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ECLAC will Deliver Its Final Report on the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019

5 Dec 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will deliver on Thursday, December 12 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019, the organization’s last annual report of the present year, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in 2019 and projections for 2020. The publication will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the In…

ECLAC Will Provide Updated Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries

24 Jul 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 on Wednesday, July 31, at 11 a.m. (GMT -4) at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. 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.cepal.org). The Economic…

ECLAC will Present Its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018

10 Dec 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 20 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in the present year and projections for 2019. The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The 2018 edit…

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

16 Aug 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…

Distinguished Economist Samuel Bowles Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

8 Mar 2018 | Announcement

The distinguished US Economics Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute (in Santa Fe, New Mexico), Samuel Bowles, will give a keynote lecture at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, next Tuesday, March 13. In the framework of a visit to Chile, Professor Bowles will offer a talk entitled “The Origins and Future of Economic Inequality: Institutions, Technology and Politics” at 11 a.m. in ECLAC’s Raúl Prebisch conference room. He will be welcomed by the Executive Secretary of the Unit…

ECLAC will Present in Chile Its Latest Economic Report on Latin American and Caribbean's Countries

7 Dec 2017 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 14 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in the present year and projections for 2018. The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The 2017 edit…

Latin America and the Caribbean Issued US$ 74 Billion in International Bonds in the First Half of 2017

4 Sep 2017 | News

Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries sold debt at a strong pace in the first half of 2017. Flows were driven by a search for higher returns than have been offered by developed bond markets, and encouraged by an improvement in economic conditions in the region, according to an updated edition of the report Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Developments, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Enthusiasm for LAC assets was supported by low interest rates across de globe and sustained weakness in the …

Chilean Economist Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Will Deliver XV Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

29 Aug 2017 | Announcement

On Tuesday, September 5, renowned Chilean economist Ricardo Ffrench-Davis will deliver the XV Prebisch Lecture at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he will be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization. Ffrench-Davis, winner of Chile’s National Prize for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2005 and professor at the University of Chile’s Economics Department, will make a presentation at 11 a.m. entitled “Neostructuralism and macroeconomics to grow while including.” …

Authorities and Experts Will Analyze Fiscal Policy Challenges in the Region

11 Mar 2016 | Announcement

Authorities and international experts will meet at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) next March 16-17 during the XXVIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, where they will analyze fiscal policy challenges in times of economic deceleration. The traditional gathering, which takes place every year at the headquarters of the United Nations regional organization in Santiago, Chile, is organized by ECLAC with the support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organization for E…

Speaker of the Swedish Parliament and ECLAC’s Experts Shared Views on Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Mar 2016 | News

On an official visit to Chile, the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Urban Ahlin participated on Monday, March 7 in a round table at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which they addressed the region’s economic, social and environmental challenges. The senior official and his delegation, formed by Kiefer Jakob, Sweden’s Ambassador to Chile and other representatives of the Swedish Parliament, the Embassy of Sweden in Chile and the Chilean-Swedish Institute of Culture, were received by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antoni…

ECLAC Presents its Overview of the Region’s Economies in 2015 and its Projections for Next Year

7 Dec 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 17 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, in which it will provide the latest growth estimates for the region’s countries in 2015 and projections for next year. Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference to present the report at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time. The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The Preliminary Overview of the…

Authorities and Experts Will Analyze Fiscal Policy Challenges in Times of Economic Deceleration

3 Dec 2015 | Announcement

Authorities and international experts will meet at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) next March 16-17 to attend the XXVIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, where they will analyze fiscal policy challenges in times of economic deceleration. The gathering, which takes place every year at the headquarters of the United Nations regional organization in Santiago, Chile, is organized by ECLAC with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organization for Economic Coo…

Macroeconomics for Development, the Focus of a Seminar Held in Argentina

8 Sep 2015 | News

External restrictions, financial integration and income distribution were some of the topics addressed during the second seminar-workshop on productive structure, institutions and economic dynamics held on August 20-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in which government officials and experts participated. The event began with a regional assessment made by Martín Abeles, Director of the Buenos Aires Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Sebastián Valdecantos, an expert from the same institution. Following that, a series of academic studies related to the…

ECLAC Will Present New Growth Projections for the Region’s Economies

23 Jul 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Wednesday, July 29, its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2015, 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 2015 is one of ECLAC’s most important annua…

Authorities and Experts Will Analyze Fiscal Reforms in Latin America at ECLAC

5 Mar 2015 | Announcement

Latin American government authorities, international officials and fiscal policy experts will participate on March 10-11 in the XXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, which will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event is organized by ECLAC (through its Economic Development Division) with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It is also backed by the Spanish Agen…

ECLAC’s Summer School Accepts Applications and Launches Call for Papers

23 Feb 2015 | Announcement

The applications process for the sixteenth session of the Summer School on Latin American Economies began on Monday, February 23. The training program is organized annually by the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and it is aimed at young researchers interested in studying the Latin American development process. The registration period ends April 15. The course, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in the Chilean capital, is free of charge but participants are responsible for the costs associated wi…

Complete Version of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014 Is Now Available Online

22 Dec 2014 | News

The Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, one of the most important annual publications of ECLAC, is already available in its complete version as from today in the Commission’s website. The document was originally launched last 2 December in a press conference headed by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and includes the complete chapters as well as the economic fact sheets of each one of the region’s countries analyzed in the study. In the Preliminay Overview ECLAC examined the overall performance of the region’s economies in 2014 and p…

Caribbean Governments Set to Gain Greater Capacity in the Management of Public Finance

2 Dec 2014 | News

Caribbean governments are set to gain greater capacity in the management of public finance since during the next three years, the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will help deepen the expertise of policy makers and finance managers in the application of methods and procedures for better management and forecasting of public expenditure, revenue and debt. The recent global economic crisis was particularly severe on the economies of the Caribbean, especially those that depend heavily on services for their economic growth. It has exacerbated already existing high-levels of debt for…

ECLAC Will Release Overview of Region’s Economy in 2014 and Projections for 2015

27 Nov 2014 | Announcement

Next Tuesday, December 2, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release its development overview of the region’s economy in 2014 and growth projections for 2015. Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference at the Commission headquarters in Santiago, Chile, which will take place at 11:00 a.m. and be broadcast live on the institution’s Website. This panorama is part of the annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, to be published shortly. Media are invited to attend the press confe…

ECLAC Holds in Buenos Aires Seminar on Macroeconomic Policy and Production Structure in the Region

2 Jun 2014 | News

In Buenos Aires on 24 and 25 April, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a Seminar-workshop on production structure, institutions and economic dynamics, which was attended by Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado. The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Buenos Aires Office, Martín Abeles, various other ECLAC officials and economists working in universities, research centres and public institutions in Argentina. Antonio Prado stated that "macroeconomic policy must be linked with the development process". According to the senior ECLAC of…

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