Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Will Speak about the Region’s Situation at the World Economic Forum 2020
The Comprehensive Development Plan is an Innovative Proposal that Addresses the Structural Causes of Migration, With a Focus on Growth, Equality and Environmental Sustainability
The 2014-2020 Period Will Mark the Lowest Growth in the Last Seven Decades for Latin American and Caribbean Economies: ECLAC
ECLAC: The Region Has Underestimated Inequality
The economic commission noted that the upward trend for poverty in Latin America held firm and called for resuming the construction of comprehensive and universal social compacts, during the launch of its Social Panorama 2019 report in Chile.

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Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.

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Alicia Bárcena Stresses the Urgency of Transforming Privileges into Rights to Put an End to Inequality

In the framework of the SICA Regional Forum 2019, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary delivered a keynote speech in which she sustained that inequality, poverty and migration are the basis of the widespread social disenchantment affecting the region.

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In 2018, At Least 3,529 Women Were Victims of Femicide in 25 Latin American and Caribbean Countries: ECLAC

The measurement of this scourge, and its regional comparability, is fundamental for implementing policies for prevention, reparation and sanction, the Commission sustains in the context of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Closing session of the tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.

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Authorities Reaffirm Commitment to Statistical Development through Cooperation with the Regional and International Statistics Community

The tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC concluded today in Santiago, Chile.

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Alicia Bárcena Reinforces Call to Promote Structural Change for Equality and Environmental Sustainability in the Region

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary gave a keynote lecture today at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in which she urged for creating new social compacts and reworking the conversation between the State, the market and society.

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Women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios

Protección social universal en América Latina y...

Social Panorama of Latin America 2019

International Trade Outlook for Latin America and...

Employment Situation in Latin America and the...

Critical obstacles to inclusive social...

Migración y desarrollo sostenible: la centralidad...

Los sistemas de pensiones en la encrucijada:...

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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.
The Inefficiency of Inequality
ECLAC proposes strategic guidelines to increase the efficiency of Latin American and Caribbean economies, based on equality and sustainability and within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.