In the presence of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Sila María Calderón Serra, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) officially opened its Thirtieth Session in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
During the event, held in the San Gerónimo Room of San Juan's Hotel Caribe Hilton, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Sila María Calderón Serra spoke, along with ECLAC Executive Secretary, José Luis Machinea, and the Ambassador of Brazil in Chile, Gelson Fonseca. Special guests included the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA…
Did the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic embolden ideas favourable to inclusive social policy in Latin America? This article addresses that question by examining the emergency cash transfer programme that was implemented in Costa Rica in 2020. Drawing on legislative debates and interviews with senior officials and analysts, the study reveals the fleeting emergence of ideas in favour of expanding non-contributory social protection. The new programme was quickly reined in by a discourse that assimilated fiscal responsibility to cutting social spending rather than expanding revenues. Avoid…
This document was prepared by Oliver Paddison, Associate Economic Affairs Officer in the Economic Development Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean. 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 author and do not necess…