This book offers a portrayal of the opportunities for social inclusion afforded to young people in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a view to building stronger youth policies in the region. The youth population must be included in development processes if progress is to be made towards more egalitarian societies, not only because of the numbers of young people vis-à-vis the rest of the population, but also because of what these numbers mean in relation to dependency rates and the needs and issues particular to this stage of life.…
The Latin American and Caribbean region has achieved notable social development in the past decade. However, much remains to be done. The persisting challenges of defeating poverty once and for all and significantly reducing inequality are not only ethical imperatives but also conditions for making progress toward sustainable development, consistently with the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Although the global economy is more complex and uncertain now than in previous years, and prospects for the region are not —in the short term, at least— particularly bright, it is…
América Latina y el Caribe logró en el último decenio notables avances en materia de desarrollo social. Sin embargo, aún hay un largo camino por recorrer. Persisten, como desafíos ineludibles, la definitiva superación de la pobreza y la sustancial reducción de la desigualdad que, además de ser un imperativo ético, constituyen una condición imprescindible para avanzar en el desarrollo sostenible, en sintonía con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, recién aprobada por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. Pese al actual escenario económico mundial, más complejo e incierto que el …
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