The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) provides analyses of the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region through its COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also provides a constant follow up of the social protection measures adopted by countries of the region to face the effects of COVID-19 on the population and fosters dialogues on social protection policies and programmes to respond to the pandemic among governments participating in the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This work is part of the mission of ECLAC in the area of social development, which consists in promoting integral human development with a rights-based approach; conducting and disseminating analyses of the social situation in the region; analysing the impacts, levels of investment and management of social policies and programmes implemented by the governments; disseminating details of successful or innovative experiences to inform decision-making in countries; advising governments on issues of social development; and helping train the professionals and technicians of the relevant public bodies.

As part of this work, the ECLAC maintains the Non-contributory social protection programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean database, which provides detailed information on conditional cash transfer programmes, social pensions and labour and productive inclusion programmes in the region.

Resources and publications:
 
 
COVID-19 Observatory and database:

• COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean Economic and social impact  https://www.cepal.org/en/topics/covid-19 
• Social protection measures in response to COVID-19 https://dds.cepal.org/observatorio/socialcovid19/listamedidas.php 

COVID-19 related publications:

• The social challenge in times of COVID-19, Special Report COVID-19 N⁰ 3 https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45544-social-challenge-times-covid-19
• Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean https://unsdg.un.org/resources/policy-brief-impact-covid-19-latin-america-and-caribbean
• Addressing the growing impact of COVID-19 with a view to reactivation with equality: New projections. Special Report COVID-19 N⁰ 5 https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45784-addressing-growing-impact-covid-19-view-reactivation-equality-new-projections
• Policy expansion in compressed time: Assessing the speed, breadth and sufficiency of post-COVID-19 social protection measures in 10 Latin American countries https://www.cepal.org/es/node/52253
• Education in the time of COVID-19 https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45905-education-time-covid-19
• Intervenciones sociosanitarias y uso de las tecnologías de la industria 4.0 para enfrentar la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID‐19) en América Latina y el Caribe https://www.cepal.org/en/node/51931
• Health and the economy: A convergence needed to address COVID-19 and retake the path of sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45841-health-and-economy-convergence-needed-address-covid-19-and-retake-path
• Care in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19: Towards comprehensive systems to strengthen response and recovery https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45917-care-latin-america-and-caribbean-during-covid-19-towards-comprehensive-systems
• Persons with disabilities and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Latin America and the Caribbean: status and guidelines https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45492-persons-disabilities-and-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-latin-america-and-caribbean

 Videos:

• Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary, in the launch of the Special Report COVID-19 N⁰ 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT6mEpWQRYg&feature=emb_title 
• Message by António Guterres, United Nations' Secretary-General, for the launch of policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.cepal.org/en/articles/2020-building-back-better-requires-transforming-development-model-latin-america-and

Events:

• Meetings of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: COVID-19 responses and challenges  https://dds.cepal.org/observatorio/socialcovid19/reuniones.php

Other relevant resources on social protection:

• Social Panorama of Latin America https://www.cepal.org/en/publicaciones/ps
• Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45330-regional-agenda-inclusive-social-development
• Non-contributory Social Protection Programmes Database in Latin America and the Caribbean https://dds.cepal.org/bpsnc/home
• Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean: selected texts 2006-2019 https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/45093-universal-social-protection-latin-america-and-caribbean-selected-texts-2006-2019
• Social programmes, poverty eradication and labour inclusion: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/44622-social-programmes-poverty-eradication-and-labour-inclusion-lessons-latin-america
• Institutional frameworks for social policy in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/44170-institutional-frameworks-social-policy-latin-america-and-caribbean
• Towards universal social protection: Latin American pathways and policy tools https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/39484-towards-universal-social-protection-latin-american-pathways-and-policy-tools
• Inclusive Social Protection in Latin America: a comprehensive, rights-based approach https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/2596-inclusive-social-protection-latin-america-comprehensive-rights-based-approach

Feel free to reach out to our team at simone.cecchini@un.org; beatriz.morales@un.org