ECLAC regrets the sensitive death of Carmen Miró, first Director of CELADE-Population Division of the organization

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) mourns the sensitive death of Carmen A. Miró, first Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) – Population Division of the United Nations regional organization.

The prominent economist and demographer born in Panama in 1919 did her secondary studies at the National Institute of that country and obtained her bachelor’s degree in commerce at the Faculty of Public Administration of the University of Panama. She then studied sociology and statistics at Saint Catherine’s College, in Minnesota, United States, and continued postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore.

She was part of the Patriotic Youth Front, which emerged from the mobilizations in rejection of the Filós Haines Agreement in 1947. As Director of Statistics and Census, she was responsible for organizing and directing the 1950 population and housing census, which continues to be a benchmark for quality in its development and its results.

After completing postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics, she went on to work in 1958 with the United Nations at ECLAC in Santiago de Chile, as Director of CELADE. Her achievements in the field of demography led to her being awarded the United Nations World Population Prize in 1984.

He collaborated with the Colegio de México and with the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO); he created the Institute of National Studies of the University of Panama, at the invitation of Rector Abdiel Adames.

Along with acknowledging and thanking them for their invaluable contribution to the growth of the organization, ECLAC wishes to offer at this sad moment its deepest condolences and support to their families and to the entire community that was favored by their work in training experts and strengthening of the sociodemographic capacities of the countries of the region.