The 2005 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America analyses recent poverty trends and the increase in migrant remittances, together with their impact on the well-being of the region's population. Short- and long-term trends in social spending, the distribution of such expenditures among the various socio-economic strata and their effects in terms of income deconcentration and increased well-being are also reviewed. The analysis seeks to explore the question as to whether the demographic transition taking place in the Latin American countries over the past 15 years has helped to narr…
El denominado enfoque de derechos en las políticas y estrategias
de desarrollo considera el derecho internacional sobre los derechos
humanos como un marco conceptual aceptado por la comunidad
internacional, capaz de orientar el proceso de formulación, implementación
y evaluación de políticas en el campo del desarrollo, y como una guía
para la cooperación y la asistencia internacionales respecto a las
obligaciones de los gobiernos donantes y receptores, el alcance de la
participación social y los mecanismos de control y responsabilidad que
se necesitan a nivel local e internacional.…
Señor Presidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Doctor Tabaré Vázquez,
Señor Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Oriental del Uruguay,
Señor Reinaldo Gargano Señor José Antonio Ocampo, Secretario General Adjunto para Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de Naciones Naciones
Señor Enrique Iglesias, Secretario General de la Secretaría General Iberoamericana
Señora Rebeca Grynspan, Directora para América Latina y el Caribe del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo
Señor Didier Opertti, Secretario General de ALADI Señor Carlos Alvarez, Secretario Ejecutivo del MERCOSUR
S…
En la edición 2005 del Panorama social de América Latina se analizan las tendencias recientes en materia de pobreza, el aumento de las remesas desde el exterior y sus efectos en el bienestar de la población latinoamericana. Se examinan las tendencias de corto y largo plazo en materia de gasto social, su distribución en los distintos estratos socioeconómicos y el impacto que genera en la desconcentración del ingreso y en el incremento del bienestar de los hogares. Asimismo, se examina si en los últimos 15 años la transición demográfica en los países de América Latina ha contribuido a estrechar …
Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity has been prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for presentation at the thirty-first session of the Commission (Montevideo, Uruguay, 20-24 March 2006). This publication is a summary of that document. Contents Why social protection? Towards a rights-based social protection system and covenant Towards guaranteed universal health-care coverage Pension system reforms Social programmes and the challenges they face Bibli…
This document was prepared by Helvia Velloso, consultant of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, Washington Office.
Prepared as a support to the document Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity presented in the XXXI ECLAC Session Period carried out in Montevideo, Uruguay during March, 20 to 24, 2006.
The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization.
Introduction
In response to …
This document was prepared by Inés Bustillo, Helvia Velloso and François Y. Vezina, consultants of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, Washington Office. Prepared as a support to the document Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity presented in the XXXI ECLAC Session Period carried out in Montevideo, Uruguay during March, 20 to 24, 2006. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the…
This document presents the bases of discussion for a joint programme between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union to fight poverty, inequality and exclusion.
The study examines the evolution of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean and its main proposals take account of the most recent and significant studies on the issue, in accordance with the guidelines on social cohesion and protection prepared by ECLAC in the last four years.
The argument here is that a programme to combat poverty, inequality and social exclusion needs to be structured on the…
A herança colonial e escravista, as formas históricas de ocupação do território, a dimensão geográfica, as desigualdades naturais, a lógica econômica, as forças polarizadoras e a orientação da política econômica consolidaram um quadro de grandes diferenças econômicas e sociais entre as regiões brasileiras e fortes desequilíbrios no ordenamento do território. Ao longo da história brasileira podem ser observados pelo menos três grandes períodos, com diferentes características da dinâmica regional e da configuração territorial. O primeiro, que vai do descobrimento até o século XIX, se caracteriz…
Los capítulos de esta publicación están basados en trabajos de consultoría elaborados
en el marco del proyecto Integración de jóvenes al mercado laboral (GER/
03/099);, llevado a cabo por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el
Caribe (Cepal); y la Cooperación Técnica Alemana (GTZ);, con el apoyo del Gobierno
de la República Federal de Alemania. Las opiniones expresadas en este
documento son de exclusiva responsabilidad del autor y pueden no coincidir con
las de las organizaciones mencionadas.
La mayor parte de los jóvenes de hoy nacieron en la década de los 80. Es decir, so…
El libro analiza las reformas sectoriales y su impacto sobre la equidad de género, formulando propuestas de política laboral que contribuyan a un ejercicio más efectivo de los derechos y al debate sobre el rol del Estado y el mercado. Además, alerta sobre la escasa vinculación entre las políticas sanitarias y las de empleo, y su nula vinculación con las políticas de género, constatando que la calidad del empleo de las y los trabajadores incide directamente en el otorgamiento del servicio o sea en la calidad de la atención. Los estudios de la publicación muestran que el empleo en el sector salu…
O estudo - Caracterização, processos e situações críticas de encaminhamento, teve como objetivo realizar levantamentos e análises das características do crescimento metropolitano, identificando os principais processos e situações críticas que afetam a metrópole de São Paulo, em particular sobre a situação do solo urbano e da moradia, no sentido de subsidiar o desenho e implementação do Observatório da Habitação do Município de São Paulo. Parte da análise do contexto social, das desigualdades e contradições e das condições institucionais do município para concluir de que há carência de um siste…
Este documento aborda el ámbito del espacio público y su incidencia y contribución a la calidad vida social y material en la ciudad, particularmente de los sectores en situaciones de pobreza y exclusión. Su objetivo es aportar al debate tanto conceptual como metodológico y contribuir a la elaboración de políticas de superación de la pobreza y precariedad urbana. Con esta finalidad, se consideró oportuno estructurar el documento en secciones vinculadas.
En una primera instancia se analizan las transformaciones espaciales y cambios en el espacio público. Identificando las principales tendencias…
This study investigates the relationship between individual and household characteristics and income inequality in Central America, the Dominican Republic and Mexico from 1990 to 2002. A Theil decomposition exercise of individual and household income inequality is used to determine factors important for the level of inequality. In addition, the use of a novel semi-parametric simulation methodology from DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) provides counterfactual income distributions of individuals and households to assess the importance of changes in their demographic, education and labo…
It has now been five years since the landmark United Nations Millennium Declaration
and related Development Goals (MDGs), wad adopted by Member States. The
Declaration is a blueprint for action and has created a political momentum which
holds great potential not only for improving the rights and empowerment of
women, but more fundamentally for achieving the MDGs. The targets and indicators
represent concrete benchmarks to measure progress on the eight development
goals.
The 2000 Millennium Declaration commits States to promote gender equality and
the empowerment of women as effective ways to c…
This issue of the Gender Dialogue focuses on two programmatic areas of
ECLAC’s work over recent years, namely (i) integrating gender into macroeconomic policy and (ii) the use of gender
indicators in public policy-making. In its work on integrating gender into macroeconomic
policy, the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean conducted
a study to determine the capacity of economic planning units in selected
countries of the subregion to integrate gender into the macreconomic planning
process and the findings are highlighted below. The study is intended to assist in the
development of a…