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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.
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5 July 2022 | News
On June 21-22, an international seminar took place in Port-au-Prince with the aim of addressing the Caribbean country’s implementation of the National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion.
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10 de June de 2022 | News
Representantes de las instituciones miembros del Grupo de Trabajo Conjunto de Cumbres emitieron una declaración conjunta en el marco de la IX Cumbre de las Américas, en la que manifestaron su apoyo a los esfuerzos para construir un futuro sostenible, resiliente y equitativo.
6 June 2022 | Press Release
A new special report by ECLAC indicates that the economic deceleration, higher inflation and the slow and incomplete recovery of labor markets will increase poverty, extreme poverty and food insecurity in the region in 2022.
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31 May 2022 | Announcement
The organization’s Acting Executive Secretary, Mario Cimoli, will unveil the document at a hybrid press conference on Monday, June 6, at the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
1 April 2022 | Press Release
The Argentine economist will replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena, who concluded her mandate on March 31 after nearly 14 years at the helm of ECLAC.
31 March 2022 | Press Release
As of April 1, 2022, she will be succeeded on an interim basis by Mario Cimoli, the Commission’s current Deputy Executive Secretary.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
24 March 2022 | News
The Executive Secretary of the regional Commission participated today in the launch of a special issue of El Trimestre Económico dedicated to reviewing the organization’s work over the last ten years.
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17 de March de 2022 | News
Informe elaborado por la CEPAL y AECID fue presentado en un seminario virtual en el que participaron destacados analistas internacionales.
17 March 2022 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary delivered a keynote speech at FAO’s regional headquarters, where tribute was paid to her distinguished trajectory at the United Nations.
9 de March de 2022 | Speech
Intervención de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
Photo of the opening panel of the SDG 2022 Business Forum.
8 March 2022 | News
The SDG Business Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 was held today in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place in San José, Costa Rica.
7 de March de 2022 | Speech
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7 March 2022 | Press Release
The Fifth Meeting of this intergovernmental gathering was inaugurated by the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
25 January 2022 | Press Release
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.
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21 January 2022 | Announcement
The Social Panorama of Latin America 2021 report will be unveiled on Thursday, January 27 at a virtual press conference by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.