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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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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…

Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda in the Post COVID-19 World Will Necessitate a New Global and Regional Compact: ECLAC

25 Sep 2020 | News

Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary (PDF in Spanish). The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stated this Friday that fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the post COVID-19 world necessitates a new global and regional compact that would include a renewed development model oriented towards greater well-being and environmental sustainability, in remarks made during a dialogue entitled “SDG acceleration as a road map for building back better,” which was organized by the govern…

Alicia Bárcena Stressed the Importance of Equality as a Driver of Growth for Companies and Businesses after the COVID-19 Crisis

23 Sep 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stressed today the importance of seeing equality as a driver of growth after the crisis stemming from COVID-19, not just for countries but also companies and businesses, during a high-level event that brought together the main executives of important companies and business leaders from the Americas and other regions of the world, and which was held on the sidelines of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The gathering entitled “A conversation with CEOs & Leade…

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…

New Report by ECLAC Analyzes the Key Role of Digital Technologies in the COVID-19 Pandemic

24 Aug 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Wednesday, August 26 its Special Report COVID-19 No. 7, in which it examines the key role of digital technologies in the pandemic prompted by the coronavirus and how gaps in access, affordability and network speed deepen the inequalities and vulnerabilities of the region’s population. The new document, entitled Universalizing access to digital technologies to address the consequences of COVID-19, analyzes the advances and limitations of digitalization and assesses how digital solutions reduce the impact of meas…

New Special Report by ECLAC Analyzes COVID-19’s Impacts on Latin American and Caribbean Businesses and Production Sectors and Proposes Policies for the Emergency and the Reactivation

1 Jul 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present tomorrow, Thursday, July 2, Special Report COVID-19 No. 4 on monitoring the economic and social effects of the coronavirus in the region, entitled Businesses and sectors facing COVID-19: emergency and reactivation. The new document measures and analyzes the effects of the crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean’s business world and production sectors. It combines a short-term view, centered on the emergency, with a longer-term perspective that is of special importance for the reactivation. It proposes measures f…

Public Policies Are Key to the Financial Inclusion of Rural Areas in the Region

18 Mar 2020 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the financial support of the European Union, has contributed to the analysis and development of strategies and policies to diversify the economic activities carried out by rural households in situations of poverty. A key component of these efforts has been the analysis of rural value chains. According to the document Strengthening Financial Inclusion and Capacities in Rural Areas: Guidelines for a Plan of Action (in Spanish only), edite…

We Must Move Towards a New Vision of Development that is More Innovative, Diversified and Inclusive: Alicia Bárcena

2 Mar 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to think about development in a different way to move towards a more innovative, diversified and inclusive vision, during a high-level event held today in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the seminar “Challenges for growth and development in Latin America,” organized by CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, in conjunction with the Argentine government. Bárcena participated on a panel about challenges rela…

Latin America Must Move from the Capitalism of Shareholders to a Fairer and More Inclusive Capitalism of Stakeholders

19 Feb 2020 | News

Promoting sustainable development and equality is not the work of a single actor – the State or the private sector – but rather of society as a whole, and the business sector plays a critical role, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted at a high-level event with Mexican businesspeople held on Tuesday, February 18 in Mexico City, and presided by Nicolás Mariscal Torroella, Chairman of Consejo Marhnos. The United Nations regional organization’s most senior representative was one of the speakers on a panel entitled “Perspectives…

ECLAC Opens Application Period for Twenty-first Edition of its School on Latin American Economies

10 Feb 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) opened the application period for the twenty-first edition of its School on Latin American Economies, which annually invites young researchers, graduates and/or post-graduates interested in studying the Latin American development process. The application process is online and will be open through April 12, 2020. The list of selected participants will be published on the ECLAC website on April 21. Classes will take place July 13 – September 4, 2020 at the UN regional organization’s headquarters in the Chilean capital. Enrollme…

Mexico Continues to Be One of the Main Investors in Central America, but Its dynamism is Waning

9 Dec 2019 | News

Mexico’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has increased during the 2009-2017 period in the Central American region, but it has shown less dynamism than the total amount of investment abroad, according to the document Mexican investment in Central America (in Spanish only), published recently by ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. This reduced dynamism suggests that Mexican companies have readjusted their investment strategies, the study indicates. Mexico figures as the second-biggest investor in nearly all Central American countries, with the exception of Panama, where its FDI has been …

ECLAC’s Summer School 2019 Concludes with the Participation of 40 Students from 19 Countries

27 Sep 2019 | News

Forty postgraduate students from 19 countries worldwide participated in the 20th session of the Summer School on Latin American Economies organized annually by the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which included for the first time a week dedicated to gender issues, along with three international seminars – to mention just a few activities. The students – from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, th…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Aug 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 on Wednesday, August 14, at 11 a.m. (GMT-4) at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. At a press conference, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the main findings of the study, which examines not only the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows but also the contribution of these flows to productive development processes in the region. The pr…

Alicia Bárcena Kicks Off 2019 Summer School with an Invitation to Think about a New Development Style for the Region

29 Jul 2019 | News

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), issued an invitation to think about a new, more sustainable and egalitarian development style for the region to students at the regional UN organization’s Summer School on Latin American Economies. “This summer program is not just a course on economics. It is a school of political economics, because ECLAC is a think-tank and we have placed our bets on development theories as pioneers in research methodologies and techniques, but also for our constant questioning of the development model,…

Alicia Bárcena: The Conversation Must Change between Governments, the Private Sector and Civil Society to Meet the SDGs

18 Jul 2019 | News

“The conversation between governments, business and civil society must change. All actors must have a dialogue about what sectors and economic activities can take us more quickly toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda,” sustained Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday, July 18 in New York. Bárcena offered closing remarks at the event Global Compact Network: Making global goals global business, organized by the United Nations Global Compact and the permanent missions of Argentina and Lebanon to the United Nations, on…

Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is a Space of Political Consensus among the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

18 Jul 2019 | News

“The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development has become a space of political consensus and peer learning among Member States. It is also an example of regional coordination among multiple stakeholders: governments, the UN system, the private sector, the academic sector and civil society,” said Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a meeting today in New York with representatives of the countries of the region in the context of the High-Level Political Forum being held at United Nations Headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to announ…

ECLAC Calls on Researchers to Present Papers on Sustainable Development by July 28

8 Jul 2019 | News

The Summer School on Latin American Economies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is accepting, through July 28 2019, proposals for research papers on the topic of sustainable development that will be presented on September 3-4 at a seminar to be held at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The seminar Sustainable Development: the science, economics and policy nexus is part of the celebration of the Summer School’s twentieth anniversary, and it will be co-sponsored by the European Union and the Young Scholars Initiative (INET). The top…

ECLAC is Accepting Proposals for Papers on Inequality Measurement through July 21

8 Jul 2019 | News

The Summer School on Latin American Economies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is accepting, through July 21, 2019, proposals for research papers on the topic of inequality that will be presented on August 26-27 during a seminar held at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The Inequality Seminar: measures, analysis and policies, which will mark the celebration of this training program’s twentieth anniversary, will be co-sponsored by the European Union. Participants will include researchers as well as representatives of think tanks, …

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