Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Normative Frameworks are Necessary but Insufficient for Achieving Gender Equality in the Region, Specialists at ECLAC Agreed
Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade Will Grow in 2018 Amid Global Tensions that Require Greater Regional Integration
Development, Integration and Equality Must be Central America’s Responses to the Complex Global Context: Alicia Bárcena
Alicia Bárcena Called for Deepening Integration and Regional Cooperation to Successfully Implement the 2030 Agenda in this Complex Global Context

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Updated growth projections for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Economic Activity in Latin America and the Caribbean will Expand by 1.3% in 2018 and 1.8% in 2019

ECLAC has updated its growth projections for the countries of the region.

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ECLAC and ILO Stress Importance of Moving Toward a More Sustainable Development Model to Create New Job Opportunities

In a joint publication, the organizations forecast, for example, that the transition toward energy sustainability would create more than one million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030.

From left to right, Roland Dubertrand, Ambassador of France in Chile and Mario Cimoli, ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary.

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The City is an Opportunity for Structural Change with Equality and an Economic Policy Instrument for Countries

The Second Cities Conference concluded with a call to strengthen public-private dialogue for urban sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC (center), with Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development of the European Union (left), and Roberto Ampuero, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile.

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Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean Bolster their Cooperation to Build a New Narrative for Development with Emphasis on Economies in Transition

The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level dialogue held in Santiago.

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Publications

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Employment Situation in Latin America and the...

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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.