La reunión, que fue postergada en 2020 debido a la crisis sanitaria mundial provocada por la pandemia del COVID-19, se realizará en la sede central de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile bajo una modalidad híbrida, es decir, presencial y virtual.
A significant share of global production takes place in global value chains (GVCs). Participating in GVCs is widely associated with economic benefits, such as productivity and employment creation, and considered one of the driving forces of growth and development worldwide. However, the sustainability of production in GVCs is increasingly contested, and associated social and environmental costs can be hefty. As production in GVCs entails that multiple actors, both private and public, located in various countries jointly produce goods and services, the sustainable governance of GVCs is best addressed in a coordinated multilateral effort.
The webinar, co-organized by UNIDO and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), and supported by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) and the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), will offer insights into what it takes for multilateral actors, such as the G20 and others, to address and mainstream sustainability into
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SEATTLE, Washington Latin America has a history of not extending basic services to the indigenous communities that many countries have pushed to the fringes. To this day, indigenous communities lack access to essential services, especially healthcare. The reasons behind this absence vary from the notion that indigenous communities wish to remain distanced from modern societies to systemic issues of racism and prejudice against indigenous peoples.
Barriers to Healthcare
In 2015, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean found that infant mortality was 60% greater in indigenous groups than non-indigenous groups. According to the advocacy group Minority Rights Group International, discrimination is the biggest barrier for indigenous groups in Latin America to access healthcare services.