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In the past ten years, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have increasingly turned to green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds as a source of financing. How has this financing been distributed across sectors, and to what extent is it supporting the energy transition?…
The regional meeting allowed Latin American and Caribbean countries to exchange experiences, apply methodological tools, and strengthen their technical capacities to measure South-South Cooperation, moving toward more robust information systems aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.…
Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean in six charts: 2024 year-in-review and early 2025 developments In 2024, Latin America and the Caribbean's international bond issuances reached a three-year high.…
Financing green productive development policies in Latin America and the Caribbean…
The U.S. economy expanded at a robust 3.1% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2024, well above the economy’s long-term growth potential.…
Latin America and the Caribbean's international bond issuances continue to rebound from the 2022 low levels.…
The U.S. economy expanded at a robust 3.0% annualized rate in the second quarter of 2024, more than double the 1.4% increase in the first quarter and well above the economy’s long-term growth potential.…
The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2023–2024.…
Violence against women and girls remains the most widespread and pervasive human rights violation worldwide, affecting more than an estimated 1 in 3 women. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres joined ECLAC staff in raising awareness of this human rights violation during his visit to Chile.…
Latin American and Caribbean international bond activity ended the first half of 2023 on a strong note.…
The side event Financing for Gender Equality in the Framework of Sustainable Development , held within the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, concluded with a call to foster financing policies that promote gender equality and women’s autonomy in the region.…
On March 21st, 2018, as part of its 2018 presidency, Argentina hosted the G20 Conference “G20 and Locally Focused Banks – Good for Sustainable Societies” organized by the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI). Esteban Pérez from ECLAC’s Financing for Development Unit, who is currently carrying out a project on financial inclusion of SMEs and development bank innovation policies, participated in “Panel 2: Building a Financial Business Ecosystem in the Digital Age” that is summarized below. Panel 2: Building a Financial Business Ecosyst…
A regional study analyzing the state of financial inclusion of SMEs in seven Latin American countries, and the role of development banks in improving it through innovative practices and focused financial instruments, has been elaborated as part of the similarly titled project headed by the Financing for Development Unit at ECLAC. As of date, the regional report has been published in both Spanish and its original language, Portuguese. It brings together the main findings from the seven country cases studies—Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru—and supplements them …
On the 18th and 19th of October 2017 ECLAC welcomed leaders of Latin American development banks, central banks, government policy makers and other international experts for a constructive discussion on financial inclusion of SMEs in Latin America at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile.…
October 2017 | ECLAC OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (STUDIES AND RESEARCH PAPERS)…
The main guidelines of ECLAC’s project on financial inclusion of SMEs and the case study of Argentina were presented during a Day on Regional Economic Development in Chaco, Argentina, organized by the Economic and Social Council of the Province of Chaco.…
The two regional commissions organized a seminar on financial inclusion in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), The Asia Foundation (AF), the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), and the Center for International Cooperation (CIFC) of the Korean Institute of Finance.…
The Congress took place on August 24th and 25th of 2017 at the University of Anáhuac in Mexico City. This is an annual event that began in 2011 and is organized by the Foundation for Investigation of the Mexican Institute for Finance Executives (FIMEF). Its objective is to support investigators, keep professionals up to date, and to motivate students of finance and economics. The Congress, the most important one in Mexico in the area of finance, unites leaders of academia, the private sector, and government for a discussion on the most relevant and current topics in economics and finance in Me…
More than 60 people participated in the seminar, including development bank officials, government officials and experts in financial inclusion from 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
Based on recent studies developed within the framework of ECLAC’s project on financial inclusion of SMEs and development banks innovation policies, Professor and economic and financial consultant, Luis Alberto Zuleta J., highlights in his column how the role of Bancóldex has changed in the last decade. In the last ten years Bancóldex has focused on: Diversifying its services for different business segments, mainly exporters Developing a range of useful products for companies Innovating new financial products and services to improve access to financial products, through its branch Banca d…