This document takes up a number of the points raised in the 2005 report by ECLAC and other UN agencies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides further discussion on the type of problems and challenges facing the region in five areas that are either included in the MDGs or closely related to them (poverty, hunger and child malnutrition, education, health and children). The document makes recommendations for the region's governments and countries in these five areas.…
1 Mayo 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:02
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Preface In Latin America and the Caribbean, the idea of social cohesion has emerged as a response to persistent problems which, despite certain achievements over the past few years, continue to exist: high indices of poverty and indigence, the extreme inequality that characterizes our region and various forms of discrimination and social exclusion dating back to the distant past. The actors that might potentially be capable of fostering positive interaction lack a common set of principles of cooperation and communication. While there are usually many reasons for these gaps, the frail m…
12 Mar 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:04
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Social protection was the core of the Thirty-first Session of the economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, held in Montevideo in March 2006The discussions focused on the need for a new approach to social protection, given the structural changes the region is experiencing. It was suggested that this approach should be the result of a new rights-based social covenant, in which social rights are seen as the normative horizon, and existing inequalities and budgetary restrictions are the limiting factors to be addressed (ECLAC, 2006a);.…
1 Mar 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:02
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En la presente edición del Anuario estadístico de América
Latina y el Caribe 2006 se mantienen los cambios de
contenido y de diseño introducidos en el año 2005. El
propósito es responder a las nuevas exigencias de los
investigadores que analizan la situación económica y
social de la región e incorporar los avances tecnológicos
que modifi can la difusión y el uso de la información
estadística.
El Anuario cuenta con cuatro capítulos. En el primer
capítulo se presentan los indicadores demográfi cos y
sociales, que refl ejan el esfuerzo especial realizado para
incluir la dimensión de género en la…
1 Ene 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:02
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The publication of this book was made possible by the contributions of the Ford Foundation and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The funds of the latter institution are managed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). This is an ECLAC and Palgrave Macmillan copublication. Preface From time to time, Latin American countries experience growth spurts, like in the period 2004-05, when the region achieved the highest biennial growth rate of the past 25 years. However, sustained growth has been elusive in the last quarter …