Para identificar a la población potencialmente destinataria de las políticas y programas sociales, en el marco del Plan Nacional de Reducción de la Pobreza Jajapo Paraguay, el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social del país se encuentra implementando el Registro Social de Hogares (RSH). Se espera que este registro sea parte de un sistema de información más amplio, que integre diferentes bases de datos y fuentes de información e incluya registros administrativos, lo que permitiría no solo mejorar la selección de destinatarios del conjunto de las prestaciones sociales, sino también apoyar el diseño de …
En el presente estudio se realiza una caracterización de los estratos sociales medios y altos en México en las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI y se plantea una propuesta de identificación de factores protectores, entendidos como aquellos aspectos que evitan que un hogar de los estratos medios pase a un estrato más bajo ante una situación coyuntural y que podrían ser relevantes para promover la movilidad social ascendente. Para ello, el estudio retoma aspectos relevantes de los marcos conceptuales y metodológicos utilizados previamente por expertos en la materia, a fin de definir un marco or…
First version, June 22, 2022.
Forty-five years ago, the first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America was held (Havana, 1977), as an intergovernmental platform for the region following the World Conference of the International Women’s Year (Mexico City, 1975). This meeting culminated in the adoption by the governments of the region of the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development, the region’s first road map for active inclusion of women in economic, political, socia…
Primera versión, 22 de junio de 2022. Hace 45 años se celebró la primera Conferencia Regional sobre la Integración de la Mujer en el Desarrollo Económico y Social de América Latina (La Habana, 1977), espacio de articulación intergubernamental regional después de la Conferencia Mundial del Año Internacional de la Mujer (Ciudad de México, 1975). Como resultado, los Gobiernos de la región acordaron el Plan de Acción Regional para la Integración de la Mujer en el Desarrollo Económico y Social de América Latina, la primera hoja de ruta de la región que buscaba avanzar en la incorporación activa de …
This document is the report of the Second Regional Seminar on Social Development “Social security and protracted crisis: an opportunity to combat inequality in the framework of a welfare state in Latin America and the Caribbean”. This seminar was organised by the Social Development Division of ECLAC in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and in partnership with the German Cooperation and the European Union’s Transitional Development Facility Project,1 and was held on 30 and 31 August and 1 September 2022.
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Addressing the needs of older persons poses public-policy challenges. The obstacles that the poorest older persons face in securing their livelihoods, compounded by physiological and metabolic changes and the presence of chronic diseases, make them more vulnerable. This study evaluates the impact of the Continuous Benefit Programme (BPC) on the nutritional status and food security levels of older persons in Brazil, using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design with microdata drawn from the 2017–2018 Consumer Expenditure Survey (POF). On average, participation in the programme is found to incre…
We compare the effects of labour market shocks and social policy responses on people’s welfare following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. We assess the role of formal and informal sector labour incomes and social transfers in the changes observed in the distribution of income and welfare. We worked with harmonized household survey microdata and performed a microdecomposition analysis by income source. In all four countries, the loss of earnings was the main mechanism behind the loss of income, and developments in the informal sector were crucial in…
This article analyses recent changes in social and solidarity economy (SSE) policies in eight Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Uruguay. It outlines the institutional rules that limited or added to States’ policymaking capacity, as well as examining progress on legislation and regulations and changes in specialized institutional frameworks. The information was obtained through an extensive review of documents and databases produced by government and academic institutions and social and solidarity economy organizations. The conclusion …
We take more than a million student evaluations of almost 200,000 professors from the RateMyProfessors website and link them with information on the research productivity of almost 3,000 professors in Google Scholar to provide a systematic characterization of the relationship between student evaluations and the characteristics of the classes, universities and professors concerned and to test whether students’ appreciations are conditionally related to research productivity. The study concludes that although how “easy” and “interesting” students consider a course to be are the most important de…
Health satellite accounts provide information to elucidate the interaction between the health sector and the rest of the economy. However, in Brazil these accounts have gaps, such as a lack of data on gross fixed capital formation. The aim of this article is to present a methodology to measure gross fixed capital formation in the health sector in 2010–2019 and to analyse the data thus obtained. The results show that gross fixed capital formation in the health sector is biased towards machinery and equipment rather than construction. The share of private investment increased throughout the peri…
As part of its special commemorative activities, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has organized in 2023 and 2024 a 75th Anniversary Lecture Series, in which important scholars and innovators in their respective fields will share their visions and ideas on the challenges facing the world and the region, and how to foster a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development for Latin America and the Caribbean..
The commemoration of ECLAC’s 75th anniversary includes the launch of a special website that explores the organization’s origins, the evolu…
Como parte de sus actividades especiales y conmemorativas, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ha organizado para 2023 y 2024 un Ciclo de Conferencias del 75 Aniversario al cual se ha invitado a importantes líderes pensadores e innovadores en sus respectivos campos, a aportar sus visiones e ideas sobre los retos del mundo y de la región, y sobre cómo construir un desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe.
La conmemoración del 75º aniversario de la CEPAL incluye la puesta en línea de un sitio web especial q…
Como parte de suas atividades especiais e comemorativas, a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) organizou um Ciclo de Conferências do 75º Aniversário para o qual importantes líderes pensadores e inovadores em seus respectivos campos foram convidados a apresentar suas visões e ideias sobre os desafios do mundo e da região e sobre a construção de um desenvolvimento mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável na América Latina e no Caribe.
A comemoração do 75º aniversario da CEPAL inclui um site especial que repassa as origens do organismo, a evolução de seu pensamento e as atu…
Faced with the urgency of addressing health inequalities, transforming healthcare systems, and achieving universality, on July 19th, 2023, countries from the region gathered with international experts and reflected on primary health care as the best strategy to tackle current challenges.…
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