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Companies must Change Business Model to Adopt Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

19 April 2018 | News

Leaders of large companies and representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean business world met today at ECLAC with government authorities and international experts to assess private sector participation in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. During the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, underway at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, participants in the meeting on “The role of the business sector in generating su…

Experts Agree Role of Region’s MSMEs Must Be Rethought to Integrate Them into Fourth Industrial Revolution

10 October 2017 | News

The fourth industrial revolution underway is forcing a rethinking of the role of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and requires policies that enable the development of capacities to successfully compete in today’s productive systems, which are characterized by their dynamism, experts agreed during a meeting organized by the Euromipyme project in Mexico City. The Regional Seminar Latin America and Europe in the Face of Technological Disruption: A New Era of Policies and Institutions for MSMEs began today in Mexico with the participation of Susa…

Central America Should Have a Regional Competition Authority, New ECLAC Study Proposes

14 June 2017 | News

The coordination of Central American competition policy would contribute to improving market functioning in the subregion and would reinforce competition in each country, according to the study Overview and challenges of competition policy in Central America (Spanish only). The publication by the Subregional Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico analyzes how the requirements of the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union – which establishes that all countries must have an effective competition policy – have co…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in the Region

2 June 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Wednesday, June 15 its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016 at the regional organization's headquarters in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present to the media the main conclusions of the report that examines the global and regional evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. The press conference will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s Web site (://www.cepal.org/en/cepal-en-vivo). The document has thr…

Economist Mariana Mazzucato Will Give Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

31 March 2016 | Announcement

Renowned Italian-American economist Mariana Mazzucato will deliver next Tuesday, April 19 the XIV Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture Series at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where she will be received by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. Mazzucato, who is a Professor in the Economics of Innovation at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex, United Kingdom, will present at 11.00 a.m. a lecture entitled “Entrepreneurial State: Creation of Markets…

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

19 May 2015 | 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 2015 next Wednesday, May 27, at the headquarters of this United Nations organization in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document’s main conclusions during a press conference at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile. The event will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s website. The study examines the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, which inc…

Development Banking in the Region Offers Mechanisms for Internationalization of SMEs

2 December 2014 | News

Development banking in the region has made efforts to facilitate the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), given that most of their financing programs include these companies among their targets (92 %), establish flexible terms (36 %) and demand guarantees or endorsements adjusted to their possibilities, according to a report recently published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The figures of the study Financing of International Trade and the Role of Development Banking in Latin America and the Caribbean (available on…

ECLAC and Latin American Business Council Sign Agreement

20 August 2014 | News

A framework technical cooperation agreement aimed at facilitating the development of joint activities to support competitiveness and the technological modernization of the region's businesses was concluded on Tuesday 19 August 2014 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Latin American Business Council (CEAL) in Santiago, Chile. The agreement - which was signed by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, and the President of CEAL, Samuel Urrutia - will be in force for five years, and includes actions to help devise strategies to enhance productio…

The United States Offers Opportunities for Organic Growers from Latin America and the Caribbean

2 December 2013 | News

The United States organic food market has shown impressive growth in the past 20 years, with sales rising from one billion dollars in 1990 to 31.5 billion dollars in 2011. Even shortly after the financial crisis, from 2009 to 2010, the growth in sales was 7.7 percent according to the Organic Trade Association. In 2012 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated the size of the organic market in the United States to 31.4 billion dollars. The rapid increase in consumer demand for organic products exceeded the domestic supply capacity and traders of organic products have relied s…

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