HLPF side-event Critical Energy Transition Minerals to accelerate progress towards the SDGs

Dear Executive Secretaries of the sister UN Regional Economic Commissions, Dear Selwin Hart, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (CAT) Dear Thilmeeza Hussain, Director of the Regional Commissions New York Office, Distinguished guests, colleagues, and participants, Welcome to this side-event on how Critical Energy Transition Minerals can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions. Today, we gather to address a defining challenge of our time: powering and enabling the…

Trade unions in the "South" in the era of globalization

This article examines the effects of globalization on the trade unionmovement in developing countries (the South );. It concludes, first, thatglobalization has been asymmetrical: much further-reaching for tradein goods than for capital flows, weak for technology transfer and verylimited in migratory flows. Second, it examines the role and economicrepercussions of labour unions. It finds that, contrary to the orthodoxview, these have little negative impact on employment but do significantlyreduce wage inequalities. In view of the shift in the South since the 1980saway from developmen…

Experts Analyse Policies for Overcoming Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

(17 December 2012) Why is Latin America and the Caribbean still the world's most unequal region, despite the fact that most of its countries are experiencing steady economic growth? The persistent inequality in the region and the apparent lack of specific policies aimed at reducing the income distribution gap are some of the issues tackled in the latest issue of the CEPAL Review, which is available online from today. This issue (Nº 108) of the main academic publication of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) includes 10 articles on various economic and social top…

La CEPAL, la OCDE y la Escuela de Economía de París organizan Foro sobre América Latina y Europa

(19 de mayo, 2014) El Secretario General de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), Ángel Gurría, abrirá el Segundo Foro Económico Europa-América Latina el día 20 de mayo en París. Estará acompañado en la inauguración por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, y por el Director de la Escuela de Economía de París, Pierre-Yves Geoffard. La reunión, que durará dos días, está coorganizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y por la Escuela de Economía de París (PSE por sus siglas en inglés) y pretende impulsar el diálogo acer…

Visit of Mr. Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China