The report Measuring disability through administrative records of education in Latin America: diagnosis and recommendations to move towards regional harmonization presents a proposal for measuring disability for administrative records in education at the initial, primary, secondary, tertiary and higher education levels to be applied in Latin America and to move towards a framework of comparability and harmonization between countries in the region of statistical information on students with disabilities.…
El informe “Medición de la discapacidad a través de los registros administrativos de educación en América Latina: diagnóstico y recomendaciones para avanzar hacia la armonización regional” presenta una propuesta de medición de discapacidad para registros administrativos en educación para los niveles inicial, primario, secundario, terciario y superior para ser aplicados en América Latina y que permita avanzar hacia un marco de comparabilidad y armonización entre países de la región de información estadística sobre estudiantes con discapacidad.…
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…
This study presents a situation analysis of persons with disability in the Caribbean. It includes a compilation and analysis of national census data from 16 countries including data from both the 2000 and the 2010 census rounds. The study also assesses national laws, policies and programmes in the context of relevant international treaties and agreements. The topics covered include health and rehabilitation, accessible buildings, transport, information and communications technology, education and labour market participation. In each of these areas, good practices, gaps, and priorities for acti…
It is estimated that some 70.6 million people lived with some kind of disability in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2001 and 2013, which is equivalent to 12.5 % of the region's population, according to a report by the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA), a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which recommends that countries incorporate international guidelines into their statistical procedures on this topic.
The document, which is based on information provided by the national statistics offices in 17 Latin American s…
Se estima que unos 70,6 millones de personas vivían con alguna discapacidad en América Latina y el Caribe entre 2001 y 2013, lo que equivale a 12,5 % de la población regional, según un informe de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA), órgano subsidiario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que recomienda a los países integrar los lineamientos internacionales en los procedimientos estadísticos sobre esta materia.
El documento, que se basa en la información proporcionada por las oficinas nacionales de estadísticas de 17 Estados de América Latina …
Estima-se que 70,6 milhões de pessoas viviam com alguma deficiência na América Latina e no Caribe entre 2001 e 2013, o que equivale a 12,5 % da população regional, segundo um relatório da Conferência Estatística das Américas (CEA), órgão subsidiário da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), o qual recomenda que os países incorporem as diretrizes internacionais aos procedimentos estatísticos sobre esta matéria.
O documento, que se baseia na informação proporcionada pelos escritórios nacionais de estatísticas de 17 Estados da América Latina e 19 países e territóri…
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(7 November 2013) Heads of national statistical institutes of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) in Santiago, Chile, today agreed to strengthen the measurement of poverty, public security and justice, South-South cooperation and disability, and to improve gender equality indicators.
These agreements feature in the final resolution approved at the closing of the seventh meeting of the SCA, which is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which from 5 November brought tog…
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(7 de noviembre, 2013) Los jefes de institutos nacionales de estadísticas de América Latina y el Caribe reunidos en la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA), en Santiago de Chile, acordaron hoy fortalecer la medición de la pobreza, la seguridad pública y justicia, la cooperación Sur-Sur y la discapacidad, y avanzar en indicadores de igualdad de género.
Estos acuerdos figuran en la resolución final aprobada durante la clausura de la séptima reunión de la CEA, órgano subsidiario de la Comisión Económica de América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que desde el 5 de noviemb…
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…
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