Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
Poverty and extreme poverty in Latin America reached levels in 2020 that had not been seen in the last 12 and 20 years, respectively, while the indices of inequality in the region worsened along with employment and labor participation rates, among women above all, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and despite the emergency social protection measures that countries have adopted to halt this phenomenon, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported today.
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, March 4 its flagship annual report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2020, which examines the social impact of the unprecedented crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides the most recent figures available on poverty, inequality and employment in the region.
Furthermore, the document analyzes trends in public social spending in the region’s countries, the social protection measures adopted by governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to address the pandemic’s effects, the role …
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presentará el próximo jueves 4 de marzo su informe anual (flagship) Panorama Social de América Latina 2020, en el cual examina el impacto social de la crisis sin precedentes provocada por la pandemia del COVID-19 y entrega las más recientes cifras disponibles sobre pobreza, desigualdad y empleo en la región.
El documento analiza, asimismo, las tendencias del gasto público social en los países de la región, las medidas de protección social adoptadas por los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe en respuesta a los efectos de la pand…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) apresentará na próxima quinta-feira, 4 de março, seu relatório anual Panorama Social da América Latina 2020, em que analisa o impacto social da crise sem precedentes provocada pela pandemia da COVID-19 e fornece os dados mais recentes disponíveis sobre a pobreza, a desigualdade e o emprego na região.
O documento analisa, também, as tendências do gasto público social nos países da região, as medidas de proteção social adotadas pelos governos da América Latina e do Caribe em resposta aos efeitos da pandemia, o papel da economia …
The President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, delivered a virtual keynote lecture this Wednesday, January 27, from the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, in which he advocated for the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean and for strengthening multilateralism to build fairer and more egalitarian societies.
The Argentine leader spoke during a high-level event in which Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, also participated along with Ennio Vivaldi, Rector of the University of Chile.
Attending the lectur…
El Presidente de la República Argentina, Alberto Fernández, dictó este miércoles 27 de enero una conferencia magistral virtual desde la sede la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde abogó por la unidad de América Latina y el Caribe y el fortalecimiento del multilateralismo para construir sociedades más justas e igualitarias.
El Mandatario argentino expuso en un evento de alto nivel en el que intervinieron también Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, y Ennio Vivaldi, Rector de la Universidad de Chile.
Asistieron a la conferencia los…
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