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Representatives of National Statistics Institutes from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze Progress on Regional and International Statistical Cooperation

19 Aug 2022 | Announcement

Representatives of Latin America and the Caribbean’s national statistics institutes will analyze progress on the statistical cooperation program at a regional and international level during the twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, which will take place on August 24 and 25 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At this gathering, authorities will review recent experiences carrying out population censuses in the region's countries and will analyze the…

ECLAC Will Update its Growth Projections for Latin American and Caribbean Economies in the Current Year

16 Aug 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, August 23 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2022: trends and challenges of investing for a sustainable and inclusive recovery, one of the institution’s flagship annual economic reports, in which it takes stock of the region’s economies in recent months and updates its growth estimates for each country in the current year. The document, which has been published periodically by the United Nations regional commission since 1948, sums up the performance of the regional economy in 20…

Participants in XXXIV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy Stress the Importance of Strengthening Tax Revenues and Public Spending as Instruments for Development

14 Jun 2022 | News

Leading officials and other authorities from the Finance Ministries of 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries, along with prominent international experts, concluded today the XXXIV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, where they addressed the fiscal policy challenges for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and spons…

ECLAC Will Present from Mexico its Annual Report on the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

5 Jan 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Wednesday, January 12 its annual flagship report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, which examines the behavior of the region’s economies during the year that recently ended and updates growth estimates and other economic indicators that reflect the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent recovery on the countries of the region. More specifically, the document will present new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2…

Authorities Will Analyze Progress and Challenges Related to Consolidating the Statistical Institutional Framework in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 Nov 2021 | Announcement

Authorities and representatives of national statistics offices from the region’s countries will analyze progress on and the challenges for consolidating the statistical institutional framework, as well as regional perspectives on the use of new methodologies and data sources, during the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will be held in a hybrid format – in person and virtual – on November 23-25, 2021. The meeting – organized by ECLAC and the Government of Colombia, through its National Ad…

ECLAC Executive Secretary to Present New Version of CEPALSTAT Platform, the Main Access Portal for Statistical Information on the Countries of the Region

13 Oct 2021 | Announcement

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, will present a new version of the CEPALSTAT platform on Friday, October 15. This is the main portal for accessing statistical information collected on the countries of the region, organized and published by ECLAC. The presentation of the updated portal will take place during a virtual meeting led by ECLAC’s senior representative in Santiago, Chile, at 9:30 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). Participants in this event include Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistic…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Will Present the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

24 Aug 2021 | Announcement

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, will present on Tuesday, August 31 the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Labour dynamics and employment policies for sustainable and inclusive recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis, one of the institution’s most important flagship annual reports, which takes stock of the region’s economies in the last year, especially regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and provides outlooks for 2021 and 2022. The latest iteration of this document – which has been publis…

ECLAC Report Will Present New Economic Projections for the Region’s Countries, More Than a Year After the COVID-19 Pandemic First Appeared

6 Jul 2021 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present this Thursday, July 8, a special report that examines the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a year after it first appeared, providing new growth projections for the region’s countries. The new document, entitled The recovery paradox in Latin America and the Caribbean. Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity, analyzes the performance of the region’s main economic and social indicators and presents policy proposals for achieving…

ECLAC Will Present its Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 in the Framework of the Thirty-Third Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy

16 Apr 2021 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Wednesday, April 21, its report entitled Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, an annual publication that analyzes and describes the main results of fiscal dynamics in the region’s countries during the last year. The document will be unveiled virtually at 12 p.m. local time in Chile (GMT -4) by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, in the framework of the XXXIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, which will take place on April 21-23. In its 202…

Authorities Recognize the Relevance of Development in Transition in Identifying Priorities for Statistical Development and Fostering the Contribution of Statistics to Public Policymaking in the Region

9 Apr 2021 | News

Authorities from national statistics offices in Latin America and the Caribbean recognized the relevance of development in transition in identifying priorities for statistical development in the region’s countries and fostering the contribution of statistics to public policymaking, on the final day of the Twentieth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The event – which concluded on Thursday, April 8 – drew the participation of 33 delegations from ECLAC’s Member States and 1…

ECLAC Will Update its Economic Growth Estimates for the Region’s Countries in 2020 and Provide New Projections for 2021

11 Dec 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Wednesday, December 16 its flagship annual report entitled Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, which examines the performance of the region’s economies this year and updates growth figures and other indicators that reflect the impact countries have borne as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. More specifically, the document will contain new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2020, and it will provide a first growth estimate…

ECLAC Will Present its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

1 Oct 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, October 6 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020: Main conditioning factors of fiscal and monetary policies in the post-COVID-19 era, the institution’s flagship annual economic report, which takes stock of the region’s economies in the last year, with special emphasis on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and examines the prospects for the coming months. The latest edition of this document – published by the United Nations regional commission since 1948 – will present an analysis o…

Online Launch of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2020

21 Sep 2020 | Announcement

Digital transformation can be a way out of the economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Appropriate use of new technologies can help ease the burden of lockdown and social distancing by better connecting people, businesses, markets and institutions. It can also lay the ground for rebuilding more efficient economies, better public institutions and fairer societies. However, this will only be possible if governments work with the private sector and the international community to make the digital transformation work for all: large segme…

Geospatial Information is Essential for Managing the Response to the Pandemic Because it Allows Vulnerability to be Determined Using a Disaggregated View of the Territory

10 Sep 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, emphasized today that geospatial information is essential for managing the response to the pandemic prompted by the coronavirus (COVID-19), because it allows for vulnerability to be determined using a disaggregated view of the territory. ECLAC’s most senior representative gave a keynote address today in the framework of the 7th Session of the Regional Committee of the United Nations on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas), which is being held …

Authorities Recognize the Role of Official Statistics in the Development of Public Policies for Mitigating the Effects of COVID-19 and for the Post-Pandemic Reactivation

27 Aug 2020 | News

Authorities from the national statistical offices of Latin America and the Caribbean recognized today the role of official statistics in the development of public policies for mitigating the effects of the health emergency prompted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and in the post-pandemic economic reactivation, on the final day of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The gathering, which was inaugurated on Tuesday, August 25, drew the participation of 39 delegations f…

ECLAC and PAHO Present Joint Report on Health and the Economy in the Context of COVID-19

27 Jul 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will present on Thursday, July 30, a joint report entitled Health and the Economy: A Convergence Needed to Address COVID-19 and Retake the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which they will address the need to take health-related measures to flatten the curve of COVID-19 and thereby resume the reactivation of the economy in countries in the Americas region. The presentation will be held via a simultaneous virtual press conference at 11:30 a.m. …

ECLAC Will Update Its Economic Growth Estimates for the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

14 Jul 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, its Special Report COVID-19 No. 5 on monitoring the economic and social effects of the coronavirus in the region, in which it will update its economic growth forecasts for each of the region’s countries. The new document, entitled Addressing the growing impact of COVID-19 with a view to reactivation with equality: new projections, will also include revised estimates on the employment, poverty and inequality levels that the region will reach in 2020 due to the crisis unleashed by the C…

Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax Revenue Gains under Threat Amid Deteriorating Regional Outlook

7 May 2020 | News

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased to 23.1% of GDP on average in 2018, according to the new edition of Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean published today. However, these gains are now under threat as a result of the region’s deteriorating fiscal outlook, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis. The increase of 0.4 percentage points (p.p.) from their level in 2017 is the highest level of tax revenues ever recorded in the region. However, LAC tax revenues remain far below the OECD average (34.3% in 20…

ECLAC Will Release New Growth Projections for Latin American and Caribbean Countries in the Wake of the COVID-19 Crisis

18 Apr 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present Special Report COVID-19 No. 2 on monitoring the economic and social effects of the current crisis stemming from the coronavirus’s impact in the region – entitled Assessing the Effects of COVID-19 to Plan the Recovery – next Tuesday, April 21. This new document, the first issue of which was released on April 3, will this time include an update of the economic growth projections for the region and each of its countries, which take into account the consequences the pandemic could have for the performance of Latin Ame…

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

12 Mar 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…

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