This document analyses the economic implications of rapid population ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting both the challenges it poses for economic growth, the labour market, and the sustainability of social policies, as well as the opportunities it presents to boost various economic sectors in the region. Based on demographic and economic data, the ongoing structural transformation is examined, with particular emphasis on the increase in the population aged 65 and over.
The study reviews the conceptual approaches that enable an understanding of the various dimensions of age…
The countries of English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean have made significant progress in its economic and human development. Most governments have implemented programs and policies of social protection for vulnerable groups of the population, but its sustainability could be jeopardized because of the global financial crisis. In this cyclical factor is compounded by large external debts of these countries, high exposure to natural disasters, limited natural resources, limited economic diversification and some challenges to their institutional capacities. Although short-term policies are needed …
Abstract This study identifies and discusses sociodemographic structures, processes and trends that entail risks for individuals, households and communities in the small island developing States of the Caribbean, on the basis of the analysis of the environmental, geographical, economic and institutional vulnerability of these States conducted by ECLAC in the document Equity, development and citizenship, which was presented at the twenty-eighth session of the Commission. The analysis focuses on three sociodemographic issues. First, fertility, which continues to occur early and at high rates am…
This paper addresses the issue of the availability of data on persons with disabilities in the Caribbean subregion. It was prepared as a background paper for the Subregional Meeting and Capacity-Development Training Workshop on Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean which was held in Port of Spain from 9 - 10 November 2010. It presents the findings of a survey conducted by ECLAC aimed at gaining insight on current practices of national statistical offices and other data collecting agencies with respect to the collection of natio…
This document was prepared by Helvia Velloso, consultant of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, Washington Office.
Prepared as a support to the document Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity presented in the XXXI ECLAC Session Period carried out in Montevideo, Uruguay during March, 20 to 24, 2006.
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.
Introduction
In response to …
A major part of the problem of providing high-quality welfare and social protection to the members of a society lies in the issue of how to distribute the responsibility for these services within the society -a problem referred to in this paper as the care dilemma . Different historical junctures and forms of social organization have witnessed different responses to this dilemma. Strictly speaking, the solution is a variable that depends on culture, level of institutional development, the distribution of the resources of power in a society and the ability of the different relevant s…
Proteger los derechos de los adultos mayores es una forma de emancipación, por ello, debemos encontrar los medios para incorporarlos protagónicamente en la implementación de la Agenda 2030, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en un evento paralelo a la tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible.
La reunión Personas mayores en el marco de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, fue inaugurada por Alicia Bárcena y contó con la participación de Denis Angulo, Viceministro de Salud …
(12 de julio, 2013) Los representantes y funcionarios de gobiernos que asistieron a la decimosexta reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) de la Comisión Económica para la América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el jueves 11 de julio, adoptaron un conjunto de recomendaciones sobre asuntos de prioridad identificados por los delegados que asistieron al Foro del Caribe sobre población, migración y desarrollo celebrado en Guyana el 9 y 10 de julio.
El alcance de las propuestas incluyó acciones para reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad, promover y pr…
Este libro fue elaborado a partir de los trabajos presentados en el segundo Foro Internacional sobre los Derechos Humanos de las Personas Mayores, organizado por el Gobierno de la Ciudad de México y la CEPAL. La actividad dio continuidad a una primera reunión, organizada también por ambas instituciones en marzo de 2012, y se desarrolló en el marco del proceso de implementación y seguimiento de la Carta de San José sobre los derechos de las personas mayores de América Latina y el Caribe, adoptada en la tercera Conferencia regional intergubernamental sobre el envejecimiento, de 2012. Este docume…
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2019, 05:30 - 14:30
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El objetivo de la actividad es: Analizar y proponer un conjunto de acciones clave para facilitar la incorporación del envejecimiento en la implementación y seguimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina. Asimismo, permitirá reforzar la participación informada de las instituciones nacionales de las personas mayores en la Tercera Reunión del Foro de Países de América Latina y el Caribe para el Desarrollo Sostenible.…
Foro de Presidentes de Poderes Legislativos de Centroamérica y la Cuenca del Caribe- FOPREL, Comisión de Población, Desarrollo y Municipios de la Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua, Grupo Interuniversitario para el Diálogo en Políticas Públicas y la Asociación de Jubilados y Pensiones Independientes de Nicaragua (AJUPIN) con el apoyo del Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas en Nicaragua (UNFPA) y el CELADE-División de Población de la CEPAL…
Background In its resolution 47/5 of 16 October 1992, the General Assembly decided to observe the year 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons (1) and to take note of the conceptual framework of a programme for the preparation and observance of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/50/114). In resolution 50/141 entitled International Year of Older Persons: Towards a society for all ages , the General Assembly, inter alia, invited the regional commissions, within the existing mandates, to bear in mind the goa…
Social protection was the core of the Thirty-first Session of the economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, held in Montevideo in March 2006The discussions focused on the need for a new approach to social protection, given the structural changes the region is experiencing. It was suggested that this approach should be the result of a new rights-based social covenant, in which social rights are seen as the normative horizon, and existing inequalities and budgetary restrictions are the limiting factors to be addressed (ECLAC, 2006a);.…
El libro, editado en conjunto con el Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, reúne los estudios y las conclusiones presentadas en un foro internacional sobre esta materia celebrado el pasado junio de 2014.…
24 - 28 Feb
2025, 09:00 - 14:00
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The main goal of the training workshop is to contribute to strengthening the national technical capacity to produce National Inclusion Accounts (NIAs) and to analyze the impacts of population ageing on inclusive and sustainable economic growth. It aims to train the national technical team in the elaboration of the National Inclusion Accounts (NIAs) for subsequent use for public policy purposes. …
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(3 de junio, 2014) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, y el Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, Miguel Ángel Mancera, llamaron hoy a universalizar los derechos de las personas mayores durante la inauguración de un foro internacional sobre esta materia que se celebrará hasta el 6 de junio en la capital mexicana.
En la apertura del encuentro, denominado Segundo foro internacional sobre los derechos humanos de las personas mayores, participó también Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Secretaria de Desarrollo…
Del 16 al 20 de mayo del 2016, se llevó a cabo la visita de una comisión de funcionarias del Gobierno de la República de Cuba al Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, en el marco de cooperación bilateral que es promovido por la CEPAL.…
As population age structures change over the coming decades, the cost of providing public education, pensions and health care will change significantly. Falling child dependency ratios and increasing old-age dependency ratios will affect the number of people that receive education and pension benefits. The changing age profile of the population will also affect the demand for health services. This study analyses how public expenditure in these areas, in 10 Caribbean countries, is likely to evolve in response to these demographic changes. It describes how populations are ageing in the Caribbean…
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2017, 04:30 - 13:00
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As set out in Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution 2015/5, the third regional review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (2002) takes place in 2017 to be followed by a global review by the United Nations Commission for Social Development in early 2018. In line with Resolution 2015/5, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will facilitate the review and appraisal exercise within the region.…