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4 March 2021 | Press Release

Pandemic Prompts Rise in Poverty to Levels Unprecedented in Recent Decades and Sharply Affects Inequality and Employment
In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state.
28 November 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC: The Region Has Underestimated Inequality
The economic commission noted that the upward trend for poverty in Latin America held firm and called for resuming the construction of comprehensive and universal social compacts, during the launch of its Social Panorama 2019 report today in Chile.
20 December 2017 | Press Release

Poverty Increased in 2016 in Latin America and Reached 30.7% of the Population, a Percentage Seen Holding Steady in 2017
In Mexico today ECLAC launched its report Social Panorama 2017, which includes an update to the methodology used to estimate monetary poverty in the region.
26 January 2015 | Press Release

Poverty and Indigence Reduction Stalls in Most of Latin American Countries
Estimates show that 167 million people were poor in 2014, and 71 million of them suffered extreme poverty or indigence.
21 January 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Present an Overview of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
The Executive Secretary of the regional United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, will show the evolution of the main social indicators in a press conference.
3 de June de 2014 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena y ministra Villegas abogan por impulsar un sistema de protección social con enfoque en derechos
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL y la titular del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Chile, María Fernanda Villegas, inauguraron hoy un seminario sobre protección social.
14 de May de 2014 | Press Release

"La pobreza en América Latina no es fruto de la escasez de recursos sino de la inequidad"
Rafael Correa ofreció una conferencia magistral en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago de Chile.
5 de December de 2013 | Press Release

Se enlentece la reducción de la pobreza y la indigencia en América Latina
Con datos proyectados al 2013, la pobreza estaría afectando a unos 164 millones de personas en la región, igual número que en 2012, consigna el estudio que aborda el fenómeno también desde una perspectiva multidimensional.
1 de February de 2013 | Press Release

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL participó en conversatorio sobre el futuro de América Latina
Alicia Bárcena compartió con altos funcionarios internacionales y representantes del Gobierno peruano.
21 November 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Present Social Panorama of Latin America 2012
The ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the latest figures on poverty and extreme poverty in the region.