United Nations
Social investment/spending
Social investment/spending
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 priorities is tracking and analysing the resources going to fund social policy and household spending on social services in the countries of the region.
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Estimación de las erogaciones sociales a partir del sistema de cuentas nacionales
Una propuesta para las funciones de educación, salud y protección social. / Diciembre 2016, Manuales de la CEPAL. -
La matriz de la desigualdad social en América Latina
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Octubre 2016
Activities
Education can’t wait: Enabling conditions and investment for a better future in Latin America and the Caribbean
Be part of this event that brings together high authorities of the region to consolidate and mobilize a common position to ensure the enabling conditions and financing strategies that will allow for a sustainable transformation of public education, the achievement of the educational goals of the 2030 Agenda, and, with this, the advancement towards guaranteeing the human right to education for all.
International Expert Meeting "Towards the consolidation of a welfare state in Latin America and the Caribbean: the future of social protection in an era of uncertainty"
This virtual meeting aims to provide a space for reflection on the main challenges to move towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems. At a time when the matrix of risks is being reconfigured, marked by high levels of uncertainty, social protection systems should be embedded in a welfare state that protects the rights and well-being of people. This event also seeks to promote a space for dialogue and exchange between the experience of Latin America and European countries to reflect on the future of social protection and the welfare states.
News
Lanzamiento del Observatorio de Desarrollo Social Alianza del Pacífico: inversión social
Acceda a datos oficiales de estadísticas fiscales de los países de la región sobre inversión o gasto social.
ECLAC Will Present its Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 Report
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference on Thursday, November 23 from Santiago, Chile.
Inauguración de la quinta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
Latin America and the Caribbean Needs New Social and Fiscal Compacts to Transform and Provide Financial Sustainability to its Social Protection Systems, with the Aim of Confronting the Current Overall Context of Disasters
Authorities from Antigua and Barbuda and Mexico along with representatives of ECLAC and UNDP participated in the inauguration of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually through Thursday, October 28.
