1. Charts included in the Progress Report on MDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 Information developed for ECLACs MDG website www.eclac.cl/mdg

2. Notes: a/ Data presented for year 2000, pertains to year 2001. b/ Data presented for year 2006, pertains to year 2005. Source: ECLAC on the basis of Institute for Statistics UNESCO, United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization. On-line database. Information download: 2008.

3. Notes: a/ Data presented for year 2000 pertains to year 2001 b/ Data presented for year 2006 pertains to year 2005 Source: ECLAC on the basis of Institute for Statistics UNESCO, United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization. On-line database. Information download: 2008.

4. Notes: a/ Data presented for year 2006, pertains to year 2005. Source: ECLAC on the basis of Institute for Statistics UNESCO, United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization. On-line database. Information download: 2008.

5. Notes: /a Data for 2000 refers to total employment in the non-agricultural sector. /b Labor Force Survey. Source: ECLAC on the basis of United Nations Statistics Division. Millennium Development Goals Indicators. Information download: August, 2008.

6. Notes: a/ Information from national socio-economic surveys (CASEN). b/ Until 1990, the “microenterprises” category included wage earners without an employment contract. In 1993 and from 1996 to 1999, this category Included wage earners in establishments employing up to 5 persons, so that the figures for these years are not comparable with those of previous years. c/ Information from national household income and expenditure surveys (ENIGH). In the 1994 survey, no Information was given on the size of the establishments employing wage or salary earners. Source: ECLAC, Statistics and Economic Projections Division. Social Statistics Unit, on the basis of special tabulations of data from household surveys conducted in relevant countries. Social Panorama of Latin America 2007.

7. Source: ECLAC on the basis of United Nations Statistics Division. Millennium Development Goals Indicators. Information download: August, 2008.

8. Source: ECLAC, Gender Statistics, on the basis of: www.measuredhs.com