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Public Policies Are Key to the Financial Inclusion of Rural Areas in the Region

18 March 2020 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the financial support of the European Union, has contributed to the analysis and development of strategies and policies to diversify the economic activities carried out by rural households in situations of poverty. A key component of these efforts has been the analysis of rural value chains. According to the document Strengthening Financial Inclusion and Capacities in Rural Areas: Guidelines for a Plan of Action (in Spanish only), edite…

ECLAC: Central America and the Dominican Republic Will Grow 3.2% in 2020

12 March 2020 | News

The economies of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) and the Dominican Republic – known as the CARD countries in Spanish – will have a weighted average growth rate of 3.2% in 2020, with the highest rates forecast for the Dominican Republic and Panama, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed. The document Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic in 2019 and Prospects for 2020 explains that the international context was affected by trade tensions and great political un…

Latin America Must Move from the Capitalism of Shareholders to a Fairer and More Inclusive Capitalism of Stakeholders

19 February 2020 | News

Promoting sustainable development and equality is not the work of a single actor – the State or the private sector – but rather of society as a whole, and the business sector plays a critical role, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted at a high-level event with Mexican businesspeople held on Tuesday, February 18 in Mexico City, and presided by Nicolás Mariscal Torroella, Chairman of Consejo Marhnos. The United Nations regional organization’s most senior representative was one of the speakers on a panel entitled “Perspectives…

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 Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region

21 November 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil on Thursday, November 28 its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America 2019, which includes new estimates for monetary poverty, social spending and income inequality in the region’s countries, among other key issues for understanding and taking action in the current regional context. The document will be presented by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference that will take place at 11 a.m. (GMT-3) at the Commission’s central headquarters in Sant…

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico its Annual Report on the Foreign Trade of Latin America and the Caribbean

23 October 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release a new edition of its annual report on the region’s foreign trade next Tuesday, October 29, at 11 a.m. (GMT -6), at the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico City. The International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 will be launched at a press conference presided by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. In this edition, the report analyzes the performance of international and regional trade in the last year and provides an outlook for t…

Authorities Will Debate the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 September 2019 | Announcement

Mexico City, September 27, 2019. Social Development Ministers and senior authorities will debate the policies needed to achieve inclusive social development in the region, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This event is convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Mexico, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It will take place on October 1-3, 2019, in Mexico City. At this gathering, attendees …

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 Will Present to Mexico a Proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Program

17 May 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present to Mexico a proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Program, at a ceremony that will be led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, Alicia Bárcena. The conference will take place next Monday, May 20, starting at 7:15 a.m. local time (GMT -5) at the National Palace of Mexico. This initiative is the result of the mandate that ECLAC was given on December 1, 2018 by the Presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala,…

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Approved an Initial Proposal on a Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development

23 April 2019 | News

Ministers and senior Social Development authorities from the region who participated this Tuesday, April 23, in the third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean approved in general terms an initial proposal on the regional agenda for inclusive social development produced by ECLAC, and welcomed its objectives, principles, axes and lines of action. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Luis Felipe López-Calva, Regional Director for Latin America…

ECLAC and FAO will present in Marrakech the Atlas of Migration in Northern Central America

11 December 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will be presenting today in Marrakech, a joint report entitled the Atlas of Migration in Northern Central American, from 3 p.m. local time (GMT +1) in the frame of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration. The report, which analyzes the main characteristics of migration in the countries of the region, will be presented today at a press conference led by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and Kostas Stamoulis, Ass…

Young People Under 24 from Rural Areas Constitute the Greater Part of Emigration from Northern Central America

11 December 2018 | News

Young people under 24 years of age coming from rural areas constitute the greater part of emigration from northern Central America. This according to the document Atlas of Migration in Northern Central America, launched today in Marrakech by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The document was presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director-General of the FAO’s Economic and Social Development Department, at a press conference held in the fram…

New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala

10 December 2018 | News

Guatemala must move toward a new generation of public policies that recognize ethnic diversity in order to eradicate racism and discrimination against indigenous peoples, Wilson Romero and Ana Patricia Orantes recommend in the Study on Racism, Discrimination and Inequality Gaps in Guatemala (in Spanish only), published recently with the collaboration of the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODIRSA). According to the authors, the study’s objective is to render visible the social inequality resulting from racism and racial discrimi…

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico its Report on the International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018

26 October 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release a new edition of its annual report on the region’s foreign trade next Wednesday, October 31, at 10 a.m. (GMT -6), at the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico City. The International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2018 will be launched at a press conference presided by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. In this edition, the report analyzes the performance of international and regional trade in the last year and provides an outlook fo…

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018

16 August 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 on Thursday, August 23, at 11 a.m. (GMT -5) at the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, in Mexico City. The report, which will provide updated economic growth projections for the countries of the region, 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 via the Internet on the institution’s website (www.cepa…

ECLAC Recognizes Mexico’s Progress on Energy Efficiency for Achieving the 2030 Agenda Goals

25 June 2018 | News

In Mexico, energy consumption in the residential sector was reduced by 45.9% thanks to targeted public policies, meaning that if the same effort is made with industry, commerce and services, transportation and agriculture, the country will be able to achieve the target of doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency as part of Sustainable Development Goal 7, according to the National Report on Monitoring the Energy Efficiency of Mexico, 2018 (available only in Spanish). The research indicates that “Mexico is one of the countries in Latin America with a greater tradition and imp…

The Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic Will Grow 4.4% in 2018

22 March 2018 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimates that average growth for the economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic (CADR) will reach 4.4% in 2018, representing a 0.4 percentage point increase over what was recorded in 2017. This is according to the report Central America and the Dominican Republic: Economic Evolution in 2017 and Prospects for 2018. Preliminary Overview, published recently by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. The document adds that consumption and investment are expected to decelerate, due to fresh increases in…

Financial Inclusion of Small Rural Producers is a Key Strategy for Sustainable Rural Development with Equality: ECLAC

22 December 2017 | News

Progressive structural change in rural areas requires innovative strategies and tools for its implementation, together with greater capacity for coordination among multiple actors and instruments, where the public sector is strategically placed to serve as a catalyst, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The Financial inclusion of small rural producers reveals the vast inequalities existing in rural areas where, according to the latest estimates, poverty and indigence rates practically double those of urban areas. This means tha…

In a New Report, ECLAC Analyses Trends in Regional Poverty and the Situation of the Pension Systems in Latin America

18 December 2017 | Announcement

On Wednesday 20 December, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its report Social Panorama of Latin America 2017, which examines the evolution of regional poverty and presents an analysis of the pension systems in Latin America and their challenges in the face of the current demographic transition. The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will give a press conference at 9 a.m. (GMT-6) in the building of the Commission’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, to present the main findings of the publication. The presentation will be …

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