Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC:
Equality is an Essential Value of
the Development Agenda
ECLAC will present the document Time for
Equality. Closing Gaps, Opening Trails, during its Thirty-third Session, to be held 30 May to 1
June in Brazil.
Government representatives from all of Latin America and the Caribbean and North American, European and
Asian countries belonging to ECLAC, as well as directors of multilateral organizations
and members of civil society, will attend the session. Read more>
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SUBREGIONAL/OFFICES ECLAC Monitors United States Trade |
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| UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT ECLAC’s Summer School Opens in July Read more> |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| CALENDAR Important events up to July 2010. Read more> |
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A Strong Caregiving System
for a More Equal Society
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ECLAC Proposes Eight Ways to Strengthen Regional Cooperation in a Post-crisis Scenario The Commission presented a document on the topic during the first Summit for Latin American and Caribbean Unity held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-23 February. Read more > |
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Broadband is Key to the Virtuous Circle of Development Having access and using the Internet, particularly broadband, are essential for the development of modern societies and economies, given they condition a country’s competitiveness and social inclusion. Read more > |
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Comparing Apples with Apples in Different
Currencies It isn't the same to buy a Big Mac in Peru than in the United States, and it's not about the size of the hamburger. Read more > |
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Conditional Transfer Programmes Aim to Protect the
Poorest Conditional transfer programmes (CCT) are one of the main tools of social policy to reduce poverty. But are they a long-term solution? Read more > |
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