Institutional framework for social development

The institutional framework of social development policy has long been studied at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and have been among the subjects covered in recent major publications of the Social Development Division (ECLAC, 2015 and 2016b). The position document of the thirty-sixth session of the Commission in 2016 highlighted the indispensable need to consolidate existing institutions in order to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and emphasized that “the social sphere in countries of the region is still segmented by sector and, worse, kept separate from the economic sphere, and there is a hierarchical structure that subordinates social institutions to the economic authorities” (ECLAC, 2016a, p. 162).

Sustainable Development Goals:

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure