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ECLAC Report Looks at the Role of Private Capital Flows and Its Importance for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Caribbean

25 June 2018 | News

The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability, states the report Resilience and Capital Flows in the Caribbean, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report, which focuses on the region’s access to external financing and how to improve it as part of the overall answer to its development challenges, looks at trends in international capital flows – including portfolio flows and foreign direct investment – to the Caribbean in recent years, in the context o…

China and ECLAC Strengthen their Cooperation to Foster Trade and Investment with Latin America and the Caribbean

9 November 2017 | News

In the context of a tour through China, ECLAC’s Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division and Officer-in-Charge of its International Trade and Integration Division, Mario Cimoli, met this Thursday, November 9, with government authorities from that country and participated as the main speaker in the China-Latin America and the Caribbean International Exposition (CLAC Expo), one of the biggest business gatherings between both areas. The official from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – who traveled to China in representation of Alicia Bárc…

Infrastructure Investment in Latin American and Caribbean Countries Remains Below the Needs of the Region

15 May 2017 | News

Latin American and Caribbean countries should invest around 6.2% of their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to meet their infrastructure needs, but according to recent figures (2015) released by ECLAC, investment only amounts to 2.3% of GDP. According to the INFRALATAM database, which brings together data on the economic infrastructure investments being made by the region’s countries, 1.5% of these capital inflows around 2015 corresponded to the public sector while the remaining 0.8% came from the private sector. Furthermore, it can be seen that the amount of investment as a proportion of GD…

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 Present New Growth Projections for the Region’s Economies

23 July 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 March 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…

Network of Region's Public Investment Institutions Expands

2 December 2014 | News

The Network of National Public Investment Systems (Red SNIP, in Spanish), which groups the state institutions that are responsible for evaluating the social impact of public investment projects, launched a platform (only available in Spanish) that brings together information about national authorities, methodologies and legislation pertaining to this issue from its 16 Latin American member countries. This Network was created in 2010 with the goal of improving management of public investments by exchanging experiences, documents and training systems, among other things. It is backed b…

ECLAC Launches Study with Recommendations on Promoting Trade and Investment between Latin America and China

2 December 2013 | News

China plays a central role in the process of rapid change under way in the world economy. By 2017, the country's GDP is expected to outstrip that of the United States - making it the world's largest economy. This buoyancy has resulted in a strong demand for raw materials that often come from Latin America and the Caribbean. Between 2000 and 2012, the trade among China and the region therefore increased by 21 times to stand at USD 250 billion. China is now the main destination for exports from Brazil, Chile and Peru, the second destination for Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba and Uruguay, the th…

ECLAC Holds Two Seminars on Latin America's Trade Relations with Asian Countries

20 August 2013 | News

During this decade, Latin America's economic and trade relations with Asian countries have grown considerably, and this is reflected in the figures and the rise in the number of trade agreements included between countries of the two regions. However, these links still feature asymmetries that remain a challenge, particularly for Latin American countries. In this context, this week the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold two seminars at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile, both opened by the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. On Wednesday 21 August will t…

Latin America-Asia Pacific Observatory Is Now Available Online

16 May 2013 | News

Information on 37 economies (19 from Latin America and 18 from Asia Pacific), which includes macroeconomic and trade statistics, data on trade/investment agreements and ongoing negotiations, is featured on the website of the Latin America-Asia Pacific Observatory (://www.observatorioasiapacifico.org/), which was launched on 15 May 2013 at the headquarters of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) in Montevideo. The Observatory, which was set up in 2012, is a joint initiative of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), ALADI and CAF-Latin American Develo…

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