ECLAC Notes N⁰ 118

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ECLAC Notes N⁰ 118

28 December 2023|ECLAC Notes

Previous issues

Headlines

Economic Activity in Latin America and the Caribbean Continues to Exhibit a Low Growth Trajectory: ECLAC
ECLAC Launched Platform for Cluster and Other Territorial Productive Articulation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC Presents at COP28 Report that Stresses Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its Fight Against Global Warming
Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion

In focus

Foto de funcionarios de las Naciones Unidas con prendas naranjas conmemorando el Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra las Mujeres.

23 Nov 2023

Press Release

In 2022, At Least 4,050 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean: ECLAC

Femicidal violence can be prevented with comprehensive and forceful state responses, says the United Nations regional organization, which urges countries to move towards a care society in the region.

Secretario General ONU es recibido por el Secretario Ejecutivo CEPAL

22 Nov 2023

News

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, Visited ECLAC’s Headquarters and Met with UN Staff in Chile

The global organization’s highest authority urged UN agencies, funds and programs to redouble their efforts on joint work to support the country.

15 Nov 2023

Press Release

Countries Call for Redoubling Efforts to Achieve Full Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

Authorities concluded the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Foto del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL junto a Rebeca Grynspan

30 Oct 2023

Press Release

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD: The World Desperately Needs Solidarity, Fraternity and Multilateralism

The prominent economist and former Vice President of Costa Rica, delivered the seventeenth Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC.

2 Nov 2023

Press Release

Value of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Goods Exports Will Fall 2% in 2023 in a Context of Great Weakness in Global Trade

ECLAC presented its flagship annual report on the region’s international trade outlook, in which it urges countries to implement productive development policies to diversify their export basket and make it more sophisticated, including by attracting FDI in strategic sectors.

Headquarters and offices

Foto del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL en la testera con otras dos personas

26 Oct 2023

News

Productive Development Policies are Key to a Better Production and Work Future and to Fostering Economies’ Global Integration

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he stressed the need to escalate productive development policies and focus efforts on dynamic sectors to increase growth in the region’s countries and make it more sustainable and inclusive.

25 Oct 2023

Press Release

In Lecture at ECLAC, Winston Dookeran Advocates for the Caribbean to Shift its Integration Model and Forge Wider Convergence Spaces

The prominent Trinidadian economist and politician was the fifth presenter to participate in the Keynote Lecture Series organized to commemorate the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.

12 Sep 2023

Briefing note

Project implemented by ECLAC and partners promotes “match” between providers and seekers of green technologies in Latin America and Europe

Actions to promote innovation in green technologies led to 96 connections (“matches”) between providers and seekers of these technologies in Latin American and European countries.

5 Dec 2023

Briefing note

ECLAC Participated in the Most Visited Edition of the Guadalajara Book Fair in History

The UN stand’s main topic was the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Human Rights Charter, the 75 years since ECLAC’s founding, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.