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7 June 2024 | Press Release

“No More Lost Decades for Latin America and the Caribbean”: ECLAC Lays Out its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation
Because of his contributions to the region’s development, the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, was awarded with the Maestro Ricardo Torres Gaitán 2024 Lecture from the Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leonardo Lomelí.
7 de June de 2024 | Speech

Aceptación de la Cátedra Ricardo Torres Gaitán
Palabras del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
Flyer cátedra Ricardo Torres Gaitán UNAM
4 de June de 2024 | Announcement

La UNAM entregará la Cátedra Maestro Ricardo Torres Gaitán 2024 al Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL
Altas autoridades de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y del Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas de esa casa de estudios reconocerán la trayectoria y aportes a las políticas de desarrollo de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
4 March 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
8 de November de 2023 | Press Release

La integración regional de los servicios modernos potenciará el desarrollo en la región: CEPAL
En México el sector servicios contribuye al 58,2% del PIB y al 43,4% de los empleos. Expertos de Latinoamérica discuten en XII Conferencia REDLAS cómo digitalizar y aprovechar al sector de mayor crecimiento en el mundo.
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Diagnosis of structural gaps in Guatemala
Between 1990 and 2020, Guatemala achieved progress in the fight against poverty and inequality; however, there are still important structural, wide and persistent gaps in various social, economic and territorial areas. In addition, the recent pandemic generated by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) and its variants caused one of the deepest economic declines in the past 100 years, generating greater poverty and inequality.
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Sustentability gaps in tourism clusters in Domincan Republic
This paper focuses on an analysis of sustainability gaps in the tourism clusters of Puerto Plata and Colonial City in the Dominican Republic, based on the idea that tourism is an economic sector with great potential to contribute to the development of a territory, provided that it is based on sustainability
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Challenge for educational transformation in Guatemala
Despite efforts, large gaps in access to the effective enjoyment of the right to education persist in Guatemala, particularly for rural populations and Indigenous peoples. The unprecedented educational crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has increased gaps, school dropout rates, learning losses, illiteracy and the slowdown in average schooling levels
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Structural poverty gap under a rights-based approach in El Salvador, Mexico, Panama and Dominican Republic
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Public expenditure gaps in health and education in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico
Based on this conceptual framework, gaps corresponding to inequalities are identified, either between countries (horizontal) or between social groups or areas in each country (vertical), based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. A proposal for adjusting the measurament of income distribution in El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica
Aanalysis of socioeconomic inequality that involves studying the distances in access to income between the various social strata based on household income in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala, but adjusting income to the National Accounts in each country.
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Diagnosis of structural gaps in the Dominican Republic
Between 1990 and 2019, the Dominican Republic showed progress in the fight against poverty and inequality. However, its current levels are high when compared to countries of similar development in Latin America and the Caribbean and in the world. As a result, there are still important structural gaps, defined as the different expressions of inequality, which are wide and persistent, in different areas and among different groups of people, and this hinders development.
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic. Demographic change and Social Protection Gaps in Mexico, Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean
Understanding demographic change in Central America, Mexico and the Hispanic Caribbean, with emphasis on aging, is fundamental for social protection systems. The importance of addressing social protection gaps lies in their manifestation in terms of insufficient coverage, inadequate benefits or lack of accessibility, which prevents progress towards universal protection for all.
3 October 2023 | Infographic

Infographic.Recommendations for reducing firewood consumption Guatemala and Honduras
Guatemala and Honduras are among the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest levels of poverty, with the lowest proportion of the population dependent on clean fuels and technologies, and the highest use of firewood. Available estimates and statistics show that a large part of the population, particularly in rural areas, uses firewood as the main cooking fuel. Although there is progress in terms of electricity coverage, there is an nderconsumption of electricity, since the most used energy source at the residential level is firewood.
3 de October de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Ruralidad y desarrollo en la Región Brunca, Costa Rica
Coberturas y usos de la tierra en la región Brunca
3 de October de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Ruralidad y Desarrollo en el Territorio Santa Cruz-Carrillo, Costa Rica
Coberturas y usos de la tierra en el Territorio Santa Cruz-Carrillo (región Chorotega) de Costa Rica
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Acceso a combustibles y tecnologías limpios para cocción de alimentos en Guatemala y Honduras

Guatemala y Honduras se encuentran entre los países de América Latina y el Caribe con mayor nivel de pobreza, con menor proporción de población con dependencia de combustibles y tecnologías limpios y mayor uso de leña. Las estimaciones y estadísticas disponibles muestran que buena parte de la población, particularmente la de zonas rurales, utiliza leña como principal combustible para cocinar. Aunque hay avances en cuanto a la cobertura eléctrica, existe un subconsumo de electricidad, pues a nivel residencial la fuente de energía más utilizada es la leña.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Cambio demográfico y brechas de protección social en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe hispano
Se aborda el cambio demográfico en Centroamérica, México y el Caribe hispano, destacando el envejecimiento, para los sistemas de protección social. La importancia de abordar las brechas de protección social reside en su manifestación en términos de cobertura insuficiente, prestaciones inadecuadas o falta de accesibilidad, lo que impide avanzar hacia una protección universal para todos
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Diagnóstico de las brechas estructurales en República Dominicana: una aproximación sistémica general
Entre 1990 y 2019, la República Dominicana mostró avances en el combate a la pobreza y la desigualdad. Sin embargo, sus niveles actuales son altos si se comparan con países de similar desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe y en el mundo. En consecuencia, subsisten importantes brechas estructurales definidas como las diferentes expresiones de la desigualdad, amplias y persistentes, en diversas áreas y entre diferentes grupos de personas, que obstaculizan el desarrollo.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. ¿Cómo medir la desigualdad? Una propuesta de ajuste a la distribucióin del ingreso en El Salvador, Guatemala y Costa Rica
La infografía se centra en un análisis de la desigualdad socioeconómica que implica estudiar las distancias en acceso al ingreso entre los diversos estratos sociales a partir del ingreso de los hogares en Costa Rica, El Salvador y Guatemala, pero realizando un ajuste del ingreso a las Cuentas Nacionales de cada país.

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