text SantiagoCL UN ECLAC 2018 monographic 255 p. Shows that social gaps and lags have a negative impact on productivity, fiscal policy, environmental sustainability and the spread of the knowledge society. Emphasises that equality is an inescapable ethical obligation and that equal rights, which are an intrinsic value of citizenship and modern humanism, must be consolidated in institutions, structures and policies toah help to close gaps. 10/25/18 SANDRAW SOCIAL INEQUALITY 05.03.05 I421 20260716044135.0