ELLA Publications

The city of Rio de Janeiro has developed a highly efficient early warning system (EWS) that is having an impressive impact after just three years in operation. The measures employed...

Within just 3 years of its creation, the Observatory of Maternal Mortality in Mexico is already making some important contributions to reducing maternal mortality.

What are the success factors behind Latin America’s use of economic instruments to improve water quality and generate new revenue for abatement?

In Latin America, active labour market policies are helping to improve access to decent jobs by disadvantaged workers and are also demonstrating the potential to reduce informality, underemployment and inequality.

Latin America is leading the way in gender-responsive budgeting and is producing some insightful lessons for other regions of the world.

The publications presented in this Spotlight represent some of the key resources dealing with issues related to labour market policies in Latin America.

By reforming national penal codes and enacting special laws, Latin American countries are taking first steps towards eradicating femicide in the region.

Here Dr. Jürgen Weller, Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the Economic Development Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), offers his perspective on...

This Spotlight presents some of the most important publications documenting the various manifestations of violence against women in Latin America. In particular, these publications provide an overview of gender violence...

This Spotlight highlights some of the key organisations working on labour market issues in Latin America, including labour policy in general, social protection, employment, youth employment, labour training, labour migration,...