Opening Statement by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
June 26, 2015
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Minister Arnaldo Brown, Chair of the CDCC, Jamaica
Minister Winston Dookeran, Trinidad
Ambassador George Talbot, Co-Chair of the Financing for Development process
Other Distinguished Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international organizations,
Members of the Media,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear friends,…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) calls for redoubling efforts to defeat poverty and reduce inequality in the current context of economic deceleration in the region, in its latest study entitled Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This new document by the United Nations regional organization will be presented officially, and analyzed by authorities and specialists of the region, during the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and t…
Este documento se propone realizar una estimación de los costos e impactos de extender la cobertura y mejorar la calidad en materia de transferencias monetarias a los adultos mayores y a las familias con hijos menores de edad para los países de América Latina y el Caribe.…