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Jon Azúa, Prominent Spanish Academic Specialised in Clusters, will Give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

19 November 2024 | Announcement

Prominent Spanish academic specialised in clusters Jon Azúa will give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters, where he will be welcomed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organisation’s Executive Secretary. The President and founder of Enovating Lab will give his lecture, titled “Clustering a productive, competitive, prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economy: towards the co-creation of the economic development we want”, at 11:00 local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). Jon Azúa holds a…

ECLAC Will Present New Projections on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade in 2024

16 October 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release its annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: Reconfiguration of global trade and options for regional recovery next Wednesday, October 23. In this report, ECLAC examines the evolution of foreign trade in the region’s economies during the first half of this year and presents its projections for the full year’s exports and imports of goods and services. This edition of the document consists of three chapters: the first analyzes the recent context for trade and its prospects…

Secretary-General of ASEAN Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC’s Central Headquarters

3 September 2024 | Announcement

The Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Kao Kim Hourn, will visit the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, this Thursday, September 5, in the context of his first official tour of the South American country. The high-level official will meet with the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and afterwards, at 4:30 p.m. local time (GMT -4), he will give a keynote lecture about multilateral relations between Asian nations and Latin Amer…

Relations with China are Important for Latin America and the Caribbean to Move Towards More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

7 August 2024 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, stressed the importance today of the strategic and historical relationship between China and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, during a high-level international seminar held at the United Nations regional commission’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. “The region is immersed in a trap of low growth capacity, from which it must urgently escape. ECLAC recommends that countries energize and redirect their economic growth, making it not only higher and…

Exports Between MERCOSUR Countries Showed Resilience Amid a Fall in the Rest of the Bloc’s Sales Abroad

5 July 2024 | News

Exports of goods from the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) fell by 4.1% in 2023, driven by a 7.2% drop in international prices for the exported goods, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates in a new document. This occurred in the context of normalization of the international supply of goods after the COVID-19 pandemic and the start of the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and it was offset by a 3.2% rise in volume attributable to improved agricultural harvests in Brazil and Paraguay. A new edition of the Foreign Trade Bulletin of MERCO…

Authorities, Experts and Academics from Across the World Meet at ECLAC to Examine Industrial and Trade Policies Using Input-Output Analysis

2 July 2024 | News

More than 250 academics, scientists, researchers, innovators, educators and policymakers from across the world and from diverse fields will be gathering on July 2-5 in Santiago, Chile at the 30th International Input-Output Association (IIOA) Conference and 12th Edition of the International School of I-O Analysis. The event – convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the IIOA – is supported by Andrés Bello University, the Central Bank of Chile and the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main theme of the conference is “Rethinking industrial and tra…

ECLAC Presents Annual Report on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade in 2023

27 October 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release on Thursday, November 2 its flagship annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. Structural change and trends in global and regional trade: challenges and opportunities, which examines the behavior of foreign trade in the region’s economies in the current year, with the most recent figures available on the performance of countries’ exports and imports. This edition of the document consists of three chapters: the first addresses the global context and regional trade; the seco…

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Will Give XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

4 October 2023 | Announcement

Prominent economist Rebeca Grynspan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will give the XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Monday, October 30, 2023 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), where she will be received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary. The former Vice President of Costa Rica will give a lecture entitled “Globalization disrupted: Prebisch, Trade Imbalances, and the Future of International Economics” at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chi…

MERCOSUR’s Exports Recover from the Pandemic’s Effects, Rising 18.2% in 2022

23 August 2023 | News

Exports of goods from the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) increased by 18.2% in 2022 and surpassed their 2019 level by 43.9%, driven by the notable rise in commodity prices due to the war in Ukraine, coupled with a 3.2% increase in volume, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates in a new document released today. In a new edition of the Foreign Trade Bulletin of MERCOSUR (No. 6): “New channels for integration in the post-pandemic era”, ECLAC reports that MERCOSUR experienced 1.3% growth in economic activity (2.0% upon including Venezuela) in 2022, which w…

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the State of the Most Widely Consumed Fuel in Mexico: Natural Gas

26 September 2022 | News

The consumption of natural gas in Mexico has grown considerably in recent years to the point of becoming the energy source with the largest participation in primary energy consumption, mainly due to its greater use in electricity generation as a substitute for coal and crude oil and its by-products. According to a recent study published by the Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), natural gas has been the most widely consumed fuel in that country since 2014; its participation in the energy basket exceeds 48% and remains on th…

MERCOSUR’s Exports Grew in 2021, but Volume Remained Weak and Diversification was Limited

24 June 2022 | News

The increase in international commodity prices played a crucial role in the recovery of exports from the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) in 2021, which surpassed 2019 levels. However, even with historically elevated prices in the context of the war in Ukraine, the weak performance of the volumes exported by the bloc and their increasingly limited diversification must not be overlooked, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates in a new document released today. In a new edition of the Foreign Trade Bulletin of MERCOSUR: “Overcoming the coronavirus disease (…

ECLAC Will Present a New Report Analyzing the War in Ukraine’s Socioeconomic Effects on Latin America and the Caribbean

31 May 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Monday, June 6, a new policy brief in which it examines the economic and social impact of the war in Ukraine on the region, and offers countries recommendations on how to address its effects. The new document – entitled Repercussions in Latin America and the Caribbean of the war in Ukraine: how should the region face this new crisis? – analyzes economic and social variables as well as the different sectors of the regional economy that have been affected by the armed conflict that began in February of this yea…

ECLAC Presents Report on the Region’s Foreign Trade in 2021, amid Post-Pandemic Recovery

1 December 2021 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Tuesday, December 7, its flagship annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, in which it examines the foreign trade performance of the region’s economies during the current year, with the most recent figures available on the impact of COVID-19 and the post-pandemic recovery in the distinct countries. This edition of the publication consists of three chapters. The first analyzes the evolution of global and regional trade in the last year and their prospects for a post-p…

The Time is Ripe for a Global Tax Agreement on Extractive Industries: ECLAC

25 May 2021 | News

“It is imperative to introduce more progressive and transparent fiscal regimes; the time is ripe for a global tax agreement on extractive industries,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today during a high-level, virtual international event convened by the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres. ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the High-Level Global Roundtable on Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development, convened by the United Nations in the framework of th…

Alicia Bárcena: Strengthened Inter-regional Cooperation on the Economy and Other Matters Would be a Great Boost for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

20 May 2021 | News

Inter-regional cooperation is an absolute must for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackling the many and difficult challenges that confront the world today, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated during a high-level international event organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the permanent missions of Belarus and Barbados to the United Nations office in Geneva. The event entitled “Harnessing inter-regional integration for the SDGs” brought together autho…

ECLAC Analyzes the Behavior of the Region’s Foreign Trade during the COVID-19 Pandemic

18 January 2021 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Friday, January 22 its annual flagship report entitled International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, which examines the behavior of the foreign trade of the region’s economies in the last year, with the most recent figures available on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in distinct countries. More specifically, this edition of the document is composed of three chapters, examining the evolution of global and regional trade after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, analyzing the ev…

School of Latin American Development Studies Kicks Off 2021 Activities with a Seminar on Geopolitics, Trade and Economic Integration

8 January 2021 | Announcement

ECLAC’s School of Latin American Development Studies will commence its activities in 2021 on Monday, January 11 with an inaugural seminar on geopolitics, trade and economic integration, which will be held virtually. This is the twenty-first session of the School, which has been bringing postgraduate students from across the world together every year since 2000 to study development-related problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The School convenes prominent experts and researchers from universities in Latin America, Europe and the United States to offer an analysis (one that is plural and…

ECLAC Studies Global Value Chains in Uruguay

22 December 2020 | News

The Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Montevideo, Uruguay held an Introductory Course on the EQuIP Methodology for the Analysis of Global Value Chains on Wednesday, December 2, with the participation of national and international consultants from ECLAC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). At the event, the Office presented an analysis of Uruguay’s position in Value Chains utilizing the Global Input-Output Tables launched by ECLAC’s International Trade Division, along with an analysis applying the new Economic Use cla…

ECLAC Calls for a Renewed Dialogue between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean for a post COVID-19 Recovery with Equality and Sustainability

13 August 2020 | News

The United States and Latin America and the Caribbean need to establish a renewed dialogue to confront the challenges posed by the current crisis unleashed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and to thereby achieve a recovery with equality and environmental sustainability, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, said today during a high-level virtual seminar with prominent specialists from the North American country. The event entitled “The United States and Latin America and the Caribbean: a dialogue towards recovery with sustainability and equality post COVID-19" was moderated by the …

ECLAC Analyzes the Effects of the Coronavirus on International Trade and Logistics in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 August 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, August 6 its Special Report COVID-19 No. 6 on monitoring the economic and social effects of the coronavirus in the region, in which it will provide estimates regarding the pandemic’s impact on exports, imports, transportation and logistics in the region’s countries. The new document, entitled The effects of COVID-19 on international trade and logistics, will also include forecasts regarding the most affected export sectors, the level of intraregional trade, port activity, air traffic and land transpor…

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