The United Nations regional commissions and the post-2015 development agenda: Moving to deliver on a transformative and ambitious agenda

Las comisiones regionales de las Naciones Unidas y la agenda para el desarrollo después de 2015: acciones para cumplir con una agenda transformativa y ambiciosa

ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 26 June, during which Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the…

Greater Labor Formality and Education Are Key to Reducing Inequality

Starting in 2002 inequality levels declined significantly in most Latin American countries. This good news was due largely to progress made in the labor market, especially in the formalization of employment, as well as to higher education levels, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The book entitled Inequality and Informality: An Analysis of Five Latin American Experiences (in Spanish only) —published in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated by Verónica Amarante, Director of ECLAC’s Office i…

Mayor formalidad laboral y educación son clave para reducir la desigualdad

A partir de 2002 el nivel de desigualdad se redujo significativamente en la mayoría de los países de América Latina. Esta buena noticia se debió en gran parte a los progresos observados en el mercado laboral, en especial a la formalización del empleo, así como a mayores niveles de educación, según una nueva publicación de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). El libro Desigualdad e informalidad. Un análisis de cinco experiencias latinoamericanas, realizado en conjunto con el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Noruega y coordinado por Verónica Amarante, Directora de…

Maior formalidade do trabalho e educação são a chave para reduzir a desigualdade

A partir de 2002 o nível de desigualdade diminuiu significativamente na maioria dos países de América Latina. Esta boa notícia foi devida em grande parte aos avanços observados no mercado de trabalho, em especial a formalização do emprego, bem como a maiores níveis de educação, segundo uma nova publicação da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL). O livro Desigualdade e informalidade. Uma análise de cinco experiências latino-americanas (em espanhol), publicado em conjunto com o Ministério das Relações Exteriores da Noruega e coordenado por Verónica Amarante, Diretora …

Los desafíos de América Latina y el Caribe frente al nuevo escenario global

Proposed digital agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2018)

Propuesta de agenda digital para América Latina y el Caribe (eLAC2018)

Quinto Informe - Protección Social Enero 2015

Existe consenso hoy sobre la necesidad de avanzar hacia enfoques que hagan más integrales y universales los sistemas de protección social, por su rol en la superación de condiciones tradicionales de pobreza y en la construcción de sociedades más inclusivas. Sin embargo, la extensión de estos enfoques a las áreas rurales ha sido escasa y, en algunos casos, inexistente. Principalmente porque la protección social ha estado ligada inevitablemente al mercado de trabajo y diversos estudios han señalado deficiencias en estos mercados, que han impedido que el empleo se traduzca para la mayoría de la p…

Annotated provisional agenda. Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Draft operational guide for implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development: second draft

Guía operacional para la implementación y el seguimiento del Consenso de Montevideo sobre Población y Desarrollo: segundo borrador

Provisional agenda. Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional anotado. Quinta Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe

Ageing in the Caribbean and the rights of older persons

Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless (June 2015)…

Ageing in the Caribbean

Over the next twenty years, the Caribbean* will see a rapid and dramatic ageing of its population. With such a rapid increase in the number of older persons on the horizon, there is an urgent need for governments to strengthen social protection against a wide range of risks that older people face. * -Here the Caribbean refers to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica; Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Sant Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten,…

Educación, ciencia e innovación para el cambio estructural en América Latina y el Caribe

Implementation of the 2014-2015 programme of work: subprogramme 13: subregional activities in the Caribbean

This report highlights the activities carried out by ECLAC in the Caribbean subregion between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2015. Subprogramme 13 of the ECLAC programme of work 2014-2015 (“Subregional activities in the Caribbean”) covers the Commission’s work in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Anguilla, Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, C…

Temario provisional. Quinta Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe