Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin American and Caribbean region has achieved notable social development in the past decade. However, much remains to be done. The persisting challenges of defeating poverty once and for all and significantly reducing inequality are not only ethical imperatives but also conditions for making progress toward sustainable development, consistently with the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Although the global economy is more complex and uncertain now than in previous years, and prospects for the region are not —in the short term, at least— particularly bright, it is crucial to secure the progress made in social development in the past decade and lose no time in tackling unresolved issues in areas where progress has been insufficient.
The Latin American and Caribbean region has achieved notable social development in the past decade. However, much remains to be done. The persisting challenges of defeating poverty once and for all and significantly reducing inequality are not only ethical imperatives but also conditions for making progress toward sustainable development, consistently with the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Although the global economy is more complex and uncertain now than in previous years, and prospects for the region are not —in the short term, at least— particularly bright, it is crucial to secure the progress made in social development in the past decade and lose no time in tackling unresolved issues in areas where progress has been insufficient.
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<strong>Inclusive</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>development</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>next</strong> <strong>generation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>policies</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>overcom<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>poverty</strong>...<br />
Box III.5 Youth <strong>in</strong> Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong>: <strong>in</strong>stitutional progress <strong>and</strong> challenges.............................................................. 103<br />
Box IV.1 Incorporat<strong>in</strong>g an ethnic <strong>and</strong> racial perspective <strong>in</strong>to conditional transfer programmes.......................... 123<br />
Box IV.2 <strong>The</strong> <strong>development</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> decent work concept..................................................................................... 125<br />
Box IV.3 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples <strong>and</strong> Rights at Work <strong>and</strong> its Follow-up.............................. 128<br />
Box IV.4 <strong>The</strong> Regional Initiative: Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> Free <strong>of</strong> Child Labour,<br />
a plat<strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> action aligned with <strong>the</strong> 2030 Agenda <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development .............................. 131<br />
Box IV.5 Evolution <strong>of</strong> regional <strong>development</strong> <strong>policies</strong>......................................................................................... 135<br />
Box IV.6 Rural <strong>policies</strong> with a territorial approach............................................................................................. 136<br />
Box IV.7 Social protection <strong>in</strong>struments <strong>and</strong> disasters <strong>in</strong> Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong>.................................. 137<br />
Box IV.8 Lessons from history on compacts <strong>for</strong> <strong>social</strong> protection........................................................................ 141<br />
Box IV.9 Fiscal policy <strong>and</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> framework <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tax burden <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> region............................ 143<br />
Box V.1 Disability <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2030 Agenda <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development................................................................ 158<br />
Box V.2 Young people <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2030 Agenda <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development......................................................... 160<br />
Box V.3 Education <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2030 Agenda <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r global<br />
<strong>and</strong> regional <strong>for</strong>ums............................................................................................................................. 164<br />
Box V.4 Social protection <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2030 Agenda <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development................................................... 165<br />
Box V.5 Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong>: <strong>in</strong>equalities <strong>in</strong> access to basic services, employment type<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>come level by race, ethnic group <strong>and</strong> gender............................................................................. 167<br />
Diagram<br />
Diagram II.1 Types <strong>of</strong> labour market <strong>in</strong>clusion <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>come <strong>generation</strong> programmes associated with CCTs................ 76<br />
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