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ECLAC Indicates that the Region Has Registered Four Straight Years of Low Growth and Will Face Less Dynamic Private Consumption and External Demand in 2026

16 Dec 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated today that the region continues along a path of low growth, forecasting that the main sources that have sustained economic activity in recent years – namely, private consumption and external demand – will lose vitality in 2026. According to its new estimates, ECLAC projects regional GDP growth of 2.4% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026. If these forecasts are borne out, the region will accumulate four consecutive years of low growth with average annual growth of just 2.3%. At the presentation of its annual report Prelimin…

It is in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Best Interest to Strengthen Economic and Cooperative Relations with India to Boost Growth and Enhance Development

11 Dec 2025 | Press Release

At an international seminar organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), experts agreed that it is in Latin America and the Caribbean’s best interest to strengthen and expand economic and cooperative relations with India to boost its economic growth and enhance development. The seminar was held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. During the seminar, titled India–Latin America and the Caribbean: Emerging partners in a shifting global economy, experts exchanged analytical perspectives and held a strategic dialogue aimed at working toward a shared r…

ECLAC Executive Secretary: South-South Cooperation, Digital Transformation and Modern Services Exports Are Key for the Future Development of the Caribbean

9 Dec 2025 | Press Release

Three priorities for Caribbean countries development include digital transformation, modern services exports and more South-South cooperation, in particular with Latin America. That was the position of ECLAC Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, expressed at the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held today in Port of Spain. Salazar-Xirinachs said that “small size has traditionally been seen in the development economics literature as associated with high costs given the difficulties to take advantage of …

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Caribbean Must Be Active Architect of Its Development Models

8 Dec 2025 | Press Release

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs insists that the Caribbean “must be an active architect, not merely a beneficiary of new development models.” Speaking at the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), he made the point that development strategies in the Caribbean must be mission-oriented and must crosscut climate, finance, technology and social inclusion. ES Salazar-Xirinachs was tackling the theme: Unlocking Caribbean Potential – Enhan…

Concrete Actions are Needed to Implement the Tlatelolco Commitment on Gender Equality and the Care Society

1 Dec 2025 | Press Release

Women’s Affairs Ministers and other high-level authorities from the region are discussing a road map for the effective implementation of the recently approved Tlatelolco Commitment – which establishes a decade of action to achieve substantive gender equality and the care society in Latin America and the Caribbean – in the framework of the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile using a hybrid format. The intergovernmental gathering was inaugurated …

The Statistical Conference of the Americas Successfully Concluded its Thirteenth Meeting

27 Nov 2025 | Press Release

The Thirteenth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) concluded today at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, recognizing the importance of strengthening data governance and administration in national statistical systems by fostering regulatory and institutional frameworks that ensure technical autonomy, transparency, interoperability and sustainability in the production and use of official data. This intergovernmental meeting – which is the main forum for discussing the development of st…

Income Concentration is Still Extreme in Latin America: The Wealthiest 10% Obtains 34.2% of Total Income, While the Poorest 10% Only Gets 1.7%, ECLAC Warned Today

26 Nov 2025 | Press Release

In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: How to escape the trap of high inequality, low social mobility and weak social cohesion, presented today, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warns that income concentration continues to be extreme in Latin America, since the wealthiest 10% obtains 34.2% of total income, while the poorest 10% only gets 1.7% – although this is just one of the dimensions in which inequality manifests itself in the region, given that it is a structural and multidimensional phenomenon, the United Nati…

Authorities Call for Strengthening Data Governance in National Statistical Systems

25 Nov 2025 | Press Release

Authorities and representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries’ National Statistics Offices called today for strengthening data governance in national statistical systems by promoting regulatory and institutional frameworks that can ensure technical autonomy, transparency, interoperability and sustainability in the production and use of official data, during the inauguration of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, which is taking place through Thursday, November 27 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the C…

ECLAC: At Least 19,254 Femicides Have Been Registered in the Last Five Years in Latin America and the Caribbean

24 Nov 2025 | Press Release

In 2024, at least 3,828 women were victims of femicide, feminicide or gender-related killings[1] in 26 of the region’s countries and territories (3,814 in 17 Latin American countries and 14 victims in 9 Caribbean countries and territories), according to the latest official data reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This represents, at a minimum, 11 gender-related killings of women each day and an accumulated total of at least 19,254 femicides in the last five years …

Given the United States’ New Tariff Policy, Latin American and Caribbean Countries Should Diversify their Trade Relations and Strengthen Regional Integration

19 Nov 2025 | Press Release

Given the shift in United States trade policy this year, governments in the region should diversify their trade relations and strengthen regional integration, according to the latest annual report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the region’s trade performance, which was presented today. In the report entitled International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: International trade in a new era of weaponized interdependence – unveiled at a press conference by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Man…

The OECD, European Commission, CAF and ECLAC Advocate for a New Vision for Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

7 Nov 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission and the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean will present a new edition of their joint report Latin American Economic Outlook 2025 (LEO 2025), entitled “Promoting and Financing Production Transformation.” The publication examines the structural challenges that the region faces for moving towards more productive, sustainable and inclusive development, and it poses the need for countries and territories …

Data that Drive Change: The 26th International Meeting on Gender Statistics Reaffirms Latin America and the Caribbean Commitment to Equality

5 Nov 2025 | Press Release

From 5 to 7 November, the Los Pinos Cultural Complex in Mexico City will host the 26th International Meeting on Gender Statistics (EIEG), organized by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the Secretariat for Women, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Under the theme A Decade of Action for Substantive Equality and the Care Society: Gender Statistics in the Public Policy Cycle, the meeting, inaugurated today, brings together representatives from the p…

Regional Population and Development Gathering Culminated at ECLAC with Warnings about Low Fertility, Population Ageing and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Oct 2025 | Press Release

The countries participating in the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded this Thursday at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile, recognized progress on implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, adopted in 2013. However, they called for redoubling efforts to achieve its full implementation and warned about issues such as low fertility, population ageing, and the challenges that people with disabilities in the region face to fully exer…

Total Fertility Rate in Latin America and the Caribbean Reaches 1.8 Children per Woman in 2024, Deepening the Below-Replacement Fertility Trend

29 Oct 2025 | Press Release

In 2024, the total fertility rate in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 1.8 children per woman, remaining below replacement level (2.1 children per woman) since 2015. In 2024, 76% of the region’s countries and territories recorded rates below that level, which is the threshold needed to keep the population stable in the absence of migration, according to the Demographic Observatory 2025 – Low Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean: Emerging Trends and Dynamics, which was released today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The document – prepar…

ECLAC’s Member Countries Agree to Strengthen Multilateralism and Recognize the Vital Role of the United Nations Regional Commissions for Implementing the 2030 Agenda

28 Oct 2025 | Press Release

Ambassadors and other official representatives of the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their commitment today to strengthening multilateralism and recognized the vital role of the United Nations Regional Commissions – including ECLAC – as engines for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during the thirty-eighth session of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole. Gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the participating authorities reviewed the report on ECLAC’s activities in 2024 and li…

ECLAC Updates Growth Projections for Latin America and the Caribbean: An Expansion of 2.4% is Expected in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026

23 Oct 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) updated its growth projections for the region, estimating that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will rise 2.4% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026. The new estimate for 2025 represents an upward revision from the 2.2% forecast in the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025, published on August 5. This is the second upward revision since April, when the outlook for regional growth was 2.0%. With this update, the expectation for regional growth is identical to the figure presented in December 2024 (2.4%). In a press releas…

ECLAC: Latin America and the Caribbean Will Only Be Able to Overcome the Trap of Low Capacity for Growth by Embracing a New Vision of Productive Development Policies

9 Oct 2025 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean must embrace a new vision of productive development policies (PDPs) to escape the trap of low capacity for growth in which it is mired and to be able to tackle the challenges imposed by the new global geopolitical context, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) contends in a new publication launched today in Mexico City. The annual report Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: How to escape the trap of low capacity for growth was presented at a press conference by ECLAC’s Executive Secret…

Latin America and the Caribbean Accelerate the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence, though Challenges Remain in Investment, Talent, and Governance

3 Oct 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) presented the third edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA 2025), a pioneering tool that systematically measures the level of preparedness, adoption, and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) in 19 countries of the region. Based on more than 100 sub-indicators organized into three dimensions—enabling factors; research, development and adoption; and governance—the report provides a detailed overview of the progress made and the …

Countries Approve Regional Agenda on Governance of Planning and Public Management for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in Brasilia

3 Oct 2025 | Press Release

The countries participating in the Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) approved the Regional Agenda on Governance of Planning and Public Management for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean today in Brasilia. The Agenda includes four main pillars: governance, institutional frameworks and social dialogue; foresight and anticipatory governance within the sustainable development paradigm; coordina…

New Proposal for a Regional Governance Agenda for Planning and Public Management for Sustainable Development Was Presented in Brazil

2 Oct 2025 | Press Release

The Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) was inaugurated on Thursday, October 2, in Brasília, Brazil. Participants—including authorities and experts—called for the adoption of a Regional Governance Agenda for Planning and Public Management for Sustainable Development, envisioned as a roadmap to achieve a more productive, inclusive, and sustainable future for the region. This high-level meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Gov…

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