Agreements. First meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Acuerdos. Primera Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe

The social inequality matrix in Latin America

Social inequality is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. For Latin America —the world’s most unequal region— social inequality also represents a structural feature and therefore a fundamental challenge. In response to the mandate conferred upon the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) by the countries at the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Lima in November 2015, this document pursues the analysis of the social inequality matrix in the region. The analysis focuses on some of the main axes t…

La matriz de la desigualdad social en América Latina

La desigualdad social se encuentra en el corazón de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Para América Latina —la región más desigual del mundo— la desigualdad social representa, además, un rasgo estructural y por tanto un desafío fundamental. En respuesta al mandato conferido por los países latinoamericanos y caribeños a la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe durante la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe celebrada en Lima en noviembre de 2015, el presente documento profundiza en el análisis de la matriz de la desigualdad social en…

Provisional agenda. First meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional. Primera Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe

Report of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Lima, 2-4 November 2015

Informe de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe. Lima, 2 a 4 de noviembre de 2015

Resolution 1(I): Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Lima, 2-4 November 2015

Youth: realities and challenges for achieving development with equality

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.…