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Alicia Bárcena Reviewed with Caribbean Authorities Progress on the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap Initiative, Including the Creation of a Resilience Fund

23 Sep 2019 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, met this Monday, September 23, with Prime Ministers Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, Allen Chastanet of Saint Lucia, and Ralph Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to review progress on the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap Initiative, including the creation of a resilience fund proposed by the Commission for small island Caribbean states. During the meeting – which took place in the framework of the Climate Action Summit and the 74th session of the United Nations Gene…

ECLAC Will Provide Updated Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries

24 Jul 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 on Wednesday, July 31, at 11 a.m. (GMT -4) at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The report, which will provide updated economic growth projections for the countries of the region, will be unveiled at a press conference led by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. The launch will also be transmitted live via the Internet on the institution’s website (www.cepal.org). The Economic…

ECLAC will Present Its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018

10 Dec 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 20 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in the present year and projections for 2019. The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The 2018 edit…

ECLAC and DESA Strengthen Their Cooperation With a View to Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda and Tackling Global Economic Challenges

11 Sep 2018 | News

Liu Zhenmin, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), met today with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the directors of all the Commission’s divisions, in the framework of his visit to Chile. During the meeting, both UN entities reaffirmed the cooperation ties that unite them and renewed their pledge to continue working together to help the global organization’s member countries to advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Dev…

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018

16 Aug 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 on Thursday, August 23, at 11 a.m. (GMT -5) at the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, in Mexico City. The report, which will provide updated economic growth projections for the countries of the region, will be unveiled at a press conference led by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. The launch will also be transmitted live via the Internet on the institution’s website (www.cepa…

The Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic Will Grow 4.4% in 2018

22 Mar 2018 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimates that average growth for the economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic (CADR) will reach 4.4% in 2018, representing a 0.4 percentage point increase over what was recorded in 2017. This is according to the report Central America and the Dominican Republic: Economic Evolution in 2017 and Prospects for 2018. Preliminary Overview, published recently by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. The document adds that consumption and investment are expected to decelerate, due to fresh increases in…

Distinguished Economist Samuel Bowles Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

8 Mar 2018 | Announcement

The distinguished US Economics Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute (in Santa Fe, New Mexico), Samuel Bowles, will give a keynote lecture at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, next Tuesday, March 13. In the framework of a visit to Chile, Professor Bowles will offer a talk entitled “The Origins and Future of Economic Inequality: Institutions, Technology and Politics” at 11 a.m. in ECLAC’s Raúl Prebisch conference room. He will be welcomed by the Executive Secretary of the Unit…

New ECLAC study explores film and music sectors of Jamaica

23 Jan 2018 | News

Experts across the region agree that there is significant potential for strengthening the economic contribution of the music and film industries in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. However, this can only be fully realized by learning from industry success factors and, more importantly, by addressing existing constraints. These findings emerged from a newly published study from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on “The Film and Music Sectors in Jamaica: Lessons from Case Studies of Successful Firms/Ventures”. Success factors in the Caribbean’s m…

ECLAC will Present in Chile Its Latest Economic Report on Latin American and Caribbean's Countries

7 Dec 2017 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 14 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in the present year and projections for 2018. The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The 2017 edit…

Alicia Bárcena Urges Construction of Markets at the Service of Society

28 Nov 2017 | News

“We must build a future that effectively recognizes the market, but a market that is at the service of society, and not a society at the service of the market,” asserted Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today during the closing ceremony of the international forum The Siege Upon Civilization: From Wall to Wall, held today in Mexico. The ECLAC senior representative was invited to close the event organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University of Guadalajara (UDG). During her remarks, Ali…

ECLAC sheds light on structure of Caribbean economies at Belize conference

16 Nov 2017 | News

ECLAC’s Deputy Director, Dr. Dillon Alleyne, attended the 49th Annual Monetary Conference which took place in Belize City from 8-10 November 2017, and presented a paper on strategies to model Caribbean economies in light of the emphasis on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). The response to the Caribbean’s high debt burden has thus far focused on raising taxes and curbing expenditure, despite sluggish domestic and external demand, in order to reduce government’s borrowing requirements and stabilise the debt overhang. Dr. Alleyne noted that since the global econ…

Offshore medical universities provide economic benefit to Caribbean host countries

27 Sep 2017 | News

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Port of Spain hosted an expert group meeting (EGM) which discussed the ECLAC study “A global value chain analysis of offshore medical universities in the Caribbean.” The study takes a closer look at the Caribbean offshore medical university (OMU) cluster. It examines the contributions that the OMUs make to their host countries. Other factors affecting the competitiveness and long term viability of the OMU cluster in the Caribbean were discussed by experts from Barbados, G…

ECLAC facilitates Public Expenditure Review process in Belize

5 Sep 2017 | News

Consultations aimed at explaining the importance of pursuing public expenditure reviews (PERs) as part of the budget process were facilitated in Belize by a team from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, led by Deputy Director, Dr. Dillon Alleyne, along with Coordinator of the Economic Development Unit at ECLAC Caribbean, Sheldon McLean, and consultant, Professor Vanus James. PERs are intended to align expenditures with government’s priorities. They also aim to provide savings, either from expenditure reallocati…

Chilean Economist Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Will Deliver XV Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

29 Aug 2017 | Announcement

On Tuesday, September 5, renowned Chilean economist Ricardo Ffrench-Davis will deliver the XV Prebisch Lecture at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he will be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization. Ffrench-Davis, winner of Chile’s National Prize for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2005 and professor at the University of Chile’s Economics Department, will make a presentation at 11 a.m. entitled “Neostructuralism and macroeconomics to grow while including.” …

Economic Performance of Latin American and Caribbean Countries during 2017 will Be Analized in New ECLAC Report

19 Jul 2017 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Thursday, 3 August, its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, 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. (GMT – 04:00) 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 America and the Caribbean is one of ECLAC’s most…

ECLAC lays out framework for building a competitive Caribbean economy

30 Mar 2017 | News

In order to build a competitive economy, Caribbean countries must engage in economic restructuring and diversification practices in several areas, including agriculture, transportation and telecommunications. This, according to the latest policy brief from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. Entitled `A framework for Caribbean medium-term development’, the brief examined the adjustments that the subregion has made – and the ones that it may need to make – in response to the challenging global environment. It obse…

Labor Income Inequality Shrank in Uruguay between 2007 and 2014 Despite an Increase in Productive Heterogeneity

9 Dec 2016 | News

Inequality in labor income fell significantly between 2007 and 2014 in Uruguay despite the fact that inequality in productivity continued to rise, probably facilitated by a series of labor and tax policies implemented during that period, according to a new book published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The book entitled Toward Inclusive Development: The Case of Uruguay (only available in Spanish) analyzes the country’s evolution from 2001 to 2014 in terms of economic growth, labor market dynamics and social…

ECLAC will Update Its Growth Projections for Latin American and Caribbean’s Countries

6 Dec 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Wednesday, December 14 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2016, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in 2016 and projections for 2017. Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference to present the report at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 3:00 p.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The Preliminary Overview of …

ECLAC delivers “strong answer” to the budgeting process needs of Caribbean public administrations

3 Oct 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has provided a “strong answer” to what senior public officials across the Caribbean have been searching for in order to improve the budgeting process of public administrations, according to the participants of a week-long regional training workshop that provided officials with robust tools and techniques necessary for more effective management of public finances. Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) are intended to align public sector expenditure with the priorities of national governments. They also promote increased savings, ei…

ECLAC budget training beneficial to policy makers in Barbados

5 Sep 2016 | News

The budgeting process is set to greatly improve in Barbados as a result of ECLAC Caribbean’s training for public finance managers on Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs), according to Mr. Seibert Frederick, Permanent Secretary in the Barbados Ministry of Economic Affairs. Speaking at the high-level briefing that concluded the training workshop, on 26 August 2016, Mr. Frederick emphasized the value and potential of the techniques imparted, in bolstering the efficiency of the budgeting exercise, and noted that the training would have definitely benefitted permanent secretaries. The participan…

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