First of all congratulations all of you for being here in this important event.
I hope that our conversation will contribute to the current debate on the acceleration of the SDGs and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
I would like to highlight the engagement of the representatives of the Civil Society Participation Mechanisms of Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe, as well as that of the representatives of the governments of Norway and Nepal (TBC), together with my colleagues from ESCAP and ECE. Our presence here is an example of the importance of the multi-actor and multi-level implementation o…
The objective of this paper is to explore the effects of globalization on the labour market and social stratification. It is generally held that globalization will bring about progress for nations and people. This, however, is far from clear, since the experience of almost two decades has been raising increasing doubts about the potential net gains and, particularly, the distribution of such gains. Clearly, there are winners and losers among both countries and people. We will concentrate on the effects upon people within countries and refer only to one region: Latin America. Our aim is to iden…
Twelve years into the 21st Century, Caribbean countries continue to face considerable challenges on their path towards sustainable development and the creation of a post-2015 agenda. These include redefining their niche in the global market place in line with significant shifts in global production systems and trade, recovering from burdensome fiscal deficits and coping with climate change and the negative effects of more frequent natural disasters. In some countries poverty levels are increasing after years of decline. Most have defined a vision for development into the next 20 years, but in …
Ibero-America is living through promising times in terms of the relation between youth and development. The signs are well known, and this report provides an unprecedented compilation of evidence confirming them. The region's youth today have more years of education on average than adults, and the gap is even more favourable for youth in terms of access to new communication technologies, information and knowledge. The population dynamic indicates that the coming years will see a reduction in the proportion of young people in the overall population in most Ibero-American countries, and thi…
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…
Hubert Escaith is Director of the Division of Statistics and Economic Projections of ECLAC. These methodological notes were prepared for a lecture at the 2005 ECLAC Summer School. They are based on, and up-date, a series of papers in Spanish published in 2003 and 2004, which received in 2005 the award Maestro Jesus Silva Herzog from Economic Research Institute of the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization. …
We are witnessing the disappearance of the traditional
paradigm that viewed the structural position as the
determining factor in shaping collective action and social
actors. Because of the structural and cultural changes that
have occurred in the world and the region -the
transformation of Latin America's weak national Statecentred
industrial society and the break-up of the traditional
relationships between State and society- collective action
is tending to take shape mainly along four axes: political
democratization; social democratization or the struggle
against exclusion and for citize…
The chronic inequality that characterized Latin America and the Caribbean has its roots not only in the region’s history but also in a pattern of development and modernization that perpetuated the socio-economic gaps. Very recently, however, the region experienced a period of sustained growth between 2003 and 2008, in which the indicators of poverty, indigence and even concentration of income improved, breaking, although for a short period, the so-called “empty box” of Fernando Fajnzylber. It is well known that the state can promote greater social equity through more effective public policies.…
Presentation
The countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region have shown a keen
and lasting interest in mechanisms of economic development and public policies for its
promotion. This is a process in which ECLAC has been involved ever since it was founded
over half a century ago. Today, the debate on these issues continues against the backdrop
of a globalization process in which the remarkable dynamism of some dimensions
-especially its economic, financial and cultural aspects- contrasts with the
slow formation of an institutional network capable of coping with the increased
interdepend…
Altas autoridades de los ministerios y áreas sociales de los países de la región se darán cita del 2 al 4 de septiembre de 2025 en Brasilia para participar en la Sexta Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe, organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), el Gobierno de Brasil y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), que realizará simultáneamente su XVII Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe.
La ceremonia de inauguración tendrá lugar mañana, martes 2…
Países de América Latina y el Caribe que participan en la Sexta Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe refrendaron hoy su voluntad de seguir trabajando para alcanzar un verdadero desarrollo social inclusivo y de aprovechar su fecunda historia de innovación social para construir una postura regional en esta materia ante foros multilaterales, que incluye la propuesta de acordar un pacto mundial por el desarrollo social inclusivo en noviembre en Qatar.
El encuentro intergubernamental, que se celebra entre el 2 y el 4 de septiembre en la…
Del 2 al 4 de septiembre de 2025 se llevará a cabo en Brasilia la Sexta Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe, organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), el Gobierno de Brasil y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), que realizará simultáneamente su XVII Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe.
La Conferencia Regional, que congregará a altas autoridades de los ministerios y áreas sociales de los países de la región, es un espacio clave de diálogo y coopera…
Del 2 al 4 de septiembre de 2025 se llevará a cabo en Brasilia la Sexta Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe, organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), el Gobierno de Brasil y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), que realizará simultáneamente su XVII Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe.
La Conferencia Regional, que congregará a altas autoridades de los ministerios y áreas sociales de los países de la región, es un espacio clave …
Este documento fue elaborado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en el marco del proyecto Medir la cohesión social en América Latina llevado a cabo con el apoyo de la Comisión Europea. Con este documento se espera aportar datos estadísticos que alimenten la discusión y el intercambio de experiencias sobre políticas de cohesión social en América Latina. Estas políticas y, en particular aquellas orientadas a promover el trabajo decente entre los jóvenes, serán el tema central de la nueva reunión ministerial del Foro ALC-UE sobre cohesión social, que se celebrará en…
31 Oct 2024, 06:00 - 15:30
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Evento (Mesas Directivas)
La Sexta Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe se celebrará en Bridgetown, Barbados, el 31 de octubre de 2024 en el marco del XVI Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD).
Esta reunión congregará a todas las autoridades de los ministerios o secretarías de Desarrollo Social y equivalentes y sus resultados quedarán registrados en un informe que será distribuido a todos los países miembros de la CEPAL. La Mesa Directiva actual fue ele…
The importance of science and technology (S&T) in Small Island Developing States
(SIDS) is clearly articulated in Chapter XI, paragraphs 57, 58, 61 and 62 of the Mauritius
Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States (MSI). At the regional level, the Heads of
Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) noted the challenge that CARICOM
member States face in competing in this new international economic environment in which the
impact of scientific and technological change has created a knowledge-based glo…
The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…
This article looks at some of the most significant
contributions to the contemporary Latin American debate
on citizenship. The subject has taken on central importance
in the justification of public policy throughout the continent,
chiefly because it allows the approach taken to the social
question to be based on active integration of economic, social
and cultural phenomena, and makes it possible to address
aspects of life in society -such as gender, ethnic and
environmental conflicts- that pose major challenges for
political regimes and for economic stability. Following an
introductory section…
Within Latin America, Uruguay stands out by its equalitarian income distribution, the solidity of its democratic institutions, and its level of social integration. Over the last decade, however, there have been signs of cracks in this desirable image which adversely affect the harmony of social relations. These cracks take the form of marginal behaviour: i.e., types of behaviour which are not governed by socially accepted patterns. In this study, the explanation for these types of behaviour has been sought in the divergences between cultural goals, the structures of opportunities for attaining…
15 Abr 2024, 07:00 - 10:00
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Evento (Mesas Directivas)
La reunión se desarrolló en el marco de la Séptima Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2024, tuvo como punto central el espacio de discusión de ideas y planteamientos de los estados miembros de la Conferencia.…