Inauguración del Foro Económico América Latina y el Caribe-Unión Europea 2013

II Foro Iberoamericano de Ministras y Ministros de Trabajo sobre trabajo decente y educación

A common standardized methodology for the measurement of defence spending

Presentation The technical study described in this report was undertaken by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, in response to a request by the Governments of Argentina and Chile for it to propose a common standardized methodology for the measurement of defence spending. The study, which was carried out between the fourth quarter of 1999 and August 2001 was funded by the two Governments concerned. The first chapter of this report describes the background to the initiative and the processes carried out by the parties involved. It also briefly acknowledges the t…

Foro internacional analizará en México la protección de los derechos y la dignidad de las personas mayores

Ver transmisión en vivo del foro (2 de junio, 2014) La autonomía, la dignidad y la protección de las personas mayores, tratados desde una perspectiva de derechos, son algunos de los asuntos que se analizarán en un foro internacional organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y el Gobierno de la Ciudad de México que se celebrará del 3 al 6 de junio en la capital mexicana. El Segundo Foro Internacional sobre los derechos humanos de las personas mayores será inaugurado por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, el Jefe de Gobierno del Distrito Feder…

Public policy for pensions, health and sickness insurance

This document is prepared by Edward Palmer, Consultant of the Project ¨Inclusion of the European Nordic Model in the debate concerning reform of social protection schemes in Latin American and the Caribbean¨ (SWE/05/001). This project that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is carrying out in the Social Development Division, with the financial support of Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). Prepared as a support to the document Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity presented in the XXXI ECLAC Sess…

A standardized methodology for the measurement of defence spending

Presentation The technical study described in this report was undertaken by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, in response to a request by the Governments of Argentina and Chile for it to propose a common standardized methodology for the measurement of defence spending. The study, which was carried out between the fourth quarter of 1999 and August 2001 was funded by the two Governments concerned. The first chapter of this report describes the background to the initiative and the processes carried out by the parties involved. It also briefly acknowledges the t…

La OCDE acogerá en París un foro sobre América Latina y Europa

El Secretario General de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), Ángel Gurría, abrirá el Segundo Foro Económico Europa-América Latina el día 20 de mayo en París junto a la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, y al Director de la Escuela de Economía de París, Pierre-Yves Geoffard.. La reunión, que durará dos días, está coorganizada por la CEPAL y por la Escuela de Economía de París (PSE por sus siglas en inglés) y pretende impulsar el diálogo acerca de los desafíos en el desarrollo que afrontan…

Foro México 2013: Políticas Públicas para un Desarrollo Incluyente

Foros de presentación del Anteproyecto de Ley de Desarrollo y Protección Social

26 de noviembre de 2013 Foro de Presentación del Anteproyecto de Ley de Desarrollo y Protección Social a los rectores y vice-rectores de las principales universidades y centros académicos. 28 de noviembre de 2013 Foro de presentación de la Ley de Desarrollo y Protección Social a organizaciones de la sociedad civil.…

Foro "Perspectivas de la protección social en América Latina"

La República Dominicana fue sede del foro internacional "Perspectivas de la Protección Social en América Latina", en el cual expertos nacionales y extranjeros abordarán temas relacionados con los distintos avances, retos, perspectivas y el impacto de las políticas sociales en Latinoamérica. Con el lema "Hacia la Integración Social en América Latina", el evento se realizó los días 17 y 18 del corriente mes, en el Hotel Santo Domingo Sheraton, de la capital dominicana.…

Public policy for pensions, health and sickness insurance: potential lessons from Sweden for Latin America

Abstract This paper discusses the rationale of social insurance and social insurance institutions as they have emerged and developed in economically mature nations. The aim of the paper is to present discuss experience in a perspective that can be useful for discussions in Latin America. Key issues in system and institution design are identified and discussed, and examined with reference to experience from Sweden. The paper contains three major sections and concludes with some final remarks. The first of these discusses the case for publicly mandated insurance. The second discusses mo…

Intergenerational relations: creating a world for all ages so that no one is left behind

This paper, prepared jointly by the five regional commissions of the United Nations, explores the social and economic challenges and opportunities of demographic shifts towards multigenerational societies across the countries covered by the five regional commissions. It discusses the latest evidence on demographic trends and intergenerational relations, labour markets, social protection, care, living arrangements and digitalization across regions, and it provides recommendations to build societies for all ages. With a strong interdisciplinary and interregional focus, the paper addresses interg…

ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, January 27, 2022 its annual flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2021, which examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides the most recent statistics on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The document will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference held from Santiago, Chile, at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3). The study also analyzes the prolonged health crisis’s profound …

Visita del Presidente de la República de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

Visita del Vicepresidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Álvaro García Linera