Países de América Latina y el Caribe reafirmaron hoy la importancia de la planificación para el desarrollo como mecanismo para afrontar la desigualdad estructural en la región, durante la vigésimo séptima reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación que se celebró hoy en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
El encuentro fue encabezado por Javier Abugattás del Consejo Directivo del Centro Nacional de Planeamiento Estratégico (CEPLAN) del Perú, en su calidad de Presidente del Consejo Regional de Planificación, Raúl García-Buchaca, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto para Administr…
Os países da América Latina e do Caribe reafirmaram a importância do planejamento para o desenvolvimento como mecanismo para enfrentar a desigualdade estrutural na região durante a vigésima sétima reunião da Mesa Diretora do Conselho Regional de Planejamento, realizada em Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
O encontro foi dirigido por Javier Abugattás, do Conselho Diretor do Centro Nacional de Planejamento Estratégico (CEPLAN) do Peru, na qualidade de Presidente do Conselho Regional de Planejamento, Raúl García-Buchaca, Secretário Executivo Adjunto para Administração e Análise de Programas da…
Adopting the territorial dimension of development is a key perspective for Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where great challenges persist due to the heterogeneity of opportunities and living conditions in the region, agreed the authorities and experts gathered today for an international seminar in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The seminar “Territorialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Policy Challenges,” which finishes on Thursday 30, was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) throu…
Adoptar la dimensión territorial del desarrollo constituye una perspectiva clave para América Latina y el Caribe, una región en la que persisten grandes desafíos derivados de la heterogeneidad en materia de oportunidades y condiciones de vida, coincidieron hoy autoridades y expertos reunidos en un seminario internacional que se celebra en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
El seminario “Territorialización de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe: Desafíos de Política”, que culmina el jueves 30, es organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina …
Equality is the basis of development and plays an instrumental role as the driver of sustainable development, contributing to innovation, increased productivity and environmental sustainability, according to Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who spoke today at a conference held in Mexico.
Bárcena offered a keynote presentation in Mexico City, at the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), to share the main conclusions of ECLAC’s institutional document entitled The Inefficiency of Inequalit…
La igualdad es fundamento del desarrollo y tiene un papel instrumental como impulsora del desarrollo sostenible, contribuyendo a la innovación, al aumento de la productividad y a la sostenibilidad ambiental. Así lo reafirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante una conferencia realizada en México.
Bárcena ofreció una presentación magistral en Ciudad de México, sede de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), para entregar las principales conclusiones del documento institucional de la CEPAL La Ineficiencia de…
This book compiles and adapts different chapters written by the author during the last decades on the topic of Caribbean development. On the one hand, the document provides the reader with the opportunity to travel in time acknowledging the evolution of academia, paradigms, and frameworks regarding the Caribbean. On the other hand, it shows the reader how many of the action plans and strategies suggested through the years are still relevant and how many of the challenges and structures of Caribbean nations have not changed radically over the years, once again stressing the urgent need for acti…
This book compiles and adapts different chapters written by the author during the last decades on the topic of Caribbean development. On the one hand, the document provides the reader with the opportunity to travel in time acknowledging the evolution of academia, paradigms, and frameworks regarding the Caribbean. On the other hand, it shows the reader how many of the action plans and strategies suggested through the years are still relevant and how many of the challenges and structures of Caribbean nations have not changed radically over the years, once again stressing the urgent need for acti…
Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities linked to planning for development and public administration from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning, which will be held on August 30 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The meeting will be preceded by a high-level international seminar on “Territorialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Policy Challenges,” which will take place on August 29 and 30 in the Dominican capital.
Both mee…
Ministros, viceministros y altas autoridades vinculadas a la planificación para el desarrollo y la gestión pública de América Latina y el Caribe, se darán cita en la vigésimo séptima reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación que se realizará el 30 de agosto en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
La reunión estará antecedida por un seminario internacional de alto nivel sobre “Territorialización de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe: Desafíos de Política”, que se celebrará del 29 al 30 de agosto en la capital dominicana.
Ambas reu…
The specific challenges facing Caribbean women were at the center of attention during the 57th meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held from 30-31 July 2018 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Among the obstacles faced by Caribbean women, countries noted the serious constraints faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), due to their middle-income country status, highly indebted situation, heavy dependence on tourism, and vulnerability to climate change and environmental hazards, that negatively…
¿Es posible incidir en las precarias condiciones en que se desarrolla el trabajo del hogar en México? ¿Qué acciones concretas podrían emprenderse desde el ámbito público y privado? ¿Qué oportunidades trae consigo la firma de un contrato entre las personas empleadoras y trabajadoras? ¿Cuáles son sus elementos básicos?
Tales cuestionamientos forman parte de lo que se la presente investigación intenta resolver a través de un análisis con enfoque de derechos y lenguaje ciudadano. Se proponen cuatro principios para abordar las problemáticas más acuciantes que viven las trabajadoras del hogar, los i…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, warned today that humanity has exceeded four of the planet’s nine ecological boundaries and affirmed that the development model is tapped out, which makes forging a culture of equality an urgent necessity.
ECLAC’s most senior representative gave a keynote speech in the framework of the colloquium “University and Sustainability in Mexico,” organized by the Ibero-American University, Mexico City.
In addition to Alicia Bárcena, the other participants in the event were Martha Delgado, en…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, alertó hoy que la humanidad ha superado cuatro de los nueve límites ecológicos del planeta y afirmó que el modelo de desarrollo está agotado por lo que se torna urgente la creación de una cultura de la igualdad.
La máxima representante de la CEPAL intervino hoy en el coloquio “Universidad y Sustentabilidad en México”, organizado por la Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México.
Junto a Alicia Bárcena, participaron en el evento Martha Delgado, ambientalista y ex Secretaria del Medio Ambie…
This article analyses ethnic discrimination in Mexico relative to Chile, Colombia and Peru from a perspective of horizontal inequality. It presents the numerous ways in which such discrimination is perpetuated and shows how far back in history segregation reaches, having taken root in the period of conquest by European nations before becoming entrenched in the colonial era and institutionalized in the constitutions that gave rise to the Latin American republics and in the formal and informal institutions shaped since then. Notwithstanding progress with recognition of political, social, cultura…