United Nations
Social development
The mission of ECLAC in the area of social development consists in promoting integral human development with a rights-based approach in Latin America and the Caribbean; conducting and disseminating analyses of the social situation in the region on particular issues and with respect to specific groups of the population; analysing the impacts, levels of investment and management of social policies and programmes implemented by the governments in the region, at their various levels; disseminating details of successful or innovative experiences to inform decision-making in countries; advising governments in the region on issues of social development; and helping train the professionals and technicians of the relevant public bodies.
Activities
Evento paralelo "La sostenibilidad financiera de los sistemas de salud: desafíos para alcanzar la cobertura sanitaria universal"
El evento tiene como objetivo debatir sobre el documento “La sostenibilidad financiera de los sistemas de salud de América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos para avanzar hacia la Cobertura Sanitaria Universal” que será lanzado por la CEPAL, generando la oportunidad de reflexionar junto con autoridades de cada país acerca de los principales desafíos que enfrentan sus sistemas de salud en torno a la cobertura sanitaria universal en esta dimensión.
Session on the Second World Summit for Social Development (Qatar, 2025)
Sesión desarrollada en el marco de la Octava Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2025. A desarrollarse en Santiago, desde el 31 de marzo al 4 de abril.
Webinar "Challenges of Non-Contributory Social Protection in Advancing Towards Inclusive Social Development"
Join this webinar where challenges and opportunities for the region will be discussed to move towards the consolidation of universal, comprehensive, sustainable, and resilient social protection systems, and their contribution to eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities, and overcoming development traps, all on the path to the Second World Summit on Social Development in 2025.
News
ECLAC Advocates for Forging a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in Qatar
In the framework of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, taking place in Santiago, Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs shared a policy brief that includes a series of concrete proposals in that direction.
Hacia la Segunda Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ha preparado una página donde se puede seguir las actividades y productos asociados a la Segunda Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social a realizarse en Qatar en noviembre de 2025.
Publications
Data and statistics
Latin America and the Caribbean (43 countries):a evolution of poverty, extreme poverty and non-contributory pension system coverage among people aged 65 and over, 2001–2022 (Percentages)
Video
Subsidiary Body
Publication type (collection)
Infographic
Infografia Agenda Regional de Desarrollo Social Inclusivo
La ARDSI es un instrumento técnico y político que busca avanzar hacia la implementación de la dimensión social del desarrollo sostenible y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en los países…
