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Latin America and the Caribbean’s Growth Will Slow to 2.1% in 2022 amid Significant Asymmetries between Developed and Emerging Countries

12 Jan 2022 | Press Release

Presentation by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena (PDF). The Latin America and Caribbean region will see its pace of growth decelerate in 2022 to 2.1%, after reaching 6.2% on average last year, according to new projections released today by ECLAC. This slowdown takes place in a context of significant asymmetries between developed, emerging and developing countries with regard to the capacity to implement fiscal, social, monetary, and health and vaccination policies for a sustainable recovery from the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to the annual report b…

Countries Advocated for Science, Innovation and New Technologies to Play a More Active Role in Policies for the Region’s Economic, Productive and Social Development

15 Dec 2021 | Press Release

The region’s countries reaffirmed their commitment to science, innovation and new technologies, highlighting the role they have in the post-pandemic recovery, and they advocated for a more active and systemic role for innovation and knowledge in the policies aimed at fostering Latin America and the Caribbean’s economic, productive, social and environmental development, at the close of the Third Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies, organized under a hybrid format by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) a…

The Region’s Trade Will Increase Significantly in 2021, but the Recovery Will be Asymmetrical and Heterogeneous in a Context of Uncertainty

7 Dec 2021 | Press Release

Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary. Latin America and the Caribbean’s international trade will experience a significant rebound in 2021 after the sharp drop recorded last year, but this recovery will be asymmetrical and very heterogenous between the region’s countries, in a context of great uncertainty due to the crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated today in a new annual report. The United Nations regional commission released its flagship report International Trade Outlook for Latin A…

Countries of the Region Urge for Rethinking the Financing Agenda for a Sustainable and Egalitarian Recovery

3 Dec 2021 | Press Release

The current crisis must be harnessed as an opportunity for rethinking the financing agenda for the development of middle-income countries, such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is the time to achieve a broad social and political consensus that would enable implementing ambitious reforms with the aim of forging a process of sustainable and egalitarian construction for the future, the representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered at the thirty-sixth session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) c…

Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Reforms to Address Long-Standing Challenges, Says New Report

2 Dec 2021 | Press Release

Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) is the region most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and at risk of seeing the socio-economic gains of recent decades being reversed. Recovery strategies must comprise well-sequenced reforms that promote universal social protection systems, accelerate the formalisation of economies, improve fiscal progressivity, and deepen regional integration, says the Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2021: Working Together for a Better Recovery. According to this 14th edition of the report, LAC experienced a historical economic downturn in 2020. The region’s gross…

ECLAC and ILO Call for Urgent Measures to Support the Labour Reintegration of Women and Youth

30 Nov 2021 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released a new joint report today in which they indicate that in the current context of crisis, governments in the region face the challenge of supporting the income and labour reintegration of the most vulnerable segments of society – especially women and young people – while also fostering the conditions for creating decent jobs, above all among Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs). Furthermore, they sustain that in the medium term reforms will be needed to make la…

Authorities Reaffirm their Commitment to Incorporating the Gender Perspective into Statistical Production and Urge for Breaking the Statistical Silence to Achieve Social Justice

25 Nov 2021 | Press Release

Authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed their commitment to incorporating the gender perspective into statistical production and urged for breaking the statistical silence to achieve social justice, during today’s closing session of the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The gathering, which took place under a hybrid format (virtual and in person), brought together representatives from 33 Member States of ECLAC and 7 of its associate members, in addition to deleg…

ECLAC: At Least 4,091 Women Were Victims of Femicide in 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, Despite Greater Visibility and Social Condemnation

24 Nov 2021 | Press Release

Femicide, or feminicide, as an extreme and lethal form of gender violence continues to affect thousands of women and girls each year in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite an increase in its visibility, state responses and the pressure applied by women’s movements, which have massively expressed their rejection of gender violence throughout the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned today upon presenting a new report. At least 4,091 women were the victims of femicide in 26 countries (17 in Latin America and 9 in the Caribbean) in 2020, mar…

Countries of the Region Reaffirm the Urgency of Measuring Gender Gaps and Quantifying the Loss of Natural Capital and Well-Being to Attain a Sustainable and Egalitarian Recovery

23 Nov 2021 | Press Release

Authorities and representatives of statistics offices in Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed the urgency of measuring gender gaps and quantifying the loss of natural capital and of well-being, and stressed the relevance of consolidating the statistical institutional framework for a post-COVID-19 recovery that would put equality and sustainability at the center, during today’s inauguration of the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Thirty-four (34) of ECLAC’s Member States and …

Peru and ECLAC Reaffirm the Strengthening of Cooperation on Economic, Social and Environmental Development

15 Nov 2021 | Press Release

The Government of Peru and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen cooperation on distinct matters related to economic, social and environmental development, during an official visit lasting 24 hours that Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, made today to that country. The senior United Nations authority led an official ECLAC mission to Lima, the first since President Pedro Castillo was sworn into office on July 28 of this year, with the aim of reaffirming the organization’s willingness to work jointly on those ar…

German Government and ECLAC Reaffirm Strategic Partnership to Promote a Recovery with Equality and Environmental Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean

9 Nov 2021 | Press Release

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held their biennial consultations today, in which they reaffirmed their strategic partnership to promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and building forward better in the region, placing equality and environmental sustainability at the center of the post-pandemic recovery phase. Both parties at the meeting agreed to maintain a continuous dialogue about strategic international processes and other themes of mutual interest, an…

Caribbean Countries Stress Strategies to Support the Post-Pandemic Recovery through Greater Solidarity and Regional Integration

5 Nov 2021 | Press Release

Authorities and representatives of 14 member states and 10 associate members from the Caribbean, along with five member states from Latin America, as well as specialists from subregional and international organizations and other experts attended the Twentieth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), where they pointed up the strategies needed to support the post-pandemic recovery through greater regional solidarity and integration. At the meeting, …

The High Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean is Exacerbating the Pandemic’s Impact and Hindering the Subregion’s Progress Towards Sustainable Development

4 Nov 2021 | Press Release

The high prevalence of non-communicable diseases in the Caribbean – such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer – is exacerbating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and hindering the subregion’s progress towards achieving sustainable development due to their multiple health, economic and social consequences, according to the authorities, representatives of international organizations and specialists participating today in a virtual event organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) prior to the Twentieth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Carib…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Reaffirmed the Importance of Safeguarding the Region’s Progress on Social Development and Preventing Setbacks amid the Crisis Unleashed by the Pandemic

28 Oct 2021 | Press Release

Countries from Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed today the importance of putting people and their rights at the center of development, along with safeguarding the progress on social development achieved by the region and preventing setbacks amid the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, at the close of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and with the suppo…

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs New Social and Fiscal Compacts to Transform and Provide Financial Sustainability to its Social Protection Systems, with the Aim of Confronting the Current Overall Context of Disasters

26 Oct 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean needs new social and fiscal compacts to build universal, inclusive, resilient and sustainable social protection systems that would allow for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and the overall context of disasters in the region, according to the representatives participating in the inauguration of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-organized virtually by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), along with the Gover…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Initiate Implementation of the Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters Approved by CELAC

22 Oct 2021 | Press Release

Countries of the region initiated today the process to implement the Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, approved unanimously by the Heads of State and Government of the 32 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) last September 18, upon participating in the first coordination meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Mexico, which holds the bloc’s pro tempore chair. In the short term, the countries seek to set in motion three pillars: regulatory c…

Countries Stress the Need to Bolster National Planning Systems with Renewed Capacities for Planning the Post-Pandemic Recovery with a Long-Term View

21 Oct 2021 | Press Release

Authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries stressed today the need to bolster national planning systems with renewed capacities for planning the post-pandemic recovery with a long-term view, on the final day of the Eighteenth 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). The high-level gathering – which took place on October 19-21 – was organized by ECLAC and the Government of Panama, through its Ministry of Economy and Finan…

Authorities Recognize and Highlight the Role of the State in the Post-Pandemic Recovery and Urge for Building Resilient Institutions to Confront Development Challenges

19 Oct 2021 | Press Release

Ministers, deputy ministers and high-level authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries recognized and highlighted the role of the State for leading post-pandemic recovery processes and urged for building resilient institutions, with renewed capacities, to tackle increasingly complex development challenges, during the inauguration of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP) of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), which is taking place through October 21. The event – which is being held using a hybrid format, me…

ECLAC Presents the CEPALSTAT Portal’s New Interface Linking Regional Statistics and Geospatial Information on Latin America and the Caribbean

15 Oct 2021 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented today the new interface of the CEPALSTAT platform, the main gateway to the statistical information on the region’s countries that is collected, systematized and published by ECLAC, which will allow for improving the accessibility of regionally comparable statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Today we are facing complex phenomena that cross borders and become dimensions that we must analyze in an integrated way. That is why, and given that what is not measured does not count, it is imperative to strengthen …

ECLAC and PAHO Urge for Accelerating Vaccination Processes, Transforming Health Systems and Building Welfare States to Control the Pandemic and Further the Region’s Recovery

14 Oct 2021 | Press Release

In a new joint report released today, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urge the governments of the region to accelerate vaccination processes, transform health systems, strengthen public investment and consolidate their welfare states, among other measures, to control the health crisis in the short term and move towards a transformative recovery with equality and environmental sustainability, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “The pandemic has highlighted the need to formulate a public heal…

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