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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 …

Mexico Must Boost Investment and Reduce Inequality to Get Out of the Rut of Slow Growth

1 September 2016 | News

The Mexican economy must significantly increase investment, especially public investment, and reduce inequality if the country wants to get out of the rut of slow growth in which it has been stuck for decades, according to a recent study published by ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. In the report, entitled Trends and Cycles of Fixed Capital Formation and Productive Activity in the Mexican Economy, 1960-2015 (in Spanish only), ECLAC consultants Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Jamel Kevin Sandoval and Ismael Valverde analyze investment and its relationship to productive activity from a long-…

ECLAC Will Launch Its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2016

20 July 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Tuesday, July 26, its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2016, a publication updating growth estimates for the region’s countries in the current year. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the report during a press conference that will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, and will be broadcast live via Internet at the institution’s Web site. The Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2016 is one of ECLAC’s most important annual …

Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development Will Follow Up on the 2030 Agenda

21 June 2016 | News

The creation of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development was approved by government representatives gathered at ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, held on May 23-27 in Mexico City. This new entity will constitute the regional mechanism for follow-up and review of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its targets, their means of implementation and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development. This is stated in the “Mexico Resolution,” approved by foreign affai…

ECLAC’s Committee on South-South Cooperation Will Contribute to the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda

25 May 2016 | News

The member countries of the Committee on South-South Cooperation, a subsidiary body of ECLAC, approved today—as lines of action for the 2016-2018 period—the exchange of experiences on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the promotion of associations of multiple actors, and the exchange of experiences and good practices regarding methodologies and measurement of South-South cooperation. Meeting in the framework of the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), being held in Mexico, the representatives also agreed t…

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico Reflection on Future Development of Latin America and the Caribbean in Light of the 2030 Agenda

21 April 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present its 45 member and 13 associated states a report on its activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated that in the thirty-sixth session participants will debate the region’s economic, social and environmenta…

Mexico Will Be the Venue of ECLAC’s Most Important Gathering

1 March 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present to its 45 member and 13 associate countries a report on recent activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, signed the agreement on 12 February through which Mexico becomes the ve…

Central America Grew More than Latin America As a Whole between 1990 and 2011, but Inequalities Remain

2 June 2014 | News

Between 1990 and 2011, Central America and the Dominican Republic posted an average annual growth rate of 4.6%, which was higher than the figure of 3.2% for Latin America as a whole. However, this growth did not result in a dramatic reduction of the huge inequalities among the subregion's countries and inside each one, according to a new publication from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The publication Structural change and growth in Central America and the Dominican Republic - an overview of two decades, 1990-2011, has been coordinated by the Director …

Study Explores Link between Economic Growth, Social Cohesion and Equality in the Region

2 December 2013 | News

While economic growth is a basic requirement for progressing towards more egalitarian, fair and inclusive societies, it does not guarantee that countries are on the way to achieving those goals, according to the study Economic growth and social cohesion in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish), which has been published by the ECLAC Subregional headquarters in Mexico. According to the authors, Mariela Buonomo and Pablo Yanes, it is vital to consider the characteristics and quality of economic growth, the framework of rights in which it occurs, its distributi…

Latin America Requires Innovation, Growth and Distribution Policies

1 October 2013 | News

Latin America requires innovation, growth and income-distribution policies all at the same time if it is to tackle pending challenges for development, according to a new publication from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters in Mexico. In the document Economic growth, innovation and inequality in Latin America: Post-Washington Consensus advances, setbacks and issues, authors Gabriela Dutrénit, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Martín Puchet Anyul (with the collaboration of Eduardo Moreno) examine the development of the region's economi…

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