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Costa Rica: Promoting financial inclusion via Development Bank innovation policies

13 Nov 2017, 05:00 - 22:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Within the framework of ECLAC's project, and counting on its sponsorship, the Costa Rican System of Development Banks (SBD) organized a seminar to promote financial inclusion with a focus on innovative development bank policies. The Seminar was used as a space for presenting the results of ECLAC’s project on “Financial inclusion of SMEs and development bank financial innovation policies, including the case study on Costa Rica.…

Chile: Seminar Promoting Financial Inclusion through Development Bank Innovation Policies

18 - 19 Oct 2017, 06:00 - 11:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Seminar is part of a greater ECLAC project whose aim is to promote the development of a greater array of financial instruments that would allow development banks to boost the financial inclusion of the SME sector, given that SMEs play a central role in the productive fabric and job creation in the regional economies. More specifically, the project centers on the state of financial inclusion in seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru) and on the policies that development banks could pursue in order to promote financial inclusion. The…

Seminar on Export Promotion Policies in Asia and Latin America

11 Oct 2017, 12:00 - 15:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The objective of the seminar is to make a comparative analysis of export promotion policies in Asia and Latin America. Prof. Yukiko Fukagawa of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan will present on export promotion policies in Asian countries, ECLAC will present the experience of Latin America, and representatives of ProChile and SOFOFA will discuss the experience of Chile.…

Study Tour for officials and policy makers from Latin America to Thailand’s SME Bank and the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives

29 Sep 2017, 12:35 - 15:00 | Event (Other events)

The purpose of this study tour is to provide officials and policy makers from Latin America the opportunity to learn first-hand how two important Thai national development banks, the SME bank and the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), are enhancing the access of small and medium enterprises in Thailand and exchange views and experiences on the subject.…

Seminar: Economic Integration in Central America and its productive dimension: challenges and opportunities to foster regional development

3 Nov 2016, 05:30 - 15:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Los objetivos de la Reunión son: Analizar la integración productiva de la región y los retos y oportunidades que ésta presenta para el proceso de integración regional. Analizar información relevante sobre la evolución económica reciente de la región, particularmente en los temas de comercio, inversión y crecimiento. Promover un debate informado sobre las oportunidades y desafíos de Centroamérica para fortalecer la integración económica e impulsar con ello, el desarrollo humano y bienestar de su población. Contribuir a la formación de opinión pública informada y estimular el diálogo social y p…

Ecuador: Promoting financial inclusion via development banks’ innovation policies

25 Oct 2016, 06:15 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) organized a technical workshop with the aim to promote financial inclusion through development bank financial innovation policies. The workshop is part of ECLAC’s Financial Inclusion of SMEs and Development Bank Financial Innovation Policies project whose aim is to analyze the state of financial inclusion in a number of Latin American countries . The final objective of the project is to identify and promote development of a spectrum of financial instruments which allow development banks to foster financial inclusio…

International Seminar "Labour intermediation: a tool to enhance the impact of job training"

21 Oct 2016, 05:30 - 11:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The objective of this international seminar, organised jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Chile’s National Training and Employment Service (SENCE), is to disseminate and discuss strategies and international experiences on the management of institutional change for the implementation and governance of public employment services. This seminar is carried out in the framework of the activities of the cooperation project between the ECLAC and the Norwegian Government, “Vocational Education and Training for Greater Equality in Latin America and the Car…

Colombia: Technical Workshop – Financial Inclusion of SMEs and Development Banks

6 Oct 2016, 05:00 - 12:15 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) organized a technical workshop with the aim to promote financial inclusion through development bank financial innovation policies. The workshop is part of ECLAC’s Financial Inclusion of SMEs and Development Bank Financial Innovation Policies project whose aim is to analyze the state of financial inclusion in a number of Latin American countries . The final objective of the project is to identify and promote development of a spectrum of financial instruments which allow development banks to foster financial inclusio…

Mexico: Seminar “Promoting Financial Inclusion via Development Banks’ Innovation Policies”

4 - 05 Jul 2016, 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) organized a technical workshop with the aim to promote financial inclusion through development bank financial innovation policies. The workshop is part of ECLAC’s Financial Inclusion of SMEs and Development Bank Financial Innovation Policies project whose aim is to analyze the state of financial inclusion in a number of Latin American countries . The final objective of the project is to identify and promote development of a spectrum of financial instruments which allow development banks to foster financial inclusio…

Twenty-eighth Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy

16 - 17 Mar 2016, 06:00 - 16:00 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)

Authorities and experts will analyze fiscal policy challenges in times of economic deceleration. The XXVIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, organized by ECLAC, will be held March 16-17, 2016.…

Seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

26 Jun 2015, 05:30 - 15:00 | Event (Monitoring committee)

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)…

Fifth LAC Tax Policy Forum 16-17 June 2015, Costa Rica

15 - 17 Jun 2015, 21:00 - 20:00 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)

The fifth LAC Tax Policy Forum will build on the dialogue launched in Panama in 2010, continued in Colombia in 2012, in Uruguay in 2013 and in Mexico in 2014, on key fiscal drivers for inclusive and sustainable economic growth for the region.…

Workshop on "Tax Base Protection for Developing Countries"

18 May 2015 - 12:40 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

La Oficina de Financiación para el Desarrollo (FfDO) del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas realizó, en colaboración con el Centro de la OCDE para la Política y Administración Tributaria (CTPA) un taller sobre "Protección de la base tributaria para países en desarrollo", con la participación de representantes de países en desarrollo. Esta reunión forma parte de un proyecto, llevado a cabo por FfDO, que se centra en el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de los países en desarrollo para aumentar su potencial de movilización de los ingresos nacionales a través de la…

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