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

4 Aug 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…

Brasilia Will Host New Round of Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

16 Mar 2017 | Announcement

Delegates from the Latin American and Caribbean countries that adhere to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region – which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice – will meet in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, from March 20 to 24 to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters. Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will participate in the Sixth Meeting of the Negotiating Commit…

ECLAC Assesses Performance of Brazil’s National Climate Change Fund

15 Mar 2017 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report assessing the performance and contributions of Brazil’s National Climate Change Fund (known by the Portuguese acronym FNMC) as an instrument of the National Climate Change Policy (PNMC) and analysing its positive aspects, limitations and lessons learned. The Avaliação do Fundo Clima document (available only in Portuguese) highlights the fact that Brazil is one of only a few countries in the world to have its own instrument for funding climate change policies. “The country recognizes the need for resour…

ECLAC Advocates a New Architecture to Position the State as the Driver of Development

7 Sep 2015 | News

One of the main challenges today is to position the State in the most fitting place for the future and create a new state architecture that allows it to be the driver of development strategies in the region’s countries, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, said during the inauguration of a seminar that was held in Brazil on September 3-4, 2015. The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the International Seminar on the Role of the State in the 21st Century: Challenges for Public Management,…

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