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ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19

21 January 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, January 27, 2022 its annual flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2021, which examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides the most recent statistics on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The document will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference held from Santiago, Chile, at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3). The study also analyzes the prolonged health crisis’s profound …

Online launch of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2021

25 November 2021 | Announcement

Register for the launch event English- Spanish interpretation will be available Despite rapid and well‑targeted policy action to respond to the crisis, the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has been the global epicentre of the COVID -19 pandemic with the greatest socio-economic impacts. Although positive growth is foreseen for 2021, gross domestic product per capita is not expected to return to pre‑crisis levels before 2023‑24. The impact of the crisis has been asymmetric, particularly affecting the most vulnerable groups. The 14th edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook…

Antigua and Barbuda Will Host the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 October 2021 | News

The fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place virtually from October 26-28, 2021. The event is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which will hold its XIII Ministerial Forum for Development in LAC. In this session attended by social development authorities from around the region, ECLAC will present the document Disasters and inequality in a prolonged crisis: toward universal, integrated, r…

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

24 August 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 Emphasized Opportunities for Caribbean Countries’ Sustainable Development and Recovery

21 July 2021 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, participated today in the Eleventh General Meeting between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Associated Institutions and the United Nations System, where she addressed the challenges of the post-COVID-19 recovery and the opportunities existing for sustainable development in CARICOM. She stressed the need for egalitarian access to vaccines, the creation of a resilience fund to tackle the debt problem and climate vulnerability, as well as the need to broaden the criteria for measur…

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

6 July 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…

Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean set priorities for the post COVID-19 recovery agenda

18 January 2021 | News

New York, United States, January 14, 2021 - Over 2,700 attendees and representatives from 35 governments met virtually on January 12, 13 and 14 at the XII Ministerial Forum for Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean “COVID-19 - Beyond Recovery. Towards a new social contract for LAC”. The event co-organized by the government of the Republic of Colombia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), included the Fourth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Economic Commission for Latin Ameri…

Alicia Bárcena Urges for Restoring Policy as an Instrument of Change and Forging Compacts that Would Lay the Foundation for Building a Welfare State

11 November 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged today for restoring policy as an instrument of change and for forging social compacts that would lay the foundation for building a welfare State, during a seminar entitled “Social and Economic Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Post-Pandemic Period,” organized by the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso) Chile. ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the event, which featured the participation of Miguel Cera-Hatton, Minister of E…

Foreign Ministers and High-level Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Sign a Political Declaration for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Recovery in the Region

26 October 2020 | News

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and high-level authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries signed a political declaration today for a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery, in the framework of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place virtually from October 26 to October 28. The declaration was unveiled during the Dialogue of ministers of foreign affairs and high-level authorities of Latin America and the Caribbean on the post-pandemic economic recovery, which was inaugurated by Rodolfo Solano, Minis…

How to Follow the Debates of ECLAC’s Most Important Intergovernmental Conference on October 26-28

24 October 2020 | News

From October 26 through October 28, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its thirty-eighth session, the most important biennial meeting of this United Nations regional commission, which has the mandate of contributing to the region’s economic, social and environmental development. The virtual event will be inaugurated on Monday, October 26, at 08:15 a.m. Costa Rica time (GMT -6) by Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica, the country currently holding ECLAC’s presidency pro tempore; Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Republic of Cuba; António G…

The Presidents of Costa Rica and Cuba, along with the UN Secretary-General, Will Inaugurate ECLAC’s 38th Session

23 October 2020 | Announcement

The presidents of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, along with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, will participate in the inaugural segment of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will take place virtually on October 26-28, 2020. Additional participants in the event’s inauguration will include Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Dire…

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

27 July 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 July 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…

ECLAC’s COVID-19 Observatory: An Instrument Supporting Latin America and the Caribbean in Times of Pandemic

25 June 2020 | News

In the new global scenario in times of pandemic prompted by COVID-19, it is essential to take urgent measures and evaluate the impact of those actions. For this reason, and in response to a request made by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the COVID-19 Observatory came into being with the aim of supporting the region’s countries on follow-up and monitoring of the effects of the crisis caused by the coronavirus in the medium and long term. ECLAC – as part of a joint effort with the rest of the United Nations agencies, funds and programs and the support of the global …

FAO and ECLAC Present Recommendations to Prevent the Pandemic from Turning Into a Food Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

12 June 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will present on Tuesday, June 16 a joint report entitled Preventing the COVID-19 crisis from becoming a food crisis. Urgent measures against hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which they will address urgent actions to fight the hunger triggered by the pandemic in the region’s countries as well as recommendations to prevent the health crisis from turning into a food crisis. The presentation will take place via a simultaneous, virtual press conferen…

ECLAC and ILO Analyze Labour Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

20 May 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) will present tomorrow, Thursday, May 21, a new edition of their joint report Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Work in times of pandemic: The challenges of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (No. 22, May 2020), which on this occasion will address the labour challenges that the pandemic poses for the region’s countries. The presentation will be conducted via a simultaneous virtual press conference at 13:30 local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -4:00), and led by Alic…

New Report by ECLAC Will Address the Social Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Latin American and Caribbean Countries

11 May 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, May 12, its Special Report COVID-19 No. 3 on monitoring the economic and social effects of the coronavirus in the region, entitled The social challenge in times of COVID-19. This new document – the third in a series that examines the evolution of the pandemic and its effects in the region – will include an estimate of the social impact and related challenges that the current crisis will have for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, in 2020 as well as in the medium and long term. The report…

Alicia Bárcena Encouraged Caribbean Countries to Advance Towards Less Unequal and More Caring Societies, Leaving No One Behind

21 April 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, encouraged Caribbean countries to commit to social well-being, at a virtual meeting held today on the role of Caribbean Social Development Ministries in the crisis that the world and region are currently undergoing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting drew the participation of 18 representatives from English, French and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries and territories: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guyana, the…

ECLAC Will Present Report on COVID-19’s Economic and Social Effects on Latin America and the Caribbean

2 April 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Friday, April 3, a report entitled Latin America and the Caribbean and the COVID-19 pandemic: economic and social effects, in which it addresses this critical juncture, scenarios and projections ahead of 2030 in light of the current global pandemic crisis. The publication will be unveiled at a virtual press conference given by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, from Santiago, Chile, at 13:00 local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The presentation will be transmitted live on the Internet via the institution’s we…

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Implementing Universal, Redistributive and Solidarity-Based Policies to Avoid Another Lost Decade

2 April 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called on the region’s countries to implement universal, redistributive and solidarity-based policies to avoid another lost decade, during a virtual meeting on the role of Social Development Ministries and equivalent agencies in the face of the crisis that the world and the region are undergoing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first gathering of this kind convened 13 Latin American countries, and the second one will be held with English- and French-speaking Caribbean countries. Bot…

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