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Evolution of Argentinian Productive Structure Assessed at Seminar in Buenos Aires

5 Dec 2014 | News

The main problems Argentina faces in terms of its industrial activity and the current dynamics of international technology were some of the issues discussed at a seminar organized by the office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Buenos Aires on October 1-3. The event, which also included a workshop component, was intended to contribute ECLAC's own structural approach to the debate on the industrial policies and technology Argentina requires. The old discussion of static or dynamic economic efficiency was resumed and the problems of the manufacturing secto…

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 and Latin American Business Council Sign Agreement

20 Aug 2014 | News

A framework technical cooperation agreement aimed at facilitating the development of joint activities to support competitiveness and the technological modernization of the region's businesses was concluded on Tuesday 19 August 2014 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Latin American Business Council (CEAL) in Santiago, Chile. The agreement - which was signed by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, and the President of CEAL, Samuel Urrutia - will be in force for five years, and includes actions to help devise strategies to enhance productio…

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

2 Jun 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…

Governments Will Discuss Innovation and Cooperation for Inclusive Development at ECLAC

2 Jun 2014 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Uruguay-among other countries-will participate on June 9-10, 2014, in the First Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The meeting, which will also be attended by international officials and representatives of cooperation agencies, is organized by ECLAC and Chile's Foreign Relations Ministry, with the support of the German Agency For…

ECLAC Will Present in Lima Proposals for a Sustainable Future in the Region

14 Apr 2014 | News

"The sessions are ECLAC's most significant event because they gather together all its Member States and Associate Members to analyze the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean," Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations organization, said during an informational meeting with ambassadors held this Monday, April 14, in Santiago, Chile. This was the last meeting of its kind before the Thirty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will take place May 5-9 in Lima, Peru. The previous informational meetings were held in …

ECLAC Fosters Territorial Development in Colombia with Competitiveness Indicator

2 Dec 2013 | News

To guide public policymaking and stimulate private decisions that can combine to yield higher levels of territorial development, the Colombia Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) periodically presents the Competitiveness ranking for national departments. According to the authors of the report, this indicator of economic, social and institutional development shows how departments use their various structural assets according to specific patterns of specialization. The following six factors are analysed in the recently launched Com…

The United States Offers Opportunities for Organic Growers from Latin America and the Caribbean

2 Dec 2013 | News

The United States organic food market has shown impressive growth in the past 20 years, with sales rising from one billion dollars in 1990 to 31.5 billion dollars in 2011. Even shortly after the financial crisis, from 2009 to 2010, the growth in sales was 7.7 percent according to the Organic Trade Association. In 2012 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated the size of the organic market in the United States to 31.4 billion dollars. The rapid increase in consumer demand for organic products exceeded the domestic supply capacity and traders of organic products have relied s…

ECLAC Will Host Preparatory Meeting of the Sustainable Transport Forum for Latin American and Caribbean

1 Oct 2013 | News

Accelerating development and implementation of sustainable transport policies in the region is one of the main objectives of the Sustainable Transport Forum for Latin American and Caribbean, created in 2011. The next preparatory meeting of this forum will take place on 29 and 30 October at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The first Forum meeting took place in 2011 in Bogota, Colombia, and was organized by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Colombia's Ministry of Transport. Since 2004, UNCRD has been…

Seminar Will Analyse Plans for New Submarine Cable between Europe and Latin America

27 Sep 2013 | News

The project to build a new submarine cable between Europe and Latin America will be analysed at an international seminar organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI) in Barcelona, Spain. The seminar Innovation and regulation in ICTs - a comparative view between Europe and Latin America will be held on 30 September and 1 October at the headquarters of the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT), and will be attended by authorities, academics and private-sector representatives from the two…

Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance Opened 2013 ECLAC Summer School

23 Jul 2013 | News

See photo gallery "There is no way of making balanced progress towards greater levels of development and well-being while ignoring what is happening in the production base" of our countries, according to Fernando Lorenzo, Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance, speaking on Tuesday 23 July at the opening of the 14th Summer School on Latin American Economies 2013, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Each year, the School brings together post-graduate students from Latin America, Europe and Asia, who are given the opportunity to find out about the…

2013 ECLAC Summer School Will Be Opened with Presentations on Structural Change

19 Jul 2013 | News

On Tuesday 23 July 2013 at 10.00 a.m., Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance, Fernando Lorenzo, will take part in the opening of the 14th Summer School on Latin American Economies 2013, which is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The activity will be led by Juan Alberto Fuentes, Director of the ECLAC Economic Development Division, who will deliver a presentation on macroeconomic trends in Latin America and the Caribbean. Then, Minister Lorenzo will speak about "Productivity and structural change in Uruguay: the recent trajectory", followed by …

Women's Autonomy in the Digital Economy Will Be Discussed in the Dominican Republic

2 Jul 2013 | Announcement

This year, governments, civil-society organizations and experts will have the opportunity to review progress and challenges in gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean, at the 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This intergovernmental meeting, which is convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will be held in the Dominican capital from 15 to 18 October and will focus on gender equality, women's empowerment and information and communications technologi…

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

3 Sep 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…

ECLAC’s Summer School is Taking Applications for its Nineteenth Session

3 Sep 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) announced the launch of the application period for the Summer School on Latin American Economies 2018, a training program aimed at young researchers, graduates and/or postgraduates interested in studying the process of Latin American development. The nineteenth session of the Summer School will take place from July 18 through September 28, 2018, at the headquarters of the United Nations regional organization in Santiago, Chile. The online applications will be accepted until April 16, 2018. The list of people selected for the …

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