Inequality
Activities
Launch of the 2024 Demographic Observatory: "Population Prospects and Rapid Demographic Changes in the First Quarter of the 21st Century in Latin America and the Caribbean"
CELADE - Population Division of ECLAC invites to the launch of the 2024 Demographic Observatory, a document presenting the main demographic indicators of Latin America and the Caribbean according to the 2024 revision of the United Nations population estimates and projections. The document compares these indicators with the 2000 revision with the aim of highlighting the major demographic changes in the region since the beginning of the 21st century.
“Social cohesion for inclusive social development in Latin America: monitoring, challenges and opportunities in an era of uncertainties"
The central focus of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025" is inequality. In this context, the objective of this parallel event is to open the discussion on the state of social cohesion in the region.
News
Income Concentration is Still Extreme in Latin America: The Wealthiest 10% Obtains 34.2% of Total Income, While the Poorest 10% Only Gets 1.7%, ECLAC Warned Today
The annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 examines the trap of high inequality, low social mobility and weak social cohesion in which the region is mired, and recommends five public policy strategies for overcoming it.
ECLAC Will Launch its Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 Report
At a press conference next Wednesday, November 26, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will present updated figures on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region.
UN Regional Commissions Should Play a Central Role in the Implementation and Follow-up of the Agreements Reached at the Second World Summit for Social Development
Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director de ECLAC’s Social Development Division, participated in this global event held on November 4-6 in Doha, Qatar, on behalf of the institution’s Executive Secretary.
Regional Population and Development Gathering Culminated at ECLAC with Warnings about Low Fertility, Population Ageing and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean took place at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.