Political will and changes to the productive structure and tax system are essential for fighting inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, senior officials from the United Nations and representatives from Governments, academia and civil society coincided during a debate held on Monday, March 2 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
María Fernanda Villegas, Chile’s Minister of Social Development; Jorge Coronado Marroquín, representative of the Tax Justice Network for Latin America and the Caribbean; and Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, a professor…
23 Oct 2020, 07:00 - 09:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL), the Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), the Brazilian Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will host the webinar “Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil” on 23 October 2020, from 10am to 12pm in Brasilia (GMT-3).
Since early-2019, the Energy Big Push (EBP) Brazil has been a collaborative project aiming to support investments in innovation for a sustainable energy transition in the country. Led by CGEE, EPE, ECLAC/CEPAL an…
The main objective of this toolkit is to exhibit and disseminate the methodology for strengthening value chains developed by the Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This document lays out the concepts, processes and good practices that have been derived from implementing such a strategy. It is intended to be a useful tool for public sector decision makers, officials of international bodies and those studying the topic, who are interested in a systematised and proven methodology.
This manual was prepared in response to forma…
Why is a covenant important? And how does consensus come about in terms of social policy? These are two of the questions that ECLAC seeks to answer in a new study on this recurring topic in the work of the United Nations Commission.
The document Building covenants and consensus in social policy: notes for a framework of analysis , which was produced by officials from the Social Development Division, is based on a practical concern and a paradox.
According to the authors Carlos Maldonado and Andrea Palma, "The paradox is that, despite the importance of re…