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

27 November 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 Development Project to assist Caribbean SIDS with public sector account management

1 October 2014 | News

Caribbean governments are set to gain greater capacity in the management of public finance. During the next three years, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 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 has been particularly severe on the economies of the Caribbean, especially on those that depend heavily on services for their economic growth. Four countries in the region have h…

Uruguay's Agricultural Sector, An Example of Structural Change

1 September 2014 | News

According to a recent publication by ECLAC, even though Uruguay's economy heavily depends on exports derived from natural resource-intensive activities (70%), changes introduced in the agricultural sector have improved the country's international competitiveness and its social indicators. This progress indicates, according to the organization, that Uruguay is creating the conditions to achieve a more inclusive social development. In the report Changes in Uruguay's Agricultural and Agro-industrial Dynamics and Public Policies (Spanish only), published by ECLAC's office in Montevideo, …

Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean Surged in the First Half of 2014

1 September 2014 | News

The region's international bond sales reached a half-year record of US$ 84 billion in the first half of 2014, beating the previous record established in the second half of 2013 by nearly US$ 21 billion, according to ECLAC's calculations on the basis of data from LatinFinance and other market sources. According to the report Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Developments prepared by ECLAC's Office in Washington D.C., the surge represented an increase of 41% relative to the amount issued in the first half of 2013 and of 32% relative to last year's second ha…

Vulnerabilities of Caribbean Small Island Developing States Will Be Analyzed at International Conference

1 September 2014 | Announcement

The vulnerability of Caribbean SIDS will be the topic of discussion at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that will take place from 1-4 September 2014 in Apia, Independent State of Samoa. During the event, whose overarching theme is "The sustainable development of small island developing states through genuine and durable partnerships", much attention will be given to presentations and discussions that showcase existing or proposed partnerships between SIDS and the wider international community. The Economic Commission for L…

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

2 June 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…

Central America Grew More than Latin America As a Whole between 1990 and 2011, but Inequalities Remain

2 June 2014 | News

Between 1990 and 2011, Central America and the Dominican Republic posted an average annual growth rate of 4.6%, which was higher than the figure of 3.2% for Latin America as a whole. However, this growth did not result in a dramatic reduction of the huge inequalities among the subregion's countries and inside each one, according to a new publication from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The publication Structural change and growth in Central America and the Dominican Republic - an overview of two decades, 1990-2011, has been coordinated by the Director …

Thirty Years after the Debt Crisis, the Region Has Better and Cheaper Access to International Bond Markets

5 March 2014 | News

Thirty years after the debt crisis erupted in 1982, Latin America and the Caribbean has higher-quality and cheaper access to the international bond market, which is the second-biggest source of external financing after foreign direct investment (FDI), according to a new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The document, entitled Debt financing rollercoaster: Latin American and Caribbean access to international bond markets since the debt crisis, 1982-2012, shows that during the biennium of 2010-2011, bond flows toward Latin America and the Caribbea…

Study Analyzes the Viability of Expanding the Latin American Reserve Fund to Other Countries in the Region

5 March 2014 | News

A new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), entitled A regional reserve fund for Latin America, analyzes the viability of expanding the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR) to five more of the region's countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay. In September, however, Paraguay was incorporated into the FLAR, whose other members include Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Founded in 1978, the FLAR is the only regional fund of Latin American reserves and it was formed as an organization in which members mak…

CEPAL Review Celebrates 37 Years Supporting Research on the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean

2 December 2013 | News

With over 110 editions published in Spanish and English (as well as special issues in French, Portuguese and Mandarin), the CEPAL Review constantly receives submissions from researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean and elsewhere analysing the many challenges currently facing the region and the suitable policies for tackling them. More than 1,000 free-access articles have been published throughout its 37 years and these attest to its focused vision of development that covers not only the economic dimension but also considers social, education, gender, environment and all topics …

Study Explores Link between Economic Growth, Social Cohesion and Equality in the Region

2 December 2013 | News

While economic growth is a basic requirement for progressing towards more egalitarian, fair and inclusive societies, it does not guarantee that countries are on the way to achieving those goals, according to the study Economic growth and social cohesion in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish), which has been published by the ECLAC Subregional headquarters in Mexico. According to the authors, Mariela Buonomo and Pablo Yanes, it is vital to consider the characteristics and quality of economic growth, the framework of rights in which it occurs, its distributi…

ECLAC and OECD Analyzed Inclusive Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 November 2013 | News

Experts from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) held a Regional Consultation on Inclusive Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean on 14-15 November 2013, at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. During the event specialists, policy makers and practitioners from Latin America and the Caribbean dialogued on the dimensions of inclusive growth, its conceptualization and measuring, as well as the policies that can be put in place to combine strong output growth with a more even distribution of …

OECD, ECLAC and CAF to launch 2014 Latin American Economic Outlook

16 October 2013 | News

The OECD will present the eighth edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook: Logistics and competitiveness for development on Friday 18 October at 5:00 p.m,. in the margins of the Ibero-American Summit in Panama City, Panama. This year's report focuses on how the region can enhance its logistics performance and makes policy recommendations on strengthening trade links, diversifying into higher value-added industries and optimising competitiveness. It also makes suggestions on how countries in the region can embrace the new opportunities arising from shifting production structures. An…

Workshop in Montevideo Analyses Taxation of High Incomes to Reduce Inequality

1 October 2013 | News

At the Workshop on inequality and high income tax, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 1 and 2 October, representatives from governments and academia discussed the tools available to Latin American countries to tax high incomes and improve equitable distribution. The workshop was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and Uruguay's Centre for Fiscal Studies (CEF). The event was opened by Juan Pablo Jiménez, Director of the ECLAC office in Montevideo, F…

Latin America Requires Innovation, Growth and Distribution Policies

1 October 2013 | News

Latin America requires innovation, growth and income-distribution policies all at the same time if it is to tackle pending challenges for development, according to a new publication from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters in Mexico. In the document Economic growth, innovation and inequality in Latin America: Post-Washington Consensus advances, setbacks and issues, authors Gabriela Dutrénit, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Martín Puchet Anyul (with the collaboration of Eduardo Moreno) examine the development of the region's economi…

ECLAC and Argentine Province of Santa Fe Developed New Economic Activity Index

2 July 2013 | News

A statistical and econometric instrument to measure a province's economic activity simply and in real time has been developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in conjunction with the Secretariat for Planning and Economic Policy of the Province of Santa Fe in Argentina and the Provincial Institute of Statistics and Censuses (IPEC). The Synthetic Index of Provincial Economic Activity (ISAE), created as part of the Programme of Technical Assistance to Provinces by the ECLAC Office in Buenos Aires, will provide information for diagnostics and the pl…

Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC Took Part in OECD Workshop

4 April 2013 | News

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, spoke about structural heterogeneity and inequality in a roundtable at the OECD Workshop on Inclusive Growth, which was held at the OECD headquarters in Paris on Wednesday 3 April. Mr. Prado took part in the second session of the meeting - "Towards a Roadmap for Inclusive Growth Policies" - which focused on discussing the main challenges of identifying inclusive pro-growth policies that can also lead to better results in this area. The Workshop on Inclusive Growth is an activit…

Conference to Address Trade Agreements and Sustainable Development for Inclusive Societies

6 August 2009 | Announcement

The role of trade agreements in advancing towards a more inclusive society and the effects of climate change will be two of the main topics of the Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis to be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile from 10-12 June. The conference will be inaugurated on 10 June at 2 p.m. by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena; the Manager of Integration and Trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Antoni Estevadeordal; University of Columbia professor and former Executive Secretary of&nb…

ECLAC Will Hold 34th Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy to Analyze Fiscal Challenges in a Context of High Inflation and Low Growth

15 August 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold the XXXIV edition of the Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy on June 13-14. For 34 years, this well-regarded regional forum has brought together authorities, specialists, members of civil society and academia to discuss the fiscal policy challenges being faced by the region’s countries. The meeting features the participation of 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 has support from the S…

Mario Cimoli Analyzed the Socioeconomic Context in the Region in View of the Armed Conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Calling for Strengthening of Regional Cooperation

15 August 2025 | News

Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), analyzed the complex socioeconomic context in the region today in view of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine at a meeting with the permanent representatives of the regional Commission’s member countries held at United Nations headquarters in New York. The meeting was convened by the UN Permanent Missions of Costa Rica and Argentina in their respective capacities as outgoing and incoming president of ECLAC. The meeting was opened by Ambassador Rodrigo Carazo, Permanent Rep…

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