United Nations
ECLAC Notes N⁰ 124
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ECLAC Downwardly Revises Growth Projections for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025
Today the United Nations regional organization updated its GDP estimates for each of the region’s countries.
Network of Subnational Governments for Productive Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Officially Launched During Meeting in Ecuador
The platform, with ECLAC serving as Technical Secretariat, aims to foster dialogue, the exchange of good practices, cooperation, and the development of joint projects focused on productive…
Cooperatives are Called On to Play a Leading Role in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Productive Transformation
A two-day regional gathering, organized in the framework of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025, was inaugurated today by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Nicolás…
Fiscal Policy is a Key Tool for Driving the Structural Transformations Needed in Latin America and the Caribbean
At the XXXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, authorities from 13 countries and international experts addressed the importance of mobilizing financing to expand fiscal space in the region’s…
The Bahamas Joins the Region’s First Environmental Treaty
On World Environment Day, Prime Minister Davis officialized the country’s accession to the Escazú Agreement.
Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)
ECLAC, UNCTAD and Mexico’s Ministry of Economy Call for a Common Regional Agenda for Sustainable and Inclusive Productive Development
Confronted with the challenges of low growth capacity and high inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, efforts are being made to transform production models toward ones that enhance…
Maria da Conceição Tavares School of Government and Development is Inaugurated with a Call to More Effectively Manage the Vital Transformations Needed to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model
This training program pays tribute to the legacy of one of Latin America’s most important female economists and marks a milestone in historical cooperation between the BNDES and ECLAC.
ECLAC Trained Provincial Officials from Argentina in Investment and Export Promotion in a Program Organized by CFI
As part of its cooperation with the Federal Investment Council (CFI), ECLAC delivered three modules in the Provincial Investment and Export Promotion Program, a course aimed at more than 80 officials…
ECLAC Welcomes New Director for Caribbean Office
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, has announced the appointment of Miosotis Rivas Peña as the new director of the…
Opinion
Latin America Should Take the Long View on Tariffs
Op-ed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, published in Project Syndicate on 23 April, 2025 (all rights reserved).