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ECLAC Will Present 2025 Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 Jul 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4), at a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) led by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs from the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. In addition to providing a full overview of the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows at a global, regional and national level, the publication analyzes the potential …

How to Follow the Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 Jun 2025 | News

The Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on June 17-18 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of the meeting is to analyze the challenges of international cooperation in shaping the new regional and global context. The intergovernmental meeting will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 a.m. Chile time (GMT -4) by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin Ameri…

Network of Subnational Governments for Productive Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Officially Launched During Meeting in Ecuador

4 Jun 2025 | News

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Quito, Ecuador, today to establish the Network of Subnational Governments for Productive Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Conceived as a permanent technical and political space, the Network seeks to support the strengthening of subnational governments’ capacities in designing and implementing productive development policies. The Network’s creation, formalized through the Pichincha Declaration, was one of the outcomes of the International Seminar: The Role of Subnational Governments in Sustainable and Inclusive Producti…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Strengthen Productive Development Policies to Avert a Third Lost Decade and Create a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future

29 Jan 2025 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, urged the region’s governments and private sectors today to strengthen productive development policies, getting behind and collaborating on the development of sectors that invigorate growth and the transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. The United Nations regional commission’s highest authority participated in the Latin America and the Caribbean International Economic Forum 2025: How to return to the path of growth?, organiz…

ECLAC Supports Strengthening Argentine Provinces’ Capacities in New Areas

30 Dec 2024 | News

In response to the interest expressed by the government of Santiago del Estero, ECLAC’s national office in Argentina carried out technical assistance jointly with the province’s Secretariat of Science and Technology in order to make an assessment of the knowledge economy ecosystem in the province and to continue promoting that sector’s development. The study included the mapping of stakeholders through on-the-ground fieldwork, which involved interviews with representatives of the private sector, the science and technology system, and provincial authorities. This analysis enabled the evaluation…

ECLAC Will Update Economic Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries at the Launch of its Last Annual Report from 2024

12 Dec 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Wednesday, December 18 its annual flagship report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, in which it examines the behavior of the region’s economies over the current year and updates estimates for growth and other economic indicators in 2024 and 2025. Specifically, the document will present new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2024 and 2025. In this edition, the report analyzes the economic and social dynamics of the…

Jon Azúa, Prominent Spanish Academic Specialised in Clusters, will Give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

19 Nov 2024 | Announcement

Prominent Spanish academic specialised in clusters Jon Azúa will give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters, where he will be welcomed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organisation’s Executive Secretary. The President and founder of Enovating Lab will give his lecture, titled “Clustering a productive, competitive, prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economy: towards the co-creation of the economic development we want”, at 11:00 local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). Jon Azúa holds a…

Authorities and Globally Renowned Experts Analyzed the Traps Hindering Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development, at a High-level Seminar Held During ECLAC’s Fortieth Session

10 Oct 2024 | News

What are the vital transformations needed to overcome the development traps in which Latin America and the Caribbean is mired? And how can countries achieve stronger and sustained growth while also reducing inequality and fostering inclusion and social mobility? These pressing questions were addressed by authorities from numerous countries in the region and experts of recognized standing, on the second day of the Fortieth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place in Lima, Peru. On this Thursday, October 10, a High-level Seminar began …

President of Peru, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and representative of the Government of Argentina to open the 40th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

7 Oct 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 in Lima, Peru its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, where it will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in the region. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries w…

How to Follow the Debates of ECLAC’s Most Important Intergovernmental Conference on October 9-11

4 Oct 2024 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 its Fortieth session, the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional organization, where ECLAC will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 9, at 2 p.m. local time in Peru (GMT -5) by Dina Boluarte Zegarra, President of Peru; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video); and…

ECLAC Will Present in Peru its Proposal for a Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 Oct 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 in Lima, Peru its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, where it will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in the region. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries w…

Globally Renowned Authorities and Experts Analyze the New Vision for Productive Development Policies Presented by ECLAC

5 Sep 2024 | News

Authorities, experts and academics from some of the world’s most distinguished research centers participated in a high-level online seminar at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to discuss the new vision for productive development policies (PDPs) presented today by the United Nations regional organization at the launch of the first edition of its flagship publication Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: How can the region advance the great productive transformation it needs?. On three distinct …

ECLAC Will Hold its Fortieth Session in Peru on October 9-11

30 Aug 2024 | Announcement

On October 9-11 in Lima, Peru, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries will have the opportunity to debate about the region’s economic, social and environmental development, examine the activities carried out by the Commi…

ECLAC Will Present the First Edition of its Report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Aug 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, September 5, 2024, during a web seminar, the first edition of its report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which presents a new vision of these policies for the region, details the various efforts that Latin American and Caribbean countries have been making, and proposes a series of guidelines and recommendations for scaling up and improving these policies with the aim of achieving more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The new publica…

Executive Secretary Met with Ambassadors to Share his Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation and to Address Preparations for ECLAC’s Most Important Biennial Gathering

13 Aug 2024 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 an informational meeting with representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile, where he shared his proposal for economic and social transformation and addressed the preparations for the regional organization’s Fortieth Session, which will be held on October 8-11 in Lima, Peru. At this international event – in which authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members will participate, along with representat…

Authorities from Peru and ECLAC Meet with Ambassadors to Share Details on the Regional Organization’s Fortieth Session

9 Aug 2024 | News

Authorities from the Peruvian government and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held an informational meeting today with representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Lima to share details regarding the Fortieth Session of ECLAC, the United Nations regional organization’s most important biennial gathering, which will be held on October 8-11 in Peru’s capital. The meeting was led by Ambassador María Eugenia Echeverría, Director-General for Economic Affairs at Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Carlos Daniel Chávez-Taffur, the Peruvian sta…

Relations with China are Important for Latin America and the Caribbean to Move Towards More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

7 Aug 2024 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, stressed the importance today of the strategic and historical relationship between China and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, during a high-level international seminar held at the United Nations regional commission’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. “The region is immersed in a trap of low growth capacity, from which it must urgently escape. ECLAC recommends that countries energize and redirect their economic growth, making it not only higher and…

ECLAC Will Present Updated Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean and Proposals for Increasing It

25 Jul 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, August 1, at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) an annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which provides an overview of how these flows have evolved at a global, regional and national level. This year the publication also proposes a series of guidelines for increasing this kind of investment on a national and subnational scale, as well as for boosting its impact on productive transformation. The document’s main conclusions will be unveiled by José…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Presented in Spain a Special Edition of the CEPAL Review with his Vision for a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

22 Jul 2024 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented today in Spain a recent special edition of the CEPAL Review, the organization’s main academic publication, published on the occasion of the Commission’s 75th anniversary (celebrated in 2023), in which he offers his vision regarding the major transformations needed for the region to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model. The senior United Nations official gave a keynote lecture based on his own article published in the Rev…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation to Hasten Implementation of the 2030 Agenda at High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

17 Jul 2024 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed its proposal for economic and social transformation to hasten implementation of the 2030 Agenda, during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which is taking place through Thursday, July 18 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, actively participated in several of the global forum’s plenary sessions and side events, where he shared his vision for moving towards a more productive, inclusive and sustai…

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