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The XXXIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy is organized by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through the Economic Development Division. It is sponsored by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Bank and the Monetary Fund International (IMF).
Event information

Date
Event type
Participation
Programme of work
Launch of the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021
Presentation(s)
Launch of the Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021– ECLAC, OECD, IDB, CIAT
Opening remarks:
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Mario Pezzini, Director, Development Centre, OECD
Closing remarks:
Jorge de la Caballería, Head of Unit for Latin America and Caribbean, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Union
Presentation(s)
Video del Lanzamiento informe Estadísticas Tributarias en América Latina y el Caribe 2021, Webinario 1 y Webinario 2
Webinar 1: Challenges for fiscal policy in the region: a view from international organizations
Moderator:
Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Presentation(s)
Webinar 2: Fiscal policy for a transformative recovery with gender equality
Moderator:
Nicole Bidegain, Social Affairs Officer, Division for Gender Affairs, ECLAC
Opening remarks:
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Presentation(s)
Webinar 3: Financing challenges for sustaining an expansive fiscal policy and expand fiscal space for a transformative recovery in middle-income countries
Moderator:
Hugo Beteta, Director, Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC in Mexico
Presentation(s)
Webinar 4: Ending tax evasion and illicit financial flows: a priority challenge for the region and the world
Moderator:
Daniel Titelman, Director, Economic Development Division, ECLAC
Presentation(s)
Webinar 5: Climate finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderator:
José Javier Gómez, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, ECLAC
Opening remarks:
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Presentation(s)
Closing remarks
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Enrique Ojeda Vila, Ambassador of Spain in Chile
Related content

To Drive the Economic Reactivation and Mitigate the Pandemic’s Negative Effects, It is Essential that the Region Maintain Expansionary Fiscal Policy
In its Fiscal Panorama 2021, ECLAC indicates that a transformative recovery post-COVID-19 necessitates a new strategic orientation for public spending and revenue.
Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Fiscal policy challenges for transformative recovery post-COVID-19
Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean rose modestly before being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis
Report Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, produced by ECLAC,OECD, IDB and CIAT.

Experts Stress the Need to Create a New Financing Model, at the Conclusion of the Thirty-Third Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
The event came to an end this Friday, April 23, with three webinars on financing for development, tax evasion and illicit flows, and climate finance.
Meeting documents
Organizing institution
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- http://www.cepal.org/es
- 56 222100000
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- http://www.aecid.es/ES/la-aecid
- 34915838100