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Inequality
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.
Inequalities in early childhood: strategic and indispensable approaches to inclusive social development
The event will bring together policymakers, experts, civil society representatives and international organizations to discuss the findings of the report “Confronting Inequality in Early Childhood - The footprints of the COVID-19 pandemic on new generations of children in Latin America and the Caribbean” and explore agendas and policies that will effectively mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and promote comprehensive early childhood development.
“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.
Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025"
The objective of this seminar, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to promote reflection and dialogue to advance in the recognition, analysis of the characteristics and dimensioning of social inequality in the region. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the design of public policies that allow progress in inclusive social development and thus progress in meeting the goals agreed by the countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
News:
ECLAC Launches New Edition of its Statistical Yearbook with Relevant Data on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Economic, Social and Environmental Situation
The 2024 version of this annual publication updates a selection of key statistics on the three pillars of development in the region.
Regional Poverty: Good News, Pending Tasks and the Role of Social Protection
By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
A document on inequality by ECLAC was released at the G20 Social meeting
The special report "The Trap of High Inequality and Low Social Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Obstacle to Inclusive and Sustainable Social Development," prepared by ECLAC, was presented at a high-level meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
ECLAC: The Regional Poverty Rate, which Rose with the Pandemic, Has Declined to a Level Similar to 2014 and in 2023 Reached the Lowest Figure on Record, but Income Inequality Remains High
Despite this progress, 172 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean still do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 66 million of them cannot buy a basic food basket, according to the report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: The challenges of non-contributory social protection in advancing towards inclusive social development.
