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Latin America and the Caribbean Must Move Towards a Care Society that Puts the Sustainability of Life and the Planet at the Center

22 Jun 2022 | Press Release

An emphatic call to avert setbacks on gender equality and women’s autonomy in today’s global crisis scenario and to move towards a care society in the region, which would put the sustainability of human life and of the planet at the center, was made today by authorities and international officials during the inauguration of the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held under a hybrid format at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At …

In a New Joint Report, ECLAC and the ILO Indicate that the Recovery in Employment has been Slow, Partial and Uneven

17 Jun 2022 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released a new joint report today indicating that, in a context in which the region’s economies grew 6.6% in 2021, the region’s main labor indicators also improved, most notably with growth in employment and in the labor force participation rate and a decline in the unemployment rate. However, the recovery in employment has been slow, partial and uneven. In No. 26 of their joint report, entitled Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Real wages during the pandem…

Public Revenue Must Be Strengthened to Expand Fiscal Space and Give Sustainability to Spending

13 Jun 2022 | Press Release

The XXXIV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy began this Monday at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At this gathering – which is one of the main venues for discussing fiscal issues in the region – participants are addressing the fiscal policy challenges for achieving a sustainable and inclusive recovery in a complex macroeconomic context characterized by lower growth and rising inflation. They are also analyzing options for strengthening tax collection and the progressivity of the tax structure, the role of public spendin…

War in Ukraine Quickens Inflation, Reduces Growth and Increases Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 Jun 2022 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released a new policy brief today that analyzes the war in Ukraine’s economic and social effects on the region and provides recommendations to countries on how to address them. According to the United Nations regional organization, the region’s economies face a difficult scenario in 2022 in an external context of uncertainty, inflation (particularly in food and energy), and a deceleration of economic activity and trade. According to ECLAC’s report entitled Repercussions in Latin America and the Caribbean of the war in Ukraine:…

Tax Revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean Take a Historic Hit before Showing Early Signs of Recovery

27 Apr 2022 | Press Release

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) fell by 8.0% on average in nominal terms and by 0.8% as a share of GDP in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released today. However, the region’s economic recovery and a rebound in commodity prices supported a recovery in tax revenues in 2021. Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, released during the 56th General Assembly of the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), shows that the decline in tax revenues in LAC in 2020 exceeded the region’s economic contraction in nominal t…

Economic Slowdown Deepens in Latin America and the Caribbean: Average Regional Growth of 1.8% Expected in 2022

27 Apr 2022 | Press Release

The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean face a complex juncture in 2022 due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, which ushers in a new source of uncertainty for the world economy. This is negatively affecting global growth, now estimated at 3.3%, a percentage point below original projections before the hostilities began. At the regional level, lower expected growth will be accompanied by higher inflation and slow employment recovery. According to new estimates released today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in this press release, average growth…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Reaffirm the Escazú Agreement as a Fundamental Tool for Ensuring a Healthy Environment for Present and Future Generations

22 Apr 2022 | Press Release

The 12 States Party to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – as well as observer countries who participated in the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1), brought the meeting to a close at ECLAC's central headquarters in Santiago, Chile today with the approval of a Political Declaration in which they reaffirmed the treaty as a driving force for sustainable development and a crucial governance tool for the development of better public policies…

States Parties to the Escazú Agreement Call for Joint Action to Promote Latin America and the Caribbean’s First Environmental Treaty

20 Apr 2022 | Press Release

The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – began this Wednesday, April 20 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with a call by the States Parties and other nations that are in the process of ratification or accession, to foster joint action and multilateralism to give fresh impetus to the region’s first environmental treaty, and thereby move forward on environmental protection and the social incl…

New Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Presents Relevant Indicators on the Economic, Social and Environmental Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

5 Apr 2022 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, which is available online and presents a statistical overview of the sociodemographic, economic and environmental development of the region’s countries. This annual flagship publication, which is among the United Nations regional organization’s most important works, constitutes an important reference for those seeking comparable descriptive statistical data between countries and over time. The current edition contains information available as of …

Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas designa a Mario Cimoli como Secretario Ejecutivo Interino de la CEPAL

1 Apr 2022 | Press Release

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Argentine economist Mario Cimoli, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to serve as the institution’s Acting Executive Secretary starting on April 1, 2022 and until further notice. Mario Cimoli will replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena, who concluded her mandate on March 31, after nearly 14 years at the helm of this UN regional commission. Cimoli, a PhD from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and Full Professor of Political Economy at the Ca' Fos…

Alicia Bárcena Concluded Her Mandate as Executive Secretary of ECLAC after Nearly 14 Years at its Helm

31 Mar 2022 | Press Release

Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena concluded her mandate as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today, after nearly 14 years of stewardship characterized by the hallmark of equality and its key impact on countries’ development processes and human progress. “Today I conclude this fruitful cycle as the highest authority of ECLAC. This has been the brightest phase of my professional career. For nearly 14 years, I have contributed to giving weight, influence and opportunity to the body of transformative, progressive and egalitarian convictions th…

“The Debt is Owed to Women: We Must Break Statistical Silence and Progress toward a Care Society” - Alicia Bárcena

28 Mar 2022 | Press Release

We must break statistical silence, raise the visibility of monetary management of care faced by women, reverse debt associated with care at home, and close gender gaps regarding access to and use of the financial system to guarantee the economic autonomy of women in the region’s countries, stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the Debt, Genders, and Care Seminar, jointly organized by the Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity of Argentina, the United Nations System in Argentina and ECLAC. The Seminar was inaugura…

“Inequality Conspires Against Recovery and Development”: Alicia Bárcena

17 Mar 2022 | Press Release

“Inequality conspires against recovery, against development, nutrition, health, education, employment, poverty reduction, against everything. That is why we must address all of its facets,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), emphasized today during a keynote address delivered at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s highest authority made a presentation entitled “Latin America and the Caribbean’s socioeconomic con…

Eradicating Poverty in All its Forms is the Greatest Challenge Today and Constitutes an Indispensable Requirement for Sustainable Development

9 Mar 2022 | Press Release

Delegates from the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed today in San José their commitment to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ensuring that no one is left behind, including its Goals and targets, which are of an integrated and indivisible nature and conjoin the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental – at the conclusion of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which was held in the capital of Costa Rica. At the meeting – whic…

Participants in Forum on Sustainable Development Urged for Averting Setbacks and Achieving Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Mar 2022 | Press Release

High-level government authorities, officials from the United Nations (UN) and representatives of civil society reaffirmed today their commitment to gender equality and urged for picking up the pace to achieve substantive equality, on the ground, and to avert setbacks in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a special event held during the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Costa Rica. “This is a day to renew our commitment to gender equality and women’s autonomy. We have advocated for the physical, economic and political a…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Champion the Forum on Sustainable Development as an Indispensable Space for Regional Integration and Cooperation

7 Mar 2022 | Press Release

Representatives of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean championed the Forum on Sustainable Development as an indispensable space for regional integration and cooperation amid global uncertainty, during the Fifth Meeting of that intergovernmental gathering, inaugurated today by the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado; the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed; and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena. The Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Car…

Alicia Bárcena Reiterated Her Call for Greater Regional Integration to Confront the Deep Asymmetries Seen Between Developed and Developing Countries in their Capacity to Respond to the Crisis

11 Feb 2022 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), reiterated today her call to use greater regional integration and cooperation to confront the deep asymmetries observed between developed and developing countries in terms of the “response capacity of macroeconomic, productive, social and health policies” amid the crisis, during the 36th Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), which is permanently headquartered in Panama. Latin America and the Caribbean was the developing region most affected by the …

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Promoting New Fiscal Strategies and Greater International Cooperation amid Growing Asymmetries to Finance a Big Push for Sustainability

28 Jan 2022 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to promote new fiscal strategies and greater international cooperation amid growing asymmetries in order to finance a big push for sustainability, during the Forum of Ministers of Environment that is taking place today in Costa Rica. Alicia Bárcena was the keynote speaker during a High-level Dialogue on “Accelerating Finance,” in which the other participants included Sonia Muñoz, Division Chief in the Caribbean for the International Monetary Fund (IMF); A…

Women’s Autonomy, Gender Equality and the Building of a Care Society are a Precondition, Path and Catalyst for Sustainable Development

26 Jan 2022 | Press Release

Women’s autonomy, gender equality and the building of a care society are a precondition, path and catalyst for sustainable development, according to the Ministers of Women’s Affairs and authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement in Latin America and the Caribbean who participated today in the inauguration of the Sixty-second Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women, which is being held virtually through Thursday, January 27. The meeting – attended as well by delegates from the region’s countries, members of international organizations, academia, women’s an…

Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

25 Jan 2022 | Press Release

The health crisis is still ongoing, and Latin America and the Caribbean is the world’s most vulnerable region in this pandemic. Thus, as a result of the prolonged health and social crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the extreme poverty rate in Latin America is seen having risen from 13.1% of the population in 2020 to 13.8% in 2021 – representing a 27-year setback – while the overall poverty rate is estimated to have fallen slightly, from 33.0% to 32.1% of the population. This means that the number of people living in extreme poverty went from 81 million to 86 million, while the total …

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