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24 November 2022 | Press Release
The Social Panorama 2022 report projects that 201 million people (32.1% of the region’s total population) live in situations of poverty, with 82 million (13.1%) of them in extreme poverty. The regional organization calls for urgently addressing the silent crisis in education to avert the risk of a lost generation.
10 de May de 2022 | Press Release
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre la acumulación del capital en la región, cambio tecnológico y mercados laborales, entre otros temas.
4 March 2021 | Press Release
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.
15 July 2020 | Press Release
ECLAC updated its growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries today. It underscores that both the external and domestic shocks have been stronger than what was foreseen last April, which led to a downward revision of the figures.
12 May 2020 | Press Release
The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean.
27 September 2019 | Press Release
The United Nations regional organization presents a new study in the framework of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be inaugurated this Tuesday in Mexico City.
9 July 2019 | Press Release
On the first day of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, speaking on behalf of the five United Nations regional commissions, gave an account of the progress made toward meeting the SDGs and called for putting equality at the center.
15 January 2019 | Press Release
ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.
17 de December de 2018 | Press Release
Nueva edición de la publicación académica incluye investigaciones sobre la distribución de la renta, los gobiernos corporativos y los ingresos provenientes de recursos naturales, entre otras materias.
12 de April de 2018 | Press Release
Artículo en nueva edición de Revista CEPAL analiza la evolución de la desigualdad en la región y en el mundo. Publicación incluye también estudios sobre la descentralización fiscal en América y la riqueza ligada a la gran minería del cobre en Chile, entre otros temas.
22 March 2016 | Press Release
According to projections by the United Nations regional organization, 175 million people were living in situations of poverty in late 2015 in Latin America.
8 May 2015 | Press Release
Alicia Bárcena attended the 10th Meeting of the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancun, Mexico.
21 January 2015 | Press Release
The Executive Secretary of the regional United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, will show the evolution of the main social indicators in a press conference.
28 de July de 2014 | Press Release
Más de 30 estudiantes de posgrado de América Latina y el Caribe, Asia y Europa participan en la decimoquinta edición del curso que finaliza el 10 de septiembre.
1 de July de 2014 | Press Release
Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia Bárcena, remarcó la necesidad de buscar complementariedades entre ambas regiones.
19 de May de 2014 | Press Release
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, participará en la inauguración del encuentro.
18 de March de 2014 | Press Release
La decimoquinta edición de este programa académico tendrá lugar entre el 21 de julio y el 10 de septiembre en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago de Chile.
9 de December de 2013 | Press Release
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) participó en una reunión organizada por la Iniciativa Global Clinton.
5 de December de 2013 | Press Release
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.
19 April 2013 | Press Release
Academic publication also includes articles on the measurement of multidimensional poverty and free-trade agreements in the region.