Social Panorama of Latin America 2002-2003

cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberINT UN/SO 23(2002-2003)
cepal.callNumberLC/G.2209-P
cepal.divisionEngSocial Development Division
cepal.divisionEngStatistics Division
cepal.divisionSpaDivisión de Desarrollo Social
cepal.divisionSpaDivisión de Estadísticas
cepal.docTypeInformes periódicos
cepal.idSade15086
cepal.jobNumberS0380562_en
cepal.physicalDescriptiongráficos, tablas
cepal.regionalOfficeSantiago
cepal.saleNumber04.II.G.185
cepal.topicEngINEQUALITY
cepal.topicEngEMPLOYMENT
cepal.topicEngINCOME DISTRIBUTION
cepal.topicEngGENDER STATISTICS
cepal.topicEngFAMILIES
cepal.topicEngSOCIAL INVESTMENT/SPENDING
cepal.topicEngCARE ECONOMY
cepal.topicEngLABOUR POLICY
cepal.topicEngGENDER
cepal.topicEngFOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
cepal.topicSpaDESIGUALDAD
cepal.topicSpaEMPLEO
cepal.topicSpaDISTRIBUCIÓN DEL INGRESO
cepal.topicSpaESTADÍSTICAS DE GÉNERO
cepal.topicSpaFAMILIAS
cepal.topicSpaINVERSIÓN/GASTO SOCIAL
cepal.topicSpaECONOMÍA DEL CUIDADO
cepal.topicSpaPOLÍTICA LABORAL
cepal.topicSpaGÉNERO
cepal.topicSpaSEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA Y NUTRICIONAL
cepal.workareaEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaEngGENDER AFFAIRS
cepal.workareaEngECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaEngSTATISTICS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
cepal.workareaSpaASUNTOS DE GÉNERO
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO ECONÓMICO
cepal.workareaSpaESTADÍSTICAS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL
dc.coverage.spatialEngLATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T14:46:57Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T14:46:57Z
dc.date.issued2004-05
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractThe 2002-2003 edition of the Social panorama of Latin America explores issues related to many of the Millennium Development Goals. Three of the five chapters (on poverty, hunger and gender inequality) assess how likely it is that the countries of the region will succeed in meeting the targets in these areas agreed upon by the States Members of the United Nations for 2015. One of the chapters that refers to the Millennium Development Goals deals with hunger and food insecurity. This chapter, which was produced in collaboration with the World Food Programme, provides information on the scale, trends and main causes of child malnutrition and undernourishment in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The chapter on poverty includes figures for Latin American countries in 2001 and 2002, together with estimates for the region as a whole for 2003. This chapter points out that the poverty reduction process has been at a standstill since 1997, but it also notes that many countries may still manage to halve their extreme poverty rates by 2015. The chapter on gender indicates that poverty in Latin America is more widespread among women than men and that most indigent households are headed by women. Moreover, if it were not for the financial contribution made by women, poverty would increase by at least 10 percentage points in most of the countries. The discussion also deals with other disadvantages suffered by women, such as those linked to the lack of social recognition, unpaid domestic work, the slow pace of progress in their involvement in politics (particularly in decision-making positions), higher rates of unemployment and wage discrimination. The chapter on social expenditure furnishes information on 18 Latin American countries and analyses trends in social spending over the last decade. The impact on social expenditure of the economic slowdown that began in 1998 is discussed, and the point is made that the higher priority assigned to public social expenditure (measured as a percentage of GDP) avoided what could have been a greater reduction of per capita GDP. The final chapter examines labour policy and singles out some interesting initiatives aimed at combating unemployment, poor job quality and underemployment. Information supplied by the countries' ministries of labour serves as a basis for an analysis of cross-country differences in terms of legal working age, minimum wage levels, types of contracts and the right to form labour unions and to strike. It is further noted that, despite some progress in labour legislation, there are still serious problems with the enforcement of existing laws and regulations. The section on the international social agenda summarizes the main points agreed upon at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, August-September 2002), known informally as Rio+10.
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dc.format.extent348 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9211214262
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/G.2209-P
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/1218
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription348 p. : gráfs., tabls.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesSocial Panorama of Latin America
dc.relation.translationLanguagespa
dc.relation.translationRecordPanorama social de América Latina 2002-2003
dc.relation.translationUrihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/1217
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngGENDER DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject.unbisEngHUNGER
dc.subject.unbisEngPOVERTY
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subject.unbisEngCARE ECONOMY
dc.subject.unbisSpaCONDICIONES SOCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaDISCRIMINACION BASADA EN EL GENERO
dc.subject.unbisSpaHAMBRE
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDICADORES SOCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOBREZA
dc.subject.unbisSpaECONOMIA DEL CUIDADO
dc.titleSocial Panorama of Latin America 2002-2003
dc.type.coarpublicación seriada
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