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ECLAC’s New Annual Report Analyzes the Effects of U.S. Tariffs on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade

12 Nov 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Wednesday, November 19, its annual report entitled International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: International trade in a new era of weaponized interdependence. In addition to examining the evolution of foreign trade in the region’s economies during the first half of this year and to presenting its full-year projections for the export and import of goods and services, ECLAC in this report will provide a special analysis of the effects that the United States’ new tariff policy has had o…

New ECLAC publication assesses the effectiveness and challenges of carbon pricing instruments in the region

11 Nov 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published the report Overview of carbon pricing policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025: an analysis of their effectiveness and guidelines for implementation, which examines the progress, challenges and opportunities associated with carbon pricing mechanisms as a key climate policy tool for the region. The study analyzes both explicit instruments — such as carbon taxes and emissions trading systems — and implicit mechanisms — including fuel taxes, the social price of carbon, and the reduction of fossil fuel subsi…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Scale Up and Improve its Productive Development Policies: LEO 2025 Report

10 Nov 2025 | News

To escape the trap of low capacity for growth in which it is caught, Latin America and the Caribbean must scale up and improve its productive development policies based on a new vision, experts from ECLAC, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission and the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean emphasized today upon presenting their joint report Latin American Economic Outlook 2025 (LEO 2025): Promoting and Financing Production Transformation. The 18th edition of this publication was launched at a special event held in the f…

ECLAC at COP30: economic instruments and multilateral cooperation for a just and sustainable transition

10 Nov 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will take an active role, together with its regional partners, at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), held from 10 to 21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, under the global theme “COP30: the catalyst for a sustainable future.” COP30 is a milestone for the region: hosted in the Brazilian Amazon, it marks the starting point for the implementation of third-generation Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In a complex geopolitical context, marked by relat…

UN Regional Commissions Should Play a Central Role in the Implementation and Follow-up of the Agreements Reached at the Second World Summit for Social Development

6 Nov 2025 | News

The five United Nations regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), should play a central role in the implementation and follow-up of the Doha Political Declaration, the outcome of the Second World Summit for Social Development (Qatar, November 4-6), according to Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director of ECLAC’s Social Development Division, who proposed this at the global gathering on behalf of the institution’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. On Tuesday, November 4, Alberto Arenas de Mesa attended High-…

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Will Convene Its Second 2025 Consultations with Civil Society Organizations

4 Nov 2025 | Announcement

The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene its second 2025 Consultations with Civil Society Organizations on 12 November 2025 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago de Chile, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. The theme of the Consultations will be “Engagement with Latin American Civil Society & Palestinian Diaspora: A Call for Action to Ensure Recovery and Healing to Gaza and to End Israel’s Illegal Occupation”. Historically, Latin America has b…

A Social and Rights-based Approach is Crucial for Ensuring Full Participation of People with Disabilities and for Moving Towards a More Just and Inclusive Society

28 Oct 2025 | News

A social and rights-based approach is critical for ensuring the full participation of people with disabilities and moving towards a more just and inclusive society, a new document by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) emphasizes. The publication, Persons with Disabilities: From Statistical Visibility to the Exercise of Rights, indicates that at least 6.5% of the region’s population lives with some kind of disability, although it warns that this proportion could be higher due to limitations in the available methods of measurement. “By ensuring that populati…

ECLAC Calls for Accelerating the Achievement of Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

27 Oct 2025 | News

On 29 October 2025, the International Day of Care and Support, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2023, will be commemorated. This date seeks to raise awareness of the centrality of care in our societies and its contribution to people’s well-being and prosperity and to the achievement of gender equality and sustainable development. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has proposed a paradigm shift in development: the care society, a form of social organization and renewed multilateralism that prioritizes the sustainability of life and the c…

Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development Will Be Held at ECLAC on October 29-30

22 Oct 2025 | Announcement

Senior authorities from the ministries and areas involved in population and development-related matters in the region will meet in Santiago, Chile on October 29-30, 2025 to participate in the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and chaired by the government of Colombia. This intergovernmental gathering will be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 29 at 2:30…

ECLAC to Launch its Report Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025

6 Oct 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch the second edition of its report Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 on Thursday, October 9, 2025, in Mexico City. In this publication, the Commission not only reiterates the need to scale up and improve these policies to drive the productive transformation required for the region and escape the low-growth trap in which it is mired, but also sets forth specific ways to achieve it. The report will be presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinac…

ECLAC Proposes a New TOPP Institutional Capacity Approach for Countries to Move Towards More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

2 Oct 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released a document that proposes a new approach to strengthening countries’ technical, operational, political and prospective (TOPP) institutional capacities as an analytical and operational paradigm for managing the essential transformations needed in the region to advance towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The publication sets forth a roadmap and related instruments to help institutions enhance their ability to design, implement, sustain over time, and flexibly adapt public policies in changing …

Third Edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index to Be Presented at ECLAC on October 3

29 Sep 2025 | Announcement

On Friday, October 3, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) will present the results of the third edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA). The report was developed with the support of the European Union–Latin America and the Caribbean Digital Alliance (EU–LAC) and a broad network of academic, public, and private partners. ILIA represents a pioneering effort to systematically measure the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) across 19 countries in the region. The 2025 edit…

How to Follow the Twentieth Meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Regional Council for Planning

27 Sep 2025 | News

On October 2-3, 2025, the Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Brazil, through the National Secretariat for Planning of the Ministry of Planning and Budget. The conference will open on Thursday, October 2 at 9:00 in Brasilia (GMT-3), bringing together ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from the region’s countries, along with represent…

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Explore Strategies to Foster Innovation and Support Inclusive Economic Development

9 Sep 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in conjunction with the Korea Development Institute (KDI) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of that country, held a seminar today entitled “Digital Innovation and Sustainable Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean” at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago. This event sought to explore strategies for fostering innovation and supporting inclusive, long-term economic development in the region. The participants included government authorities, members of the diplomatic corps, and prominent s…

Brazil’s President Received Authorities Participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development that Was Held in Brasilia

4 Sep 2025 | News

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received on Wednesday, September 3 in Brasilia, authorities participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Participating in the meeting were Wellington Dias, Minister of Social Development and Assistance, Family Affairs and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil; Javiera Toro,…

Why is a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development Necessary?

3 Sep 2025 | News

The Second World Summit for Social Development, which will take place on November 4-6 in Doha, Qatar, represents an opportunity to forge a global pact for inclusive social development, with a view to attaining the social targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and proactively and effectively addressing the challenges of the coming decades, according to the document Latin America and the Caribbean 30 Years on from the World Summit for Social Development: Towards a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development, which ECLAC is presenting at the Sixth Session of the Regiona…

Ministers and High-level Social Development Authorities from the Region Will Meet in Brasília to Keep Joining Forces on Policies for Inclusive Social Development

1 Sep 2025 | Announcement

Senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries will gather in Brasilia on September 2-4, 2025 to participate in the Sixth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 16th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The opening ceremony will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, September 2,…

How to Follow the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development

27 Aug 2025 | News

On September 2-4, 2025, the Sixth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The Regional Conference – which will bring together senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries – is a key space for dia…

Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development Will Take Place in Brasilia on September 2-4

19 Aug 2025 | Announcement

On September 2-4, 2025, the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The Regional Conference – which will bring together senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries – is a key space for dialogue…

How Can We Achieve the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean?

13 Aug 2025 | News

On the second day of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held through Friday, August 15 in Mexico City, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented the position paper The Care Society: Governance, Political Economy and Social Dialogue for a Transformation with Gender Equality, which is inspiring the intergovernmental gathering’s debates at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco. “Moving towards the care society is one of the vital transformations required to foster more productive, inclusive and …

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