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Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2002.

In most societies, millions of people make significant contributions to economic and social development through voluntary action. This report supports a better understanding of volunteerism by...

The present report covers the activities of the Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for two years from May 1998 through April 2000.

This Report on the activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean covers the two-year period between the last session of the Commission, held in July 2004, and March 2006...

This Report on the activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean covers the two-year period between the last session of the Commission, held in May 2002, and April 2004. It...

This report reveals that cooperation between volunteers and governments helps build more collaborative decision-making. This research on volunteering comes at a crucial moment. Serious development...

The 2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: The Thread that Binds - Volunteerism and Community Resilience is a United Nations flagship publication that presents new evidence on the role of...

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on employment and labor conditions for women in Latin America and the Caribbean, generating a setback of more than a decade in...

In 2020, the Latin American and Caribbean region faced the worst crisis on historical record and the sharpest economic contraction (-7.7% and -20%, respectively, in GDP and investment growth for 2020)...

This Special Report examines the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a year after it first appeared, providing new growth projections for the region’s countries. The...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the worst global crisis since the Second World War. It has had devastating economic and social effects across the globe, with greater intensity in...

Global asymmetries influence policies for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 30 years after the Earth Summit and the global adoption of an international development agenda, in...

In most societies, millions of people make significant contributions to economic and social development through voluntary action. This report supports a better understanding of volunteerism by...

The report covers the period from 1 January 2006 to 13 June 2008 and comprises three sections. The first is devoted to issues requiring action by the Economic and Social Council or being brought to...

This Special Report is the first in a series by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the evolution and impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Latin America...