This document takes up a number of the points raised in the 2005 report by ECLAC and other UN agencies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides further discussion on the type of problems and challenges facing the region in five areas that are either included in the MDGs or closely related to them (poverty, hunger and child malnutrition, education, health and children). The document makes recommendations for the region's governments and countries in these five areas.…
This article analyses the costs in terms of income distribution of the crisis and adjustments of the 1980s, as well as the effects of the subsequent recovery and resumption of sustained growth patterns. This analysis is based on comparable pairs of estimates of income distribution and poverty prepared by ECLAC for the ten largest and predominantly urban countries of the region. The method of analysis consists, on the one hand, of comparing the changes in distribution and in the macroeconomic and labour market variables during similar macroeconomic phases in the course of the adjustment process…
1 Oct 2008, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:49
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Ibero-America is living through promising times in terms of the relation between youth and development. The signs are well known, and this report provides an unprecedented compilation of evidence confirming them. The region's youth today have more years of education on average than adults, and the gap is even more favourable for youth in terms of access to new communication technologies, information and knowledge. The population dynamic indicates that the coming years will see a reduction in the proportion of young people in the overall population in most Ibero-American countries, and thi…
1 Nov 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development.
The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…
1 Abr 2014, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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This study uses the capability approach to undertake a multidimensional analysis of deprivation in urban areas of Brazil between 2003 and 2008 based on a four-dimensional index (living conditions, health, level of education and participation in the labour market) constructed out of 13 different indicators. Its findings indicate that a majority of the population is living in households that are not experiencing deprivation and that, of those that are, the instance of deprivation is confined to a single indicator. When the results were then compared with the income-poverty index for the differen…
10 Jul 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:49
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Comunicado de prensa
Reconstruir mejor implica hacerlo con igualdad y sostenibilidad, con un pacto social que incluya una nueva ecuación entre el Estado, el mercado y la sociedad, que permita alcanzar un régimen universal de protección social y de acceso a bienes públicos básicos, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
La máxima representante de la Comisión regional participó en un evento paralelo al Foro Político de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas 2020 (HLPF, por sus siglas en inglés), que se desarrolla virtualmente este mes de julio, ti…
23 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:49
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Comunicado de prensa
(23 de enero, 2015) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, participó en la Reunión Anual 2015 del Foro Económico Mundial (WEF, según sus siglas en inglés) realizada en Davos, Suiza, en donde moderó una sesión de alto nivel sobre el contexto económico de América Latina y sostuvo un encuentro con autoridades y empresarios mineros de todo el mundo, entre otras actividades.
Al presidir la sesión sobre el contexto de América Latina, Bárcena resaltó que tras varios años de bonanza, los países de la región se encuentran hoy en una enc…
16 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Comunicado de prensa
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe instaron hoy a revitalizar el compromiso con la Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible y propiciar políticas y acciones renovadas y audaces para acelerar el paso hacia el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), durante la inauguración de la séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebra hasta el jueves 18 en la sede principal de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
En la apertura del encuentro -que reúne a representantes de los 33 países de la región, de agencias de la…
La innovación, el desarrollo tecnológico y la cooperación público-privada son esenciales para una recuperación verde, inclusiva y sostenible pospandemia del COVID-19, coincidieron hoy expertos reunidos en el Foro Empresarial para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe 2022: Innovación y Cooperación Público-Privada para una Recuperación Inclusiva y Sostenible, quienes subrayaron la importancia de impulsar pactos sociales entre los gobiernos, la sociedad civil y el sector privado con miras a la implementación de la Agenda 2030 en la región.
El evento, organizado po…
16 Mar 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Los países de América Latina y el Caribe refrendaron hoy su compromiso con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y con una recuperación transformadora, que ponga a la igualdad en el centro del desarrollo para construir un mundo mejor, e hicieron un llamado urgente a revigorizar la respuesta regional ante la pandemia del COVID-19, especialmente el acceso equitativo a vacunas, durante la inauguración de la cuarta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible.
El evento, que por primera vez en su historia se realiza de manera virtual, reúne en …
18 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Autoridades y delegados de 29 países de América Latina y el Caribe, de agencias de las Naciones Unidas y organismos regionales, multilaterales y de la sociedad civil participantes en la séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, concluyeron hoy el encuentro con el reconocimiento de que sin la erradicación de la pobreza en todas sus formas y dimensiones, y del hambre, no será posible construir un desarrollo más inclusivo, productivo y sostenible en la región.
Asimismo, enfatizaron la necesidad de implementar políticas públicas integrales…
2 Jun 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Nota informativa
Al finalizar la Quinta Reunión del Foro de los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, representantes de la región se comprometieron a redoblar esfuerzos para implementar efectivamente la Agenda 2030 y concluyeron que la erradicación de la pobreza en todas sus formas es el mayor desafío actual y constituye un requisito indispensable para el desarrollo sostenible.…
28 Mayo 2014, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Opening remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, on the occasion of the 14th International Resource Panel Meeting
Santiago, 28 May 2014
It is a great honour to welcome you to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on the occasion of the 14th International Resource Panel and its Steering Committee under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme-UNEP.
It is especially significant since the decision to hold this Panel of Experts in our region is a source of tremendous p…
1 Mayo 2000, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:49
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Second regional conference in follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development. Santiago, Chile, 15-17 May 2000 Summary The courses of action recommended at the World Summit for Social Development coincide with the general thrust of the action taken by the Governments of the region in the economic and social spheres during the 1990s. The objective of this document is to weigh the positive and negative aspects of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean with regard to poverty reduction, productive job creation and social integration within the wider context of economic changes and s…
30 Oct 2010, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Columna de opinión
The premature death of former president Néstor Kirchner is a great loss not only for Argentina, but for the entire international community. Kirchner was a friend of the United Nations and a national and international leader who firmly believed in true multilateralism.
A long and distinguished career in public service, which included being intendent of his home town Río Gallegos and governor of Santa Cruz, prepared him well for the challenges he would face early into his presidency. From 2003 to 2007, he boldly tackled the effects of the deepest financial and economic crisis in Argentina's hist…
1 Nov 2006, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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Abstract This paper presents a methodology for adjusting measures of income and poverty for the risk faced by a household. The approach draws on the standard economic concept of risk aversion, and it is based on the intuition that households will prefer a steady stream of income to a variable one with the same mean. Relying on a Constant Relative Risk Aversion utility function, we use panel data for Argentina to compute risk-adjusted income and poverty measures. At the aggregate level, we find that taking risk into account substantially increases the poverty headcount. Moreover, a regression …
15 Nov 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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The Government of Peru and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen cooperation on distinct matters related to economic, social and environmental development, during an official visit lasting 24 hours that Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, made today to that country.
The senior United Nations authority led an official ECLAC mission to Lima, the first since President Pedro Castillo was sworn into office on July 28 of this year, with the aim of reaffirming the organization’s willingness to work jointly on those ar…
21 Abr 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:49
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean through external and domestic factors, the combined effect of which will lead to the worst contraction that the region has ever undergone, exceeding those seen in 1914 and 1930. According to the latest estimates, an average regional contraction of -5.3% is forecast for 2020, ECLAC indicated today while launching a new report.
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, presented on this Tuesday, April 21, the COVID-19 Special Rep…
19 Abr 2013, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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(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…
15 Nov 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:50
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El Gobierno de Perú y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmaron hoy su voluntad de fortalecer la cooperación en distintas materias vinculadas al desarrollo económico, social y ambiental, durante una visita oficial de 24 horas realizada por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, a ese país.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas encabezó una misión oficial de la CEPAL a Lima, la primera desde que el Presidente Pedro Castillo asumió su mandato el pasado 28 de julio, con el objetivo de reafirmar la disposición del organismo a trabajar de forma conjun…