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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…

Authorities Will Analyze the Foundations for a Public Planning and Management Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

23 Sep 2025 | Press Release

Senior authorities from ministries and planning offices of the countries of the region will gather in Brasília on October 2-3, 2025 to participate in the Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES). The meeting is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Brazil, through the National Secretariat for Planning of the Ministry of Planning and Budget. The conference will open on Thursday, October 2 at 9:00 in Brasilia (GMT-3), bringing …

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Propose a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development and Call for Increasing Regional Cooperation to Defeat Poverty and Reduce Inequalities

4 Sep 2025 | Press Release

Countries participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded today in Brasilia, agreed to take as a region to the Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in Qatar in November the proposal to adopt a global pact for inclusive social development, with a view to attaining the social targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and proactively and effectively addressing the challenges of the coming decades. In the Conference’s resolution, the countries request “the Government of B…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Reaffirmed their Resolve to Keep Moving Forward on Inclusive Social Development and to Forge a Regional Voice in the World

2 Sep 2025 | Press Release

The Latin American and Caribbean countries that are participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed their resolve today to keep working to achieve true inclusive social development and to take advantage of the region’s rich history of social innovation to forge a joint position on this issue in multilateral forums, which includes the proposal to adopt a global pact for inclusive social development in Qatar in November. The intergovernmental gathering – which is taking place on September 2-4 in Brazil’s capit…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Approved the Tlatelolco Commitment, which Establishes a Decade of Action to Achieve Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society

15 Aug 2025 | Press Release

The Member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), participating in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, approved this Friday, August 15, 2025 the Tlatelolco Commitment, which establishes a decade of action (2025-2035) in Latin America and the Caribbean to accelerate the achievement of substantive gender equality and the care society through political, economic, social, cultural and environmental transformations. In the agreement, the countries recognize that the care society proposal that Latin America and th…

With a Call to Recognize the Contribution and Rights of All Women and to Move Towards Substantive Equality and the Care Society, the XVI Regional Conference on Women Kicked Off in Mexico

12 Aug 2025 | Press Release

The XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today, in the National Palace, by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who stressed the need to recognize the contribution and the rights of all women and to avert rollbacks at a national, regional and global level. “I know that this is not only the time for women in Mexico, but throughout the world,” said the country’s leader, who reviewed the constitutional and legal reforms, policies and measures that her Government has carried out in various areas to ensure gender equality, women’s autonomy…

Latin America and the Caribbean Endures a Prolonged Period of Low Growth: It Will Grow 2.2% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026

5 Aug 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented today a new edition of its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: resource mobilization to finance development, in which it warns that the region continues to endure a prolonged period of low growth. It is estimated that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow 2.2% on average in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026, in line with the rates recorded in 2023 and 2024 (see attached table). The new projections for 2025 represent a slight upward revision from those published by the organization in…

Transformative and Comprehensive Public Policies for Overcoming Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean are Advocated For at Seminar in Guatemala

28 Jul 2025 | Press Release

Authorities and specialists advocated today for implementing transformative and comprehensive public policies to overcome the high inequality that characterizes Latin America and the Caribbean, at an event inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, in the Central American country’s capital. Policies are needed to foster more equal opportunities, universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection, and a more dynamic and diversified productive structure, participants emphasized at the ECLAC-IDB International Seminar: Keys to Overcoming In…

ECLAC Ratifies at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum its Support for Member States in the Final Stretch to Fulfill the 2030 Agenda

24 Jul 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ratified its support for Member States in the final stretch to fulfill the 2030 Agenda, at the meeting of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2025 (HLPF), which took place through Wednesday, July 23 in New York under the auspices of the global organization’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The UN regional commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated prominently in the international gathering, where he stressed the commitment to support the re…

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 7.1% in 2024, Totaling $188.962 Billion Dollars

17 Jul 2025 | Press Release

Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled $188.962 billion dollars in 2024, up 7.1% from 2023[1], the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported today. This figure represented, on average, 13.7% of the region’s gross fixed capital formation, and 2.8% of GDP in 2024 – below the levels recorded in the 2010s, when it accounted for 16.8% and 3.3%, respectively – according to the annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025, released at a press conference in Santiago, Chile. An analysis…

Authorities Stress the Essential Role of the United Nations and Multilateralism in Building Bridges and Addressing Global Challenges

15 Jul 2025 | Press Release

The United Nations and the multilateral system are essential tools for building bridges, addressing complex global challenges and harnessing emerging opportunities, authorities said today at a high-level event held at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, which featured the participation of Norway’s Minister of International Development, Åsmund Aukrust, as the main speaker. “Multilateralism and the United Nations have been a tremendous success for the last 80 years. We have lived through the most peaceful 80 years of hu…

Faced with Financing for Development Challenges, Latin American and Caribbean Countries Need to Strengthen their Capacities to Mobilize Resources and Forge Renewed Cooperation Mechanisms

3 Jul 2025 | Press Release

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the majority of which are classified as middle-income, face growing challenges that require a reformulation of the criteria and mechanisms that govern the conditions for accessing financing and international development cooperation. Given the challenges related to financing for development, the region’s countries need to strengthen their capacities to mobilize resources and forge cooperation mechanisms based on metrics that reflect each country’s needs as well as their overall heterogeneity, ECLAC indicated during the Fourth International …

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