“Inequality conspires against recovery, against development, nutrition, health, education, employment, poverty reduction, against everything. That is why we must address all of its facets,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), emphasized today during a keynote address delivered at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Santiago, Chile.
ECLAC’s highest authority made a presentation entitled “Latin America and the Caribbean’s socioeconomic con…
“La desigualdad conspira contra la recuperación, contra el desarrollo, la nutrición, salud, educación, empleo, pobreza, contra todo. Por eso debemos abordarla desde todas sus caras”, enfatizó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante una conferencia magistral dictada en la Oficina Regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) para América Latina y el Caribe, en Santiago de Chile.
La máxima autoridad de la CEPAL realizó una presentación titulada “Contexto socioeconómico y d…
“A desigualdade conspira contra a recuperação, o desenvolvimento, a nutrição, a saúde, a educação, o emprego, a pobreza, contra tudo. Por isso, devemos abordá-la sob todos os ângulos”, enfatizou Alicia Bárcena, Secretária Executiva da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), durante uma conferência magistral proferida no Escritório Regional da Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO) para a América Latina e o Caribe, em Santiago do Chile.
A máxima autoridade da CEPAL realizou uma conferência intitulada “Contexto socioeconômico e desafios da Amé…
Science, innovation, knowledge and digital technologies have played a fundamental role in the growth potential, social inclusion and environmental sustainability of countries in recent decades, and have become even more important in the context of the crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
While Latin American and Caribbean countries have adopted various measures —many of them based on access to technology— to tackle the effects of the pandemic, the region’s structural challenges have become more pronounced, and the need for more comprehensive, complex, participatory and…
Regional integration and solidarity are essential to confront the growing global asymmetries and disparities between developed countries and developing countries, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), emphasized today during the Coordination Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), where she referred to the causality and linkages between variables to build back better with an integrated policy strategy.
“Even as recoveries continue, divergence in growth rates, vaccination rates, fiscal stimulus, ac…
La integración y la solidaridad regional son esenciales para hacer frente a las crecientes asimetrías y disparidades mundiales entre los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo, subrayó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el Segmento de Coordinación del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas, donde se refirió a las causales y los vínculos entre las variables para reconstruir mejor con una estrategia política integrada.
“Aun cuando la recuperación continúa, la divergencia en las tasas de crecimient…
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