ECLAC Notes N⁰ 120
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Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Grow 2.1% in 2024, in a Context of Global Uncertainty
ECLAC updated its economic growth projections for the region’s countries.
Major Transformations in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Models Require Expanding Fiscal Space to Give Sustainability to Public Finances
The XXXVI Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy concluded today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, having brought together authorities from 13 countries’ Finance Ministries, experts and…
First Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean Took Place at ECLAC’s Headquarters
At this intergovernmental event, representatives of the region’s countries, the UN System, and regional and international organizations analyzed the state of South-South and triangular cooperation as…
The Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development Contributes to Laying the Foundations for People-Centered Sustainable Development in the Region, with Equality and a Human Rights Perspective
The Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded today in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Parliamentarians Analyze at ECLAC Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening and Consolidating Committees of the Future in Latin America
At the First Regional Conference of Parliamentary Committees of the Future, political representatives from various countries and experts from regional and international organizations shared…
Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)
Exports Between MERCOSUR Countries Showed Resilience Amid a Fall in the Rest of the Bloc’s Sales Abroad
A new edition of the bloc’s Foreign Trade Bulletin, prepared by ECLAC, indicates that the challenges for 2024 will be linked to low dynamism in global demand and the downward trend in prices, amid…
It is an Opportune Time for Mexico to Design a Productive Development Policy: ECLAC
To achieve sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, decisive action by the State is needed to conduct a productive development policy with the participation of the private sector and state…
SIDS4: Charting the Course Toward Resilient Prosperity for Islands… and the World
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) was held in Antigua and Barbuda, on 27 May to 30 May 2024.
Experts Address Financing for Biodiversity Protection
Seminar held in Bogotá, organized by ECLAC, the IDB and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia.
Seminar: Teaching and Doing Research on Macroeconomics with a Gender Perspective
The gathering in Montevideo, organized by ECLAC, UNDP and UDELAR, featured a keynote lecture by Professor Özlem Onaran of the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom).
Opinion
Securing Greater and Sustained Access to Long-term, Low-cost Finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Op-ed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.