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After breaking an annual record in 2021, total Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond issuance in international markets slowed considerably in the first eight months of 2022.…
Progress on the 2030 Agenda Will be Decided in Cities Latin America and the Caribbean is the world's most urbanized developing region. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said that cities are where the climate battle will be won or lost . Cities are the engines of economic growth, but they are also the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, and their growth is occurring amid great inequalities in our societies.…
The thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 24 to 26 October 2022, at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires.…
During the last eight weeks, students from the Latin American School of Development (ELADES) have enjoyed the Hernán Santa Cruz Library’s space and services at ECLAC in Santiago, Chile.…
The nominal series of commodity exports and total exports, which form part of the recent update of information in CEPALSTAT and are available for consultation, show the pressures on natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
New population estimates and projections for Latin America and the Caribbean used to estimate the demographic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic show that Latin America and the Caribbean lost 2.9 years of life expectancy at birth, from 75.1 years in 2019 to 72.1 years in 2021. This makes it the region of the world that lost the most years of life expectancy due to the pandemic.…
Analysis of the evolution of the pandemic clearly shows that the health crisis has not passed and that uncertainty remains. The prolonged crisis has highlighted not only the weaknesses of the region's health and social protection systems, but also the centrality of health for social and economic development.…
ECLAC is interested in compiling points of view, experiences and proposals from Caribbean countries regarding their main challenges. Caribbean states are highly vulnerably due to the financial indebtedness and climate change and must receive adequate support, including through concessional funding and reestablishment of the liquidity they need. Thus, ECLAC wants to highlight the importance of these countries and focus its activities around the concept of “Caribbean first”.…
In his report on preventing and combating crimes that affect the environment presented to the Seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, the UN Secretary-General provides information on the implementation of Assembly resolution 76/185 and offers recommendations for possible future action. In support of resolution 76/185, the report highlights the Escazú Agreement as an instrument that provides effective assistance and protection for those persons who contribute to combating in a peaceful manner crimes that affect the environment. It recalls that the Escazú Agreement entere…
The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the First Ministerial Meeting on Entrepreneurship and Economic Autonomy of Women of the Pacific Alliance, held on August 5, 2022. In it, successful experiences of policies and programs for women’s economic autonomy and empowerment were exchanged, mainly to promote the participation of rural women's enterprises in foreign trade.…
It is resolution 76/300 of 28 July 2022, the United Nations General Assembly recognized for the first time the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The General Assembly affirmed that the promotion of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment requires the full implementation of the multilateral environmental agreements under the principles of international environmental law. It also recognized that the exercise of human rights, including the rights to seek, receive and impart information, to participate effectively in the conduct of government …
Organized by: ECLAC, KAS, REDLAS, PromPerú and the University of Lima Key dates: September 10: deadline to send abstracts to redlas@cepal.org September 17: notification to authors of accepted papers November 4: deadline sent works to the same email Conference: November 14 and 15, 2022 On November 14 and 15, 2022, the XI REDLAS Conference will be held in Lima, in association with KAS, ECLAC, PromPerú and the University of Lima (ULIMA). PromPerú is one of the trade promotion organizations with the longest track record in promoting service exports in the region. In this …
In 2021, economic growth in the United States was the strongest since 1984 (5.7%) but in the first quarter of 2022 the economy contracted. Here is the economic outlook in five charts:…
Over 65 participants from 12 countries gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 28 to 30 June 2022 for the regional seminar on climate change for parliaments of Latin America and the Caribbean. The seminar was jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliament of Uruguay. The seminar provided a space for an urgent inter-parliamentary dialogue on how to address climate change in the region, comprising a number of expert presentations and plenary discussions. In the session "Prioritizing equitable climate action: Promoting public participation and social inclusion", ECLAC, …
The webinar “Production Capacity of Electric Buses in Latin America,” held by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on June 9, 2022, brought together experts and leaders from Latin America’s automotive industry to discuss the challenges, opportunities and trends for the sustainable urban mobility sector and the possibilities for integration in the production chain.…
Latin American and Caribbean issuance in international debt markets broke an all-time annual record in 2021, reaching US$ 149 billion. It slowed considerably in the first four months of 2022, however: at US$ 38 billion, it was 42% lower than in the same period in 2021.…
The Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement condemns and mourns the death of Orlando Jorge Mera, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic and political focal point for the Escazú Agreement. It also expresses its sincere condolences to his family and to the Government and people of the Dominican Republic. The protection of human rights defenders in environmental matters as established in the Escazú Agreement continues to be an urgent need in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
The ninth meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability took place in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 31 May to 1 June 2022 under the theme “Shifting to more Integrated Approaches for Sustainability, Resilience and Prosperity in OECS SIDS.” Ministers and representatives of OECS Member States focused on bridging silos across priority environmental themes and making linkages with key economic and social pillars for designing and accelerating sustainable policies and solutions. In its capacity as Secretariat to the Escazú Agreement, ECLAC took part in the Minis…
The United Nations Network on Migration, which in Latin America and the Caribbean is coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Demography (CELADE) - Population Division, has prepared this Report.…
According to data disposed on UNCTADSTAT (2022), considering the total merchant fleet by flag of registration, represented by thousands of dead-weight tons (DWT), Panama occupies the first place of the list, representing in 2021 the 16.1% of the merchant fleet. Followed by Liberia, Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malta, China, Bahamas, Greece, and Japan. The Bahamas, a Caribbean island, occupying the 8th place of the rank, with 3.5% of the world´s dead-weight tonnage. In Latin America and the Caribbean, it represented in 2021, 21.5% of the world fleet by flag. Flag by registrati…