The Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of ECLAC, will be held on October 25-27, 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
A study by the international organization describes the characteristics of that program, the evolution of its coverage, its utilization by companies and the profile of its beneficiaries.
United States Under Secretary of State, María Otero, and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, analysed challenges for the region in this area.
The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, stressed that the countercyclical policies adopted by countries in the bloc helped mitigate the social costs of the crisis.
