Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

To Drive the Economic Reactivation and Mitigate the Pandemic’s Negative Effects, It is Essential that the Region Maintain Expansionary Fiscal Policy
Countries Will Celebrate the Escazú Agreement’s Entry into Force on International Mother Earth Day
Alicia Bárcena on Debt Restructuring and Renegotiation at a Time of Pandemic: “We Need to Level the Playing Field. Both Creditors and Debtors Should Share the Burden”
Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stress the Importance of Producing Timely and Reliable Statistics for a Transformative Recovery with Equality

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Press Release

2020 Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Offers a Set of Statistics on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

The latest version of this flagship publication by the United Nations regional commission presents a selection of indicators and statistics on the social, economic and environmental situation of the region’s countries.

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

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A development allocation of SDRs should benefit all developing countries irrespective of their income levels

By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

26 Mar 2021

Press Release

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Commit to Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Building Forward Better

At the conclusion of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries on Sustainable Development, government representatives reaffirmed the dire urgency of building fair, sustainable societies that would tackle inequality and guarantee citizenship and rights, and of acting together as a region to ensure access to vaccines for the entire population.

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Authorities Recognize the Relevance of Development in Transition in Identifying Priorities for Statistical Development and Fostering the Contribution of Statistics to Public Policymaking in the Region

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries concluded the twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.

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Publications

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the...

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe...

Building forward better: Action to strengthen the...

Financing for development in the era of COVID-19...

Social Panorama of Latin America 2020

The economic autonomy of women in a sustainable...

International Trade Outlook for Latin America and...

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and...

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Centred on sustainable development and based on equality as an aim and as an ethical principle.
Subsidiary bodies and Intergovernmental meetings
Examine various public policy issues in the region, adopt regional stances and devise mandates to the secretariat of the Commission.
Treaties
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Observatories
ECLAC has created different observatories which track the region's economic and social situation.
Building a New Future
Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability