Although connecting this outcome with globalization necessarily involves country-specific investigation, the analysis of these data by the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) links "the need to participate competitively in the world economy" to labour market deregulation, increased flexibility, and the growth of economic insecurity [ 58](p. 93 102).
We defined people living on less than 1 USD per day as 'the poorest,' and the 1-2 USD per day group as 'the poor,' and those living on more than 2 USD per day as the 'not poor.' Since the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) defines the poverty line as living on less than 2 USD per day, we included those who are living on less than 2 USD per day in the poor.
During that time the minimum wage has dropped by 43% after accounting for inflation, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a part of the United Nations.
Average unemployment went up slightly to 8.2%, but should come down again this year to 7.8%, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).Latin America weathered the recession partly thanks to good fortune but also to sound policies.
UNICEF has joined the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to carry out the "Child poverty, inequality and citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean" study, which is the first comparative study on child poverty in the region.
In 1999 the Observatories of Human Resources in Health [ 3], an initiative led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), were established with the participation of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and nine signatory countries: Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
In a report issued on December 18th, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), using a slightly different methodology, estimated the shrinkage this year at 0.5%, after growth of just 0.4% in 2001.
A Mexican biologist, Alicia Barcena currently serves as the United Nations Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Alicia Barcena (Mexico) Alicia Bárcena is the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
