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ECLAC Will Present Its Vision on Climate Change Challenges in the Region at the COP20 in Lima

4 Dec 2014 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present two reports and participate in numerous side events during the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20), which will be held in Lima, Peru, until December 12. In the Peruvian capital, the Commission will launch an update of its study The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing a broad overview of the main impacts that are expected as well as subregional and national figures. The Commission, along with Peru’s…

Central America Intraregional Trade Keeps Showing Positive Dynamic

2 Dec 2014 | News

Central American intra-regional trade keeps showing great dynamism, although it is growing at a slower pace than before the global crisis of 2008, according to a recent study published by ECLAC sub-regional headquarters in Mexico. The report Goods and Services Trade in Central America, 2014 describes the socioeconomic evolution of the Central American region, especially Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, emphasizing trade and competitiveness indicators. Competitiveness analysis tools are used to identify the markets, products and services with the gre…

Caribbean Economic Growth Set To Increase in 2015

2 Dec 2014 | News

The Caribbean economy has experienced increased growth in the last year, moving from 1.4% in 2013 to 1.8% in 2014, with even more positive prospects for 2015, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the launch of the flagship report: “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014”. This was presented by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on 2 December 2014, and was broadcast online and via videoconference. Following this launch, the ECLAC subregional headq…

Development Banking in the Region Offers Mechanisms for Internationalization of SMEs

2 Dec 2014 | News

Development banking in the region has made efforts to facilitate the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), given that most of their financing programs include these companies among their targets (92 %), establish flexible terms (36 %) and demand guarantees or endorsements adjusted to their possibilities, according to a report recently published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The figures of the study Financing of International Trade and the Role of Development Banking in Latin America and the Caribbean (available on…

Latin America and China Share Urbanization Challenges, Experts Agree

26 Nov 2014 | News

China and Latin America and the Caribbean region have common opportunities and challenges in terms of urbanization, which opens significant room for cooperation, experts agreed today at the inauguration of the Forum on Sustainable Urban Development in China and Latin America and the Caribbean at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) along with the Institute of Latin American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ILAS-CASS), with the support of CAF-Development Bank of Latin America. Th…

Uruguay's Agricultural Sector, An Example of Structural Change

1 Sep 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, …

ECLAC Research Contributes to Knowledge on Climate Change in the Region

1 Sep 2014 | News

Over the last decade, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has developed several lines of research regarding climate change. One that stands out is a study of the economic and socioeconomic impacts of this phenomenon and its effects on the region's coastline. "ECLAC is working very in depth on the issue of climate change and also on its link to strategic sectors of the region's economy. Climate change sometimes seems distant to us, but it is already generating direct effects on many countries," Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, said recently. On Septem…

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

1 Sep 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…

Experts Will Discuss the State of Latin American and Caribbean International Insertion and Integration

2 Jun 2014 | Announcement

The role played by foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in development, as well as integration agreements of Latin American and Caribbean countries and their place in global value chains, will be analysed at a two-day seminar to be held in Santiago, Chile, on 3 and 4 June. Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the International Trade and Intregration Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Michael Penfold, Director for Public Policy and Competitiveness at CAF (Latin American Development Bank), and Masataka Fujita, Head of the Investment Is…

ECLAC Launches Study with Recommendations on Promoting Trade and Investment between Latin America and China

2 Dec 2013 | News

China plays a central role in the process of rapid change under way in the world economy. By 2017, the country's GDP is expected to outstrip that of the United States - making it the world's largest economy. This buoyancy has resulted in a strong demand for raw materials that often come from Latin America and the Caribbean. Between 2000 and 2012, the trade among China and the region therefore increased by 21 times to stand at USD 250 billion. China is now the main destination for exports from Brazil, Chile and Peru, the second destination for Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba and Uruguay, the th…

ECLAC Holds Two Seminars on Latin America's Trade Relations with Asian Countries

20 Aug 2013 | News

During this decade, Latin America's economic and trade relations with Asian countries have grown considerably, and this is reflected in the figures and the rise in the number of trade agreements included between countries of the two regions. However, these links still feature asymmetries that remain a challenge, particularly for Latin American countries. In this context, this week the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold two seminars at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile, both opened by the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. On Wednesday 21 August will t…

Carbon Footprint - Source of Competitive Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

2 Jul 2013 | News

The carbon footprint is not only a possible threat to the international trade of Latin America and the Caribbean. It can also be a source of competitive opportunities. This is according to the preliminary results of the carbon footprint and exports project that the ECLAC Division of International Trade and Integration has been carrying out since 2012 with the support of the United Nations Development Account. For business owners in countries that are directly or indirectly involved in the project (Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Peru and Uruguay), what is…

Call for Papers on Trade Relations between Latin America and Asia-Pacific

2 Jul 2013 | Announcement

The Asia-Pacific region has been the setting for major changes in economic integration over the past 20 years. This applies to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as the entry into force over the next few years of the free trade agreement between China, Japan and South Korea (with negotiations beginning this year). The most recent decade has also seen an increase in economic and trade relations between Latin America and Asia-Pacific, not only in terms of the sums involved but also with a major rise in trade agreements between countries of the two regions. &n…

ECLAC Highlights Challenges of New Chinese Government and Its Relations with Latin America

12 Apr 2013 | News

China will become the world's largest economy by 2020 (in terms of GDP), and will be an increasingly important global player. This new position provides the new administration headed by President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang with a series of internal and external challenges, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). On Friday 12 April, the Director of the International Trade and Integration Division of this United Nations commission, Osvaldo Rosales, took part in the seminar China and its challenges in the era of Xi Jinping, organized by the Columbi…

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