{"id":6555,"date":"2016-12-13T17:41:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T17:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progresomicrofinanzas.org\/en\/?p=6555"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T10:17:26","slug":"the-social-inequality-matrix-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/revistaprogreso\/en\/the-social-inequality-matrix-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The social inequality matrix in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), headquartered in Santiago de Chile, is one of the United Nations\u2019 five regional commissions. It was set up to contribute to Latin America\u2019s economic development, coordinating actions to promote and strengthen countries\u2019 economic relations with one another and with the rest of the world. The commission was subsequently enlarged to include the countries of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

This report focuses on the region\u2019s social inequality matrix and is the response to the mandate conferred by Latin American and Caribbean countries on ECLAC during the Regional Conference on Social Development in the region held in Lima in November 2015.Its starting point is that social inequality is a structural characteristic and a fundamental challenge for Latin America.<\/p>\n

The study highlights that in Latin American and Caribbean societies, poverty, vulnerability and inequality are structural problems. It notes that the worsening of some economic and labour market indicators mean that the region is at risk of going into reverse.<\/p>\n

The analysis concentrates on the main pillars of social inequality: gender, race, age and\/or stage of the life cycle and territory. These different dimensions of inequality are interrelated, hitting certain groups of the population more than others.<\/p>\n

Two types of inequality are described in the report:<\/p>\n