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Cooperatives are Called On to Play a Leading Role in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Productive Transformation

12 May 2025 | Press Release

Cooperatives are a strategic actor in the international economy and are called on to play an even more leading role in the productive transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean and in the efforts to achieve more inclusive and sustainable development in the region, according to authorities and other representatives present at the inauguration of an event entitled International Year of Cooperatives 2025: Cooperatives build a better future by promoting productivity, inclusion and territorial development, which is taking place this Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13 at the headquarters…

Authorities Analyze Progress in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Latin American and Caribbean Countries’ Official Statistics

29 April 2025 | Press Release

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean discussed progress today on the use of artificial intelligence in the official statistics of the region’s countries, at the twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, which is taking place virtually through Wednesday, April 30. Participating in this event are representatives of national statistics offices from the region, regional and international organizations, and United Nations agencies, funds and programs, among other stakeholders. The meeting was inaugurated by José Manuel …

ECLAC Downwardly Revises Growth Projections for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025

29 April 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) downwardly revised its growth projection for the region’s economies in 2025. According to new estimates released today, the United Nations organization forecasts that the region will grow 2.0% on average this year, which is four-tenths lower than what was projected in December 2024. By subregion, the downward revision is greater for the Caribbean (eight-tenths lower, excluding Guyana) and for Central America and Mexico (seven-tenths lower) than it is for South America, where the downward revision is just one-tenth. The growth …

International Mother Earth Day: ECLAC and Uruguay Reaffirm their Commitment to Environmental Democracy and Implementation of the Escazú Agreement

22 April 2025 | Press Release

Santiago / Montevideo, April 22, 2025. On the occasion of International Mother Earth Day and the fourth anniversary of the entry into force of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Uruguay – in its capacity as Chair of the Presiding Officers of the Agreement – released a joint open letter today to renew their call for strengthening environmental democracy in the region. The…

ECLAC Expresses its Sorrow over Pope Francis’s Death and Pays Tribute to his Legacy in Support of Social Justice and Universal Brotherhood

21 April 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) deeply laments the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, the first Latin American Pontiff, and extends its condolences to the Holy See, the Catholic people and all those who found ethical and humanistic guidance for building a more just world in his message. Pope Francis stood out for his strong commitment to social justice, human dignity and the fight against inequality – values that we in the United Nations system fully share. His teachings had a profound impact in Latin America and the Caribbean, the region in which he …

Forum on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Example of Multilateralism in Action

4 April 2025 | Press Release

The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is an example of multilateralism in action and of the capacity to harmonize interests, pursue agreements and partnerships, and make progress on shared cooperation agendas, representatives of the region’s countries, of United Nations agencies and of regional, multilateral and civil-society organizations agreed today at the eighth meeting of this platform, which concluded on Friday, April 4 at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Five years before the deadline for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda, these d…

At the Current Pace, Only 23% of the Sustainable Development Goal Targets Will Be Achieved by 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 April 2025 | Press Release

With updated data on the indicators of the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) forecasts that only 23% of the targets will be achieved by 2030 in the region; 41% are moving in the right direction but at an insufficient pace for reaching the defined threshold; and the trajectory of compliance for the remaining 36% of targets has stalled or regressed versus 2015 levels. There is also unequal progress among subregions: the highest proportion of targets expected to be achieved is seen in South America (23%) and Cen…

Redoubling the Commitment and Expanding Capacities: Keys to Achieving Fulfillment of the SDGs in a Complex International Context

1 April 2025 | Press Release

“No social actor, on their own, can achieve fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without cooperation and without partnerships, there is no 2030 Agenda.” With this declaration by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the official inauguration took place this Tuesday, April 1 of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the main intergovernmental gathering on the 2030 Agenda in the region, which is held each year under the auspices of ECLAC. Senior government authorities from…

BNDES and ECLAC Partnership launches the first edition of the Maria da Conceição Tavares School of Government and Development

31 March 2025 | Press Release

As a result of technical cooperation between the Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Maria da Conceição Tavares School of Government and Development published, on March 31, a call for applications for 60 candidates to join its first edition. The School is dedicated to training in economic, social, and environmental development in Brazil and other Latin American countries. "Latin America and the Caribbean face urgent challenges that require not only answers about what to do, but ab…

Authorities and Experts Call for Joint Efforts to Align Trade Policies with Sustainability Goals

21 March 2025 | Press Release

Government authorities from various countries in the region along with experts on the reform of the global trade system gathered at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event aimed to discuss, from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective, on how to achieve better integration between international trade, environmental sustainability, and the green transition. The high-level meeting, titled "Pursuing Greater Alignment Between Trade and Sustainability: A Latin American Perspective," took place on March 20-21, 2025.…

The Challenges Posed by Migration Require a Multilateral Response, Promoting Co-Responsibility among States and Considering the Full Migration Cycle

19 March 2025 | Press Release

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is an essential framework for improving international cooperation on all aspects of migration and its implementation requires comprehensive and multidimensional approaches, according to the representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries, international organizations and civil society gathered today at the inauguration of the second regional review meeting on the global agreement’s implementation, which will be held through Thursday, March 20 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Ca…

ECLAC and ILO Call on Countries in the Region to Adopt Regulations to Increase Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 March 2025 | Press Release

In a new joint bulletin published leading up to International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) stated that leave periods, regulations and instruments that extend the time allowed for care are fundamental for fostering social and gender co-responsibility in the work environment. These regulations guarantee the rights of persons who need care and those who provide it, help galvanize the economy and allow for progress towards equality and the care society, the organ…

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing the World, and Latin America and the Caribbean Cannot Fall Behind

4 March 2025 | Press Release

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world, and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean cannot be mere spectators. It is important to create a regional agenda regarding AI, authorities and experts agreed today at ECLAC’s headquarters during the first day of the conference titled “AI in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges, strategies and governance for development in the region”. The event, which will continue through Wednesday, March 5, is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the AI and Democracy Chair…

ECLAC Launches New Edition of its Statistical Yearbook with Relevant Data on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Economic, Social and Environmental Situation

26 February 2025 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which can be accessed online and presents a statistical overview addressing the social, economic and environmental development of the region’s countries based on information that was available as of December 2024. This annual publication, which is among the United Nations regional organization’s most important, serves as a reference for those seeking descriptive statistical data that is comparable between countries and over time. The St…

Authorities Stress the Urgency of Moving Towards a Development Measurement that Goes Beyond GDP

27 January 2025 | Press Release

Monetary metrics are inadequate for reflecting dimensions of well-being that are not directly related to income because they overlook inequalities in the distribution of well-being among different social groups, they fail to capture governance difficulties that erode the quality of democracy and they do not take into account the impacts of environmentally unsustainable practices that endanger the life prospects of present and future generations, according to the authorities and specialists gathered at the Seminar on the Measurement of Development and its Relationship to International Cooperati…

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Continue with Low Growth and Will Expand 2.2% in 2024 and 2.4% in 2025: ECLAC

18 December 2024 | Press Release

This year and next, the region’s economies will stay mired in a trap of low capacity for growth, with growth rates that will remain low and a growth dynamic that depends more on private consumption, and less on investment. This is according to the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, ECLAC’s last annual flagship report in the current year, released today by the United Nations organization. According to this report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the growth rate projected for 2024 is 2.2% and for 2025, 2.4%, with …

Latin America and the Caribbean Need Better Fiscal Policies to Finance their Development

9 December 2024 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries should strengthen tax collection and spending, improve public debt management, and mobilise more private resources in order to finance their ambitious development agendas, according to the 2024 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO): Financing Sustainable Development released today. The 17th edition of the report argues that LAC’s sustainable financing gap – estimated at USD 99 billion annually – can be bridged if private and public actors improve coordination, with the support of their international partners. The region’s challenging …

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Committed to Accelerating the Effective Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Regional Gender Agenda

5 December 2024 | Press Release

The countries of the region participating in the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed “once again the commitment to take all necessary and progressive measures so that States, as duty bearers, accelerate the effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Regional Gender Agenda.” This intergovernmental gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in its capacity as Secretariat of the Conference, in coordination with the …

It is Time for Strategic Investments and Public Policies to Advance Towards Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 December 2024 | Press Release

Today marked the inauguration at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile of the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the participation of Ministers and senior authorities from the region’s national women’s advancement mechanisms, specialists, and representatives of civil society. Organized by ECLAC, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Conference, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women …

Population Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Falls Below Expectations and Region’s Total Population Reaches 663 Million in 2024

28 November 2024 | Press Release

In 2024, Latin America and the Caribbean’s population reached 663 million people, 3.8% less than what had been forecast in the year 2000, when estimates pointed to a total of 689 million people. At that time, it was estimated that fertility and mortality rates in Latin America and the Caribbean would be higher than what was effectively recorded between 2000 and 2023, considering trends from the previous decade and what occurred in other regions of the world. Also, these initial projections did not anticipate the increased volume of migration flows in recent years or the significant demographic…

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