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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs: “ECLAC Should Be a Place for Reimagining and Forging the Region’s Long-term Vision”

1 April 2025 | News

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented the book Rethinking Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Contributions from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on its 75th Anniversary (Spanish only), a compilation of keynote articles by prominent thinkers and specialists in various areas of development, who offer keys to understanding the region’s history and to building a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. The publication was launched during the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin Amer…

ECLAC School of Latin American Development Studies opens applications for course on economies of the region 2024

26 February 2024 | Announcement

The School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is currently accepting applications for the twenty-fifth edition of its Development Policy Studies Program for Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held from July 8 to August 30, 2024 at the Commission's headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Online applications will be open between February 26 and March 31, 2024. The list of selected applicants will be notified by e-mail and published on the ELADES website on April 5. Priority will be given to students who are pursuing …

ECLAC School of Latin American Development Studies is taking applications for its 2022 Program on Latin American Economies

17 February 2022 | Announcement

The School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES) run by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has opened the application period for the 23rd session of the Advanced Studies Program on Latin American Economies, to be held July 8 – August 31, 2022 at the Commission's headquarters in Santiago, Chile, if health conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic allow. Otherwise, it will be held virtually. Applications are online and open from February 10 – April 30, 2022. The list of candidates selected will be announced by email and published on the ELADES web…

CEPAL Review Will Launch a New Special Edition on COVID-19 and the Socioeconomic Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 April 2021 | Announcement

LIVE BROADCAST (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided). With the aim of contributing to broadening and deepening discussions regarding the global crisis and its effects on and prospects for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, the CEPAL Review has edited a special issue on the COVID-19 pandemic, which will be unveiled next Thursday, April 29, during a webinar that will include a virtual dialogue with authors of the articles to be published in this distinctive edition. The event entitled “COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean” will take pl…

ECLAC’s School of Latin American Development Studies Began Accepting Applications for its Study Program on Latin American Economies

23 March 2021 | Announcement

The School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched the application period for the twenty-second edition of its Study Program on Latin American Economies, which each year brings together young researchers, graduates and/or postgraduates interested in studying the Latin American development process. Registration is online and will be open until April 30, 2021. The list of people selected to participate will be published on the ELADES website on May 7. Classes will take place virtually between July 14 and Septe…

School of Latin American Development Studies Kicks Off 2021 Activities with a Seminar on Geopolitics, Trade and Economic Integration

8 January 2021 | Announcement

ECLAC’s School of Latin American Development Studies will commence its activities in 2021 on Monday, January 11 with an inaugural seminar on geopolitics, trade and economic integration, which will be held virtually. This is the twenty-first session of the School, which has been bringing postgraduate students from across the world together every year since 2000 to study development-related problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The School convenes prominent experts and researchers from universities in Latin America, Europe and the United States to offer an analysis (one that is plural and…

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

10 February 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…

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

29 July 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,…

“ECLAC Notes” Marks 100 Editions Informing the Entire Region about the Commission’s Work

17 June 2019 | News

Nearly 21 years ago, in November 1998, the “ECLAC Notes” bulletin came into being, and today we publish its 100th edition. We celebrate this anniversary with great pride, since we are certain that this newsletter has become a key instrument for communicating – not only to the media, but also to the entire community – ECLAC’s proposals for achieving sustainable development in Latin American and Caribbean countries and for promoting the well-being of all its inhabitants. An occasion like this invites us to reflect on the constant efforts that our institution has made to put the data and statisti…

Applications Open for the Eighteenth Session of the ECLAC Summer School

10 February 2017 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has announced the start of the application process for the 2017 Summer School on Latin American Economies, a training programme for young researchers interested in studying Latin America’s development process. The Summer School’s eighteenth session will be held from 20 July to 8 September 2017 at the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile. The registration period ends on 10 April and the list of selected candidates will be published on 17 April. The Summer School is organized by the ECLAC Di…

ECLAC’s Summer School Accepts Applications for its Seventeenth Edition

7 March 2016 | Announcement

Young researchers interested in studying the Latin American development process can apply to the seventeenth 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). The registration period ends on April 18 and the list of the selected candidates will be published on April 27. The course, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in the Chilean capital, is free of charge but participants are responsible for the costs associated with their trave…

ECLAC Explains in a Book the Validity of Neo-Structuralism to Generate New Policies

22 June 2015 | News

A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyzes in-depth the continued relevance of neo-structuralism’s postulates in light of the recent global and euro zone crises and proposes opening lines of dialogue between this school, of purely Latin American extraction, and other traditions such as heterodox currents of thought to promote a policy agenda that presents an alternative to the dominant economic paradigm. The book Neo-structuralism and Heterodox Currents in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Beginning of the XXI Century (only available …

ECLAC’s Summer School Accepts Applications and Launches Call for Papers

23 February 2015 | Announcement

The applications process for the sixteenth session of the Summer School on Latin American Economies began on Monday, February 23. The training program is organized annually by the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and it is aimed at young researchers interested in studying the Latin American development process. The registration period ends April 15. The course, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in the Chilean capital, is free of charge but participants are responsible for the costs associated wi…

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

3 May 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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