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ECLAC Organizes Regional
Preparatory Meeting for the
Rio+20 Summit
Between 7 and 9 September, the Regional Preparatory Meeting for
the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be
held at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago,
Chile.
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OPINION
Gender
Equality Observatory: A Tool for Facing
Challenges.
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SUBREGIONAL/OFFICES
Higher Oil Prices Expected to Benefit Exports of Central
America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
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PUBLICATIONS
ECLAC's Most Recent Documents and
Reports.
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CALENDAR
Important
Events Up to August 2011.
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Employment Quality Remains an
Issue in Latin America
Employment indicators improved since 2002 in Latin America
thanks to a more favourable macroeconomic context and some
specific public policies. Although recently many of the region’s
countries have made efforts to develop the quality of
employment, progress in most fields has been modest.
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Photo: Wellington Pedro/Imprensa MG, Flickr
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IN FOCUS
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Demand for Care is a Challenge for Social Protection
Systems
in Latin America
The issue of care has not been placed high on the public
policy agenda of the region’s countries, says an
ECLAC study which reveals that the number of
people with moderate to severe dependency requiring periodical
care will increase from 23 million to 50 million between 2000
and 2050.
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Logistical Infrastructure of Ports could Become the
“bottleneck”
of Latin American Growth
At present, almost half of the economic development of Latin
America and the Caribbean is attributable to trade, which
passes mainly through ports. However, the infrastructure of
seaports in most countries leaves much to be desired, and
could become a major obstacle to growth.
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Second Seminar on Telemedicine held in
Venezuela
On 26 and 27 July, the “2nd Regional Seminar on e-health and
telemedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean: innovation
practices and standards” took place in Caracas, Venezuela,
organized by SELA, with the support of
ECLAC, through the
ECLAC@LIS2 project..
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The Sun - Renewable Energy with Great Potential for
Latin America and the Caribbean
According to ECLAC, solar energy is an
exceptional way of supplementing oil to generate energy in a
way that goes beyond the price and profitability situations.
Along with other renewable energy sources, solar power is an
essential resource for diversifying the energy mix of
countries.
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ECLAC Reveals Offices Renovated Following the Earthquake
in 2010
ECLAC organized various activities and
invited distinguished guests to mark the reopening of the
offices damaged in the earthquake that struck central Chile
on 27 February 2010.
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