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Income inequality in Brazil: What has changed in recent years?
(2014-04)
This paper provides empirical evidence to assess the impact of socioeconomic and political variables on different measures of income inequality based on the 27 units of the Brazilian federation in the period from 1999 to ...
Income inequality in Latin America. Recent decline and prospects for its further reduction
(ECLAC, 2014-07)
The paper reviews the extent of the income inequality decline which has taken place in Latin America
over 2002-2010 which reduced the regional Gini index to the level of the early 1980s. The paper then
focuses on the ...
Development model, labour precariousness and new social inequalities in Latin America
(2022-04)
This article analyses the key characteristics of the two major economic models of the last century, and of the current one thus far, in Latin America. The first is centred on national development, with a relative welfare ...
Afrodescendants and the matrix of social inequality in Latin America: challenges for inclusion. Summary
(ECLAC, 2021-05-12)
This document, a summary of the study “Afrodescendientes y la matriz de la desigualdad social en América Latina: retos para la inclusión”, provides new and updated information on the living conditions of Afrodescendants. ...
A toolkit for promoting equality: the contribution of social policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2021-10-26)
This toolkit aims to facilitate the assessment of the multiple dimensions of social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to provide relevant information on social policies implemented in different countries ...
Report of the AD HOC Expert Group meeting on social exclusion, poverty, inequality, crime and violence: Towardsa research agenda for informed public policy for Caribbean SIDS
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2008-05-13)
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Subregional
Headquarters for the Caribbean convened an expert group meeting on Social Exclusion, Poverty,
Inequality – Crime and Violence: Towards a ...
Promoting equality: An interregional perspective
(ECLAC, 2018-07-06)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects a consensus on the need to move towards more egalitarian, cohesive and solidarity-based societies, and calls for ensuring that “no one will be left behind” on the road ...
Horizontal inequality and ethnic discrimination in four Latin American countries
(2018-08-18)
This article analyses ethnic discrimination in Mexico relative to Chile, Colombia and Peru from a perspective of horizontal inequality. It presents the numerous ways in which such discrimination is perpetuated and shows ...
The Role of the Costa Rican College of Social Workers during Covid-19El Papel del Colegio de Trabajadores Sociales de Costa Rica durante la Covid-19
(Sistema Editorial y de Difusión de la Investigación (SIEDIN), Universidad de Costa Rica, 2023)
Social Panorama of Latin America 2015
(ECLAC, 2017-02)
The 2015 edition of Social Panorama of Latin America analyses poverty trends, as measured by ECLAC. It also examines changes in income distribution and in other aspects of inequality. With a view to contributing to the ...