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

28 Nov 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…

To Build a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future, Latin America and the Caribbean Must Overcome the Trap of Low Institutional Capacities and Ineffective Governance

27 Nov 2024 | Press Release

Only by overcoming the trap of low institutional capacities and ineffective governance will Latin America and the Caribbean be able to build a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future, representatives asserted at today’s inauguration of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP) of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), which is being held through Thursday, November 28, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The two-…

Clustering the Productive Economy: A Strategy for Competitiveness, Well-Being, Prosperity and Inclusive Development

26 Nov 2024 | Press Release

A call to utilize cluster strategies to achieve a productive, coopetitive, prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economy was made today by prominent Spanish academic Jon Azúa, President and founder of Enovating Lab, during his delivery of the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. Jon Azúa, a former Vice President and Minister who promoted a major productive transformation based on cluster policies in the Basque Country, gave a keynote lecture entitled “Clustering a productive, competiti…

At Least 11 Women Are Victims of Femicide Every Day in Latin America and the Caribbean

22 Nov 2024 | Press Release

In 2023, at least 3,897 women were victims of femicide or feminicide in 27 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean. This means at least 11 violent deaths of women every day due to their gender, according to information that official agencies reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The Bulletin No. 3 – Femicidal violence in figures. Latin America and the Caribbean: urgent action to prevent and eliminate femicides, launched today, is included in the UNITE to…

ECLAC Strengthens its Cooperation with Brazil to Contribute to More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the Country and Region

21 Nov 2024 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed its commitment to productive, inclusive, and sustainable development in Brazil and throughout the region with a series of concrete initiatives for cooperation and technical assistance aimed at strengthening the South American country’s productive, technological, and institutional capacities. During an official visit to Brasilia on 20 and 21 November, ECLAC Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs highlighted Brazil’s role on the current global economic and geopolitical stage and reiterated the need to overc…

ECLAC: The Regional Poverty Rate, which Rose with the Pandemic, Has Declined to a Level Similar to 2014 and in 2023 Reached the Lowest Figure on Record, but Income Inequality Remains High

12 Nov 2024 | Press Release

The percentage of the Latin American population living in poverty in 2023 was 27.3%, marking a decline of 1.5 percentage points compared with the year before, and of more than 5 percentage points vis-à-vis the figure in 2020, the most critical year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also the lowest figure registered since comparable records have been in place. Meanwhile, the extreme poverty rate covered 10.6% of the region’s population, a figure 0.5 percentage points below that of 2022 but above 2014 levels. In total, 172 million people were living in poverty in 2023, of whom 66 million were li…

eLAC Begins a New Stage Centered on Concrete Actions and Projects, with the Approval of the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean 2026

8 Nov 2024 | Press Release

Delegates from the governments present at the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean approved today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2026), which establishes the priorities for policy and action in this area at a regional level for the next two years. The gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – brought together more than 350 representatives from 41 countries, 23 of which were Latin American or Caribbean. The participant…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Advocated for Deepening Regional Cooperation on Digital Transformation through Concrete Actions and Projects

7 Nov 2024 | Press Release

The region’s countries advocated today for deepening regional cooperation on digital transformation through concrete actions and projects, and they highlighted the start of a new stage for this regional process, also known as eLAC, which will celebrate 20 years in existence in 2025 and which allows for working on a Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean. The region’s countries advocated today for deepening regional cooperation on digital transformation through concrete actions and projects, and they highlighted the start of a new stage for this regional process known as eLAC, which…

A Real and Effective Digital Transformation Can Help Latin America and the Caribbean Overcome the Traps Hindering its Development

6 Nov 2024 | Press Release

Making progress on the real and effective use of digital technologies can serve as a bridge that enables overcoming development traps in the region, by closing historical inequality gaps and fostering more productive, inclusive and sustainable growth, ECLAC sustains in the document Overcoming Development Traps in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Digital Age: The Transformative Potential of Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (Spanish only), released today. “The region has a historic opportunity to utilize digital tools to address the three traps that inhibit its develop…

Social Inequality is a Trap for Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development and Inhibits the Exercise of Rights

31 Oct 2024 | Press Release

Social inequality is a trap for Latin America and the Caribbean’s development and inhibits the exercise of people’s rights. This was one of the themes underscored at the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which took place this Thursday, October 31, 2024 in Barbados. The event was held in the framework of the XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-organized and sponsored by the Go…

Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean Meet to Discuss Policies to Navigate Uncertainty and Strengthen Resilience in the Region

31 Oct 2024 | Press Release

October 31, 2024, Barbados – Latin America and the Caribbean is experiencing greater uncertainty, dynamic socio-economic shifts, geopolitical transitions, and the enduring impact of the global pandemic. In this context, the XVI Ministerial Forum on Development of Latin America and the Caribbean – co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and hosted by the Government of Barbados - opens today bringing together representatives from 27 countries, including 20…

The Value of Goods Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow by 4% in 2024: New Report by ECLAC

23 Oct 2024 | Press Release

After falling by 1% in 2023 in a context of contracting global trade, regional goods exports will recover in 2024, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated today upon releasing a new edition of its annual report on the region’s foreign trade. The report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: Reconfiguration of global trade and options for regional recovery was presented today at a press conference by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. According to the document, the value of the region’s goods exports w…

ECLAC and PAHO Call for Prioritizing Investment in Health to Reduce Inequality and Achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean

21 Oct 2024 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today urged the countries of the region not to sideline health on the public agenda during the current post-pandemic period. Investment in this sector should be a priority, both because of the duty to ensure the population's right to health and because of its fundamental role in achieving inclusive social development in Latin America and the Caribbean, they stated in a new joint report. Six years away from the deadline for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, …

Governments from Latin America and the Caribbean Endorse ECLAC’s Recommendations for Achieving the Transformations that the Region Needs

11 Oct 2024 | Press Release

The Fortieth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) concluded today in Lima, Peru, with Member States and associate members recognizing and endorsing the proposals and recommendations presented by the organization for achieving more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the region. At this three-day event – which is the United Nations regional commission’s most important gathering, held every two years – ECLAC shared its vision with the delegations of the 36 countries in attendance regarding the traps affecting Latin America and the Caribb…

Countries Confirm their Commitment to More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development for Latin America and the Caribbean

9 Oct 2024 | Press Release

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed their commitment today to more productive, inclusive and sustainable development at the inauguration of the Fortieth Session of ECLAC, which is taking place through Friday, October 11 in Lima, Peru. During the opening segment of its most important biennial meeting, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) invited governments and societies in the region to rethink, reimagine and transform with a forward-looking and long-term vision in order to build the future using strengthened, anticipatory governa…

ECLAC Invites Countries to Rethink, Reimagine and Transform Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Models

8 Oct 2024 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean needs to undertake profound transformations to overcome the development crisis in which it is immersed and which is occurring in an uncertain international context, posing challenges as well as opportunities for the region. To that end, ECLAC has identified 11 vital transformations and offers guidelines on how to manage them. This is an invitation to countries to converse not only about what to do but also how to manage the necessary transformations that would make a real difference in shifting development towards greater growth, productivity, inclusivity and su…

Latin American and Caribbean Governments and International Cooperation Urge More Investment in Education

25 Sep 2024 | Press Release

NEW YORK, 25 September 2024 – On the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future, the governments of the Dominican Republic and Chile, together with multilateral organizations, made an urgent call to increase financing for education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The call to action, supported by UNICEF, UNESCO, ECLAC, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Educ…

Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA) Reconfirms Chile, Brazil and Uruguay as Leaders in the Region

24 Sep 2024 | Press Release

Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 the results of the 2nd edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA 2024), a study led by CENIA that this year evaluated the situation in 19 of the region’s countries, measuring each one’s level of preparation in relation to artificial intelligence (AI). Of the ILIA’s maximum number of points (100 points), Chile obtained the top spot in the ranking, with 73.07 points, followed by Brazil (69.30) and Urug…

Towards a Society for All Ages: Building Solidarity and Equity across Generations

21 Sep 2024 | Press Release

The five Regional Commissions of the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Chile organized during the Action Days of the Summit of the Future in New York the side-event entitled: “Towards a society for all ages: building solidarity and equity across generations”. On the occasion the Regional Commissions launched their joint policy brief on ‘intergenerational relations, creating a world for all ages so that no one is left behind’, which offers recommendations to address the social and economic challenges and opportunities of demographic shifts towards multigenerational societies across th…

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Road to Caribbean Sustainable Development not Easy, ECLAC Here to Support… T&T Elected Chair of Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

11 Sep 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs is warning that the road to sustainable development in the Caribbean is long and difficult, and is urging Caribbean countries, member States of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) to make full use of the research and development support that ECLAC provides. ES Salazar notes that the Caribbean is on track to achieve only 20 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals’ targets by 2030. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 30th session of the CDCC in Port-of-Spain, as Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Plann…

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