Promoting equality: An interregional perspective

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cepal.callNumberLC/TS.2018/50
cepal.callNumberLC/TS.2018/50/Rev.1
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.jobNumberS1800552_en
cepal.projectProject Promoting Equality: Strengthening the Capacity of Selected Developing Countries to Design and Implement Equality-oriented Public Policies and Programmes
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cepal.topicEng2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
cepal.topicEngINEQUALITY
cepal.topicEngSOCIAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
cepal.topicEngSOCIAL RIGHTS
cepal.topicSpaAGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
cepal.topicSpaDERECHOS SOCIALES
cepal.topicSpaDESIGUALDAD
cepal.topicSpaPOLÍTICAS Y PROGRAMAS SOCIALES
cepal.workareaEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL
dc.contributor.institutionCuenta de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo
dc.contributor.institutionNU. ECA
dc.contributor.institutionNU. ESCAP
dc.contributor.institutionNU. ESCWA
dc.coverage.spatialEngAFRICA
dc.coverage.spatialEngARAB COUNTRIES
dc.coverage.spatialEngASIA AND THE PACIFIC
dc.coverage.spatialEngLATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAFRICA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
dc.coverage.spatialSpaASIA Y EL PACIFICO
dc.coverage.spatialSpaPAISES ARABES
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-06T17:18:33Z
dc.date.available2018-06-26T21:57:32Z
dc.date.available2018-07-06T17:18:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-06
dc.description.abstractThe 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 to development. The regional commissions of the United Nations have come together to prepare this report, which synthesizes regional findings and lessons learned in the conceptualization, design and implementation of public policies and programmes oriented towards greater equality. As this report highlights, inequality includes —but transcends— income inequality and relates to the uneven exercise of rights, unequal access to opportunities and capacity development, and unequal results. Social inequality gives rise to adverse social, environmental and economic consequences, stratified by economic status, age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin or religion. However, social inequality can be successfully addressed and is not an inevitable outcome. Promoting greater equality through adequate social protection, health, education, labour and fiscal policies not only helps to safeguard the economic, social and cultural rights of all people, but also fosters growth, development and greater social justice.
dc.description.tableOfContentsForeword .-- Introduction .-- I. Setting the stage: inequality and poverty in world regions .-- II. Regional view: inequality in Africa. A. Socioeconomic inequality. B. Factors contributing to the decline in inequality of some countries. C. Conclusion. -- III. Latin America and the Caribbean: social protection policies to address inequality. A. Public policies that address socio-economic stratification. B. Public policies that address gender inequality. C. Public policies that reduce life cycle inequalities. D. Public policies that reduce race and ethnic inequalities. E. Public policies that reduce territorial inequalities. F. Concluding remarks .-- IV. Promoting Equality: a regional view from Asia and the Pacific. A. Major socioeconomic inequalities, their trends and key drivers. B. Public policies to tackle inequalities. C. Moving forward .-- V. Informality in the Arab region: another facet of inequality .-- VI. Pro-equality policies along the life cycle: early childhood and old age. .-- Tables.
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dc.format.extent143 páginas.
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/TS.2018/50/Rev.1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/43677
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription143 p.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesDocumentos de Proyectos
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dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngEQUALITY
dc.subject.unbisEngPOVERTY
dc.subject.unbisEngINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngGENDER
dc.subject.unbisEngAGE GROUPS
dc.subject.unbisEngRACIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject.unbisEngURBAN AREAS
dc.subject.unbisEngRURAL AREAS
dc.subject.unbisEngHEALTH
dc.subject.unbisEngEDUCATION
dc.subject.unbisEngEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngFISCAL POLICY
dc.subject.unbisEngINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL INTEGRATION
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC INDICATORS
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subject.unbisEng2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO ECONOMICO
dc.subject.unbisSpaIGUALDAD
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOBREZA
dc.subject.unbisSpaDISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA SOCIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaSEGURIDAD SOCIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaGENERO
dc.subject.unbisSpaGRUPOS DE EDAD
dc.subject.unbisSpaDISCRIMINACION RACIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaZONAS URBANAS
dc.subject.unbisSpaZONAS RURALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALUD
dc.subject.unbisSpaEDUCACION
dc.subject.unbisSpaEMPLEO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA FISCAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaSECTOR INFORMAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaINTEGRACION SOCIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDICADORES ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDICADORES SOCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaAGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
dc.titlePromoting equality: An interregional perspective
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