This document is intended to pursue the analysis of social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean in the
context of the mandates of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
and the implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which has helped to
put the goal of equality at the centre of the global debate. This centrality can be seen as a cultural victory of
our times, and it has gone along with progressive acceptance of the rights-based approach as a cornerstone of
development and progress in the discussion about the needs and challenges of an inclusive social development
strategy, processes that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has promoted
and supported throughout its history.