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Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development Will Take Place in Brasilia on September 2-4
This intergovernmental event is organized by ECLAC in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme’s 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Latin American and Caribbean Countries Call for Approving a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in November in Qatar
Chile’s Social Development and Family Minister, Javiera Toro, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, led a Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held virtually.
Clustering the Productive Economy: A Strategy for Competitiveness, Well-Being, Prosperity and Inclusive Development
A prominent Spanish scholar specialized in clusters, Jon Azúa, delivered the eighteenth Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Pandemic Prompts Rise in Poverty to Levels Unprecedented in Recent Decades and Sharply Affects Inequality and Employment
In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state.
