 Mar 2006, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 04:34
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Since the early 1990s, ECLAC has been advocating a new development paradigm that is better suited to a globalized world of open economies. While retaining the Commission's longstanding focus on seeking out positive synergies between economic growth and social equity as part of a productive modernization process, this paradigm also underscores the importance of enhancing competitiveness, preserving macroeconomic balances and strengthening a participatory and inclusive democratic political system. The idea at the core of this proposal is that the Lati…
1 Feb 2006, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 04:34
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Desde comienzos de los años noventa, la CEPAL viene proponiendo un nuevo marco paradigmático del desarrollo, adecuado a un mundo globalizado de economías abiertas. Dicho marco, al tiempo que mantiene la vocación secular de la institución, buscando generar sinergias positivas entre crecimiento económico y equidad social en el contexto de la modernización productiva, destaca la importancia de aumentar la competitividad, y velar por los equilibrios macroeconómicos y por el fortalecimiento de la democracia política participativa e inclusiva. La idea central es que el des…