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ECLAC Will Present 2025 Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 July 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4), at a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) led by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs from the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. In addition to providing a full overview of the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows at a global, regional and national level, the publication analyzes the potential …

ECLAC Will Present Updated Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean and Proposals for Increasing It

25 July 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, August 1, at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) an annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which provides an overview of how these flows have evolved at a global, regional and national level. This year the publication also proposes a series of guidelines for increasing this kind of investment on a national and subnational scale, as well as for boosting its impact on productive transformation. The document’s main conclusions will be unveiled by José…

Productive Development Policies are Key to a Better Production and Work Future and to Fostering Economies’ Global Integration

26 October 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated on Thursday, October 26 in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he reiterated the importance of Productive Development Policies (PDP) as catalysts for higher-quality international economic integration – especially in small economies – and for a better future in terms of production and work in the region’s countries. The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the two events held in Montevideo in the framework of the “Dialogues …

ECLAC Will Release Updated Data on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

3 July 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Monday, July 10, at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) the annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, which provides an overview of the global and regional evolution of FDI and makes recommendations so that these flows can contribute to Latin American and Caribbean countries’ productive development processes. The document’s main conclusions will be unveiled by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a hybrid (in-person and virtual) press …

Investment in Strategic Sectors and International Cooperation are Key to the Region’s Development in the Current, Critical Situation

25 October 2022 | News

Representatives of governments and international organizations recognized today the importance of investing in sectors that would promote economic growth, the decarbonization of economies and social inclusion in order to make progress on Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development in the current context of crisis, on the second day of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place through Wednesday, October 26 in Argentina. The day began with the High-level seminar. Panel 3 - Sectoral investment and strategie…

Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean is an Opportunity to Reduce Global Asymmetries and Support a Transformative Economic Recovery

13 October 2021 | News

Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean offers an opportunity to reduce global asymmetries and support a transformative, inclusive economic recovery that promotes sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda, affirmed Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the closing session of the II High-Level CELAC-China Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum. “The COVID-19 crisis has deepened global asymmetries between developed and developing countries. This forces us to rethink multilateralism and…

Second CELAC-China Academic Forum Seeks to Strengthen Cooperation between Both to Tackle New Global Challenges

11 October 2021 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, along with authorities, former heads-of-state and distinguished academics, opened the II High-Level CELAC-China Academic Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum. The two-day event will bring together government officials, university experts and international officials from both regions with the aim of exchanging experiences and promoting mutual cooperation to tackle new global challenges and build forward a better future. With sponsorship from Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Aff…

Alicia Bárcena: Foreign Direct Investment is at the Center of the Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan

7 October 2021 | News

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is at the center of the recovery plan in the aftermath of the pandemic, particularly to promote the creation of formal jobs and reactivate economic activity, said Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during a high-level seminar organized by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). The meeting entitled Measuring quality in Foreign Direct Investment: challenges and opportunities brought together distinguished specialists from multilateral organizations such as the Intern…

ECLAC Will Present its Annual Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 August 2021 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch this Thursday, August 5, at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) the document Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, which examines the global and regional evolution of FDI and offers recommendations so these flows can contribute to the region’s productive development processes. The report’s main conclusions will be unveiled by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference held from Santiago, Chile. The first chapter of the publication analyzes, among o…

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 Will Present New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

30 November 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present this Wednesday, December 2, at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -3:00) its study entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, which examines the global and regional evolution of FDI inflows as well as the contribution of these flows to productive development processes in the region. The main conclusions of this annual report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference carried out from Santiago, Chile. The publication’s first …

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean Picked Up in 2019, but Credit Quality Declined

19 March 2020 | News

The report Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2019 Year-in-Review, recently released by ECLAC’s Office in Washington D.C., reviews the main 2019 trends in capital flows to the region. According to the study, lowering global interest rates supported Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond activity in 2019. Borrowers enjoyed easy financing conditions, as interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank allowed them to issue foreign currency denominated bonds at increasingly low rates. Mexican, Brazilian and Chilean borrowers were the main contributor…

Mexico Continues to Be One of the Main Investors in Central America, but Its dynamism is Waning

9 December 2019 | News

Mexico’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has increased during the 2009-2017 period in the Central American region, but it has shown less dynamism than the total amount of investment abroad, according to the document Mexican investment in Central America (in Spanish only), published recently by ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. This reduced dynamism suggests that Mexican companies have readjusted their investment strategies, the study indicates. Mexico figures as the second-biggest investor in nearly all Central American countries, with the exception of Panama, where its FDI has been …

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

8 August 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 on Wednesday, August 14, at 11 a.m. (GMT-4) at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. At a press conference, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the main findings of the study, which examines not only the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows but also the contribution of these flows to productive development processes in the region. The pr…

Study Analyzes Mexico’s Degree of Economic Integration with the United States and Canada

13 June 2019 | News

The economies of North America have sustained strong trade and investment links over the 25 years of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In this space for economic cooperation, regional value chains have emerged that have allowed North American companies to handle strong international competition. That scenario provides the context for this new publication by ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. The document Productive Links in North America (in Spanish only), published in May 2019, reviews the degree of economic integration between Mexico, the United States and Canada. It …

ECLAC Report Looks at the Role of Private Capital Flows and Its Importance for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Caribbean

25 June 2018 | News

The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability, states the report Resilience and Capital Flows in the Caribbean, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report, which focuses on the region’s access to external financing and how to improve it as part of the overall answer to its development challenges, looks at trends in international capital flows – including portfolio flows and foreign direct investment – to the Caribbean in recent years, in the context o…

ECLAC Will Unveil New Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

21 June 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release the 2018 edition of its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday, July 5, at 11 a.m. (GMT –5) at its Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, in Mexico City. The report, which contains updated 2017 figures for the countries of the region reported through early June of this year, will be unveiled at a press conference led by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. The launch will also be transmitted live on the Internet. The 2018 …

ECLAC Will Present Updated Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 August 2017 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 on Thursday, August 10, at 11 a.m. at the United Nations regional body’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. At a press conference, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the main conclusions of the study, which analyzes the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows. The press conference will be transmitted live on the Internet via the organization’s website (://www.cepal.org/en/eclac-liv…

ECLAC Calls for Closer Economic Ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean

9 December 2016 | News

Economic ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean are beginning to develop, and there are ample opportunities for expanding international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and cooperation between these two important regions. That is the conclusion reached by a new document published by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. The report Strengthening the relationship between India and Latin America and the Caribbean was presented by ECLAC at the seventh India–Latin America & Caribbean Conclave, held in the Mexican city of Guadalajara on 28 and 29 November 2016. The …

Latin America and the Caribbean Have Great Potential for Strengthening their Economic and Cooperative Ties with China

9 December 2016 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean have great potential for improving their economic and cooperative ties with China, a country that has already become the region’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new ECLAC document presented during the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2016. The report Economic Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and China: Opportunities and Challenges (in Spanish) was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, at the Summit of Media …

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