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The Pandemic Opens an Opportunity to Restructure Education Systems in the Region and Tackle the “Silent Crisis” in that Sector, Said Specialists at Regional Seminar

13 Oct 2021 | Press Release

The COVID-19 pandemic opens an opportunity to rethink and restructure education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, and tackle the profound “silent crisis” that this sector is going through so as to prevent a generational catastrophe, agreed the specialists participating in the First Regional Seminar on Social Development. Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: The prolonged crisis as an opportunity for restructuring, organized by ECLAC in collaboration with UNICEF/LACRO, OREALC/UNESCO, IIEP UNESCO Buenos Aires and with financial support from Norway. The seminar was opened by EC…

The Care Society as a Horizon for Sustainable Recovery with Gender Equality Will Be the Main Theme of the 15th Regional Conference on Women, which will take place in Argentina in 2022

30 Sep 2021 | Press Release

“The care society: a horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality” will be the main theme of the Fifteenth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in Argentina during the last quarter of 2022, according to the agreements made today by the Ministers and senior authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement who participated in a two-day virtual meeting organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women…

Moving Towards a Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean is Urgent for Achieving a Transformative and Sustainable Recovery with Gender Equality

29 Sep 2021 | Press Release

Senior government officials along with representatives of international organizations, academia, women’s and feminist organizations, and civil society made an urgent call today for investing in the care economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, with emphasis on creating decent jobs for women, and for moving towards a care society to achieve a transformative and sustainable recovery with gender equality in the region, on the first day of the Sixty-first Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually thr…

Alicia Bárcena Called for Changing the Development Paradigm to Overcome Profound Global Asymmetries and Foster Equality and Inclusion

23 Sep 2021 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called for forging a reinforced multilateralism and changing the current development paradigm to overcome profound global asymmetries and thereby achieve greater equality and inclusion in developing economies, during a high-level event held in New York. The event, entitled Delivering the UN Common Agenda: Action to Achieve Equality and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the Leaders Network Reinforcing Multilateralism Together and Pathfinders, took place on the sidelines of the 76th UN Gen…

Countries of CELAC Unanimously Approve Lines of Action and Proposals for Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean and Give ECLAC a Mandate to Further its Implementation

18 Sep 2021 | Press Release

The member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) unanimously approved today the lines of action and proposals for a plan for self-sufficiency in health matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – a programmatic roadmap presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for strengthening the production and distribution of medicines, especially vaccines, in the region’s countries and reducing external dependence – and gave the United Nations regional commission a mandate to further actions for its effective implementation. The pl…

Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Welcome the Comprehensive Development Plan, Prepared by the UN and Presented by ECLAC, and Commit to Efforts to Move Forward on its Implementation

17 Sep 2021 | Press Release

Senior authorities from the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico officially received today the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) prepared by the United Nations and coordinated by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the countries’ request to address the structural causes of irregular migration with a development and integration perspective, welcoming its initiatives and committing themselves to continue working to foster greater regional integration based on dialogue and cooperation. The Comprehensive Development Plan for El Salvador, …

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow 5.9% in 2021, Reflecting a Statistical Carry-over Effect that Will Moderate to 2.9% in 2022

31 Aug 2021 | Press Release

Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary. Latin America and the Caribbean will grow in 2021, although the pandemic remains present and the crisis worsened the region’s long-standing structural problems: low investment and productivity, labor informality, unemployment, inequality and poverty. That is why recuperating investment and employment, especially in environmentally sustainable sectors, is key to a transformative and inclusive recovery, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated today upon presenting a new edition of one of its most …

ECLAC: Indigenous Peoples Hold the Master Key to a Transformative Recovery Based on their Knowledge, their Collective Conscience and their Worldview

26 Aug 2021 | Press Release

Indigenous peoples hold the master key to a transformative post-COVID-19 recovery based on their knowledge, their collective conscience and their worldview, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today during a high-level event organized by the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC). “It is crucial to reaffirm the centrality of indigenous peoples’ rights, the standards of which have been enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People…

Countries of the Region Give Impetus to Creation of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Aug 2021 | Press Release

Representatives of countries from the region that participated in the Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation: opportunities for renewed international development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean took the first step today to transform that subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) into the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, upon approving a resolution containing that recommendation, which will be submitted to the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC for consideration …

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs to Have a Common Position to Face the Current Crisis and Promote Renewed International Cooperation

19 Aug 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean needs a common position to face the COVID-19 crisis, which has deepened the region’s structural gaps, and to move towards renewed international cooperation that would take middle-income countries’ needs into account, representatives indicated during the inauguration of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation: opportunities for renewed international development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held virtually. The two-day event featured welcome remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economi…

Alicia Bárcena Reaffirms Seriousness of the Climate Crisis in the Region and Urges the International Community to Prioritize Financing of Adaptation Measures

17 Aug 2021 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed today the seriousness of the climate crisis in the region and the urgency of addressing it and called for the international community to prioritize the financing of adaptation measures, during the launch of the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 Report, produced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “The global governance system has not been effective in mobilizing resources for developing countries. There is a lack of financing for clim…

Amid the COVID-19 Crisis, Latin America and the Caribbean Received in 2020 the Lowest Amount of Foreign Direct Investment in a Decade

5 Aug 2021 | Press Release

In the context of the severe health, economic and social crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America and the Caribbean received $105.48 billion dollars in Foreign Direct Investment in 2020 – 34.7% less than in 2019, 51% less than the record high achieved in 2012, and the lowest amount since 2010, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated today upon presenting its annual study Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021. Globally, the amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) dropped by 35% in 2020 to approximately $1 trillio…

ECLAC: Latin America and the Caribbean Should Develop Regional Platforms for Producing and Distributing Vaccines and Medicines

24 Jul 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean can and should become an actor in the development and production of new vaccines, in the framework of a concerted regional health strategy, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today before 32 Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other high-level authorities from the region, gathered at the XXI Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which was held in Mexico. The senior United Nations official presented progress on the Comprehensive Pla…

Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021 Will Not Manage to Reverse the Adverse Effects of the Pandemic

8 Jul 2021 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) raised its average growth estimate for the region in 2021 to 5.2%, a figure that reflects a rebound from the deep contraction of 6.8% registered in 2020 as a consequence of the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This expansion, however, will not manage to ensure sustained growth, because the social impacts of the crisis and the structural problems in the region have deepened and will continue to do so during the recovery, according to the UN organization in a new special report presented today. The document entitled The…

A Transformative Recovery after the COVID-19 Pandemic Requires a Global Covenant with Inclusion of Middle-Income Countries in All Forms of Cooperation and Finance

17 Jun 2021 | Press Release

A transformative recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global covenant with full inclusion of middle-incomes countries since they are key actors of global development, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated today during the High-level Meeting on Middle-Income Countries, convened in New York by the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir. The meeting, focused on the theme of “Fine-tuning the development system approach to address the needs of Middle-Incom…

Labor Markets in the Region Will Be Slow to Recover from the Severe Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

14 Jun 2021 | Press Release

Regional GDP in 2020 experienced a -7.1% contraction, the biggest in a century, producing in turn a drop in employment and an increase in the unemployment rate, which reached 10.5% on average that same year, ECLAC and the ILO indicate in a new study released today. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched this Monday, June 14, edition No. 24 of their joint publication, Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (June 2021) – now available online – in which they analyze the impact of the crisis prom…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Commitment to Working with Central American Countries, Mexico, UN Agencies and the Cooperating Community to Implement the Comprehensive Development Plan

10 Jun 2021 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed today the commitment of the organization and of the United Nations to work together with the governments of Central America and Mexico, but also with the cooperating community, with Spain, Europe, the United States and Canada, to implement the Comprehensive Development Plan and address its four pillars: economic development, social well-being, environmental sustainability and comprehensive management of the migration cycle. “This is not a technical conversation, it is an e…

ECLAC Asks for Reconsidering the Criteria to Measure and Classify Development, and Suspending the “Graduations” of Middle-Income Countries During the Pandemic

2 Jun 2021 | Press Release

The region of Latin America and the Caribbean is basically made up of middle-income countries that, in the context of financing for development, have been left out of access to concessional funds, especially Caribbean island states and small, Central American economies. That is why it is urgently necessary to reconsider the criteria for measuring and classifying development while also suspending the “graduations” of middle-income countries during the pandemic, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), proposed during the 20th se…

Reform on the Multilateral Tax Debate is Needed in the Framework of the United Nations: Alicia Bárcena

1 Jun 2021 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, advocated today for reform of the multilateral tax system in the framework of the United Nations, during the Jobs Reset Summit, organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF). ECLAC’s highest authority participated in a session entitled “A New Global Tax Agenda,” debating how a reform of the international tax system can contribute to a sustainable and egalitarian economic recovery, along with Alex Cobham, Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, and Stephen Carroll, Business Editor a…

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Prioritizing Nature-based Solutions to Protect Ecosystem Integrity and Biodiversity, and Place Value on their Contribution to the Economy and Society

1 Jun 2021 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called today for taking decisive climate action including to decarbonize economies, restore ecosystems and place value on their contribution to the economy and society, during a seminar organized by the Regional Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the National College of Mexico. During her presentation on the economic perspective regarding sustainability, the senior United Nations official stressed the urgency of changing the development paradigm and model t…

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