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Eradicating Poverty and Hunger is an Indispensable Requirement for Achieving Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

18 April 2024 | Press Release

Authorities and delegates from 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries, from United Nations agencies and regional and multilateral organizations and from civil society participating in the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development ended the gathering today with the recognition that without eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, and hunger, it will not be possible to build more inclusive, productive and sustainable development in the region. They further stressed the need to implement comprehensive and cross-secto…

Countries Call for Revitalizing the Commitment to the 2030 Agenda and Fostering Renewed, Bold Policies and Actions for Accelerating Fulfillment of the SDGs

16 April 2024 | Press Release

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean urged today for revitalizing the commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and fostering renewed and bold policies and actions to step up the pace towards fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the inauguration of the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place through Thursday, April 18 at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. At the opening session of this event – which has brought together representatives of the regi…

Special Edition of CEPAL Review Presents the Vision of the Organization’s Executive Secretary for Moving Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model

11 April 2024 | Press Release

At a high-level seminar held virtually today, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, unveiled a special edition of the CEPAL Review, the Commission’s main academic publication, in which he presented his vision regarding the major transformations needed for the region to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model. This exclusive issue, entitled “75 Years of ECLAC: Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model” (momentarily available only in Spanish), …

ECLAC and CAF Call for Scaling Up and Improving Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

9 April 2024 | Press Release

To achieve a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development pattern, it is urgently necessary to scale up and improve productive development policies. This goes to the heart of the development models in the region and is essential to their transformation, according to the authorities and experts gathered today at the CAF-ECLAC Annual Conference 2024, which is taking place at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The high-level event – which on this occasion is entitled “The challenge of scaling up and improvi…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Direct Science, Technology and Innovation Efforts Towards Addressing its Productivity Challenge

4 April 2024 | Press Release

A significant share of the efforts that Latin American and Caribbean countries make in terms of science, technology and innovation (STI) must be directed towards addressing the challenge of the region’s low productivity, which largely accounts for its weak growth, according to participants in the inauguration of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), organized in conjunction with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia. This intergovernmental gathering – which is taking …

Peru Will Be the Host of ECLAC’s Fortieth Session

26 March 2024 | Press Release

The Fortieth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is its most important biennial meeting, will take place on October 8-11, 2024 in Peru, according to an agreement signed by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Javier González-Olaechea Franco, and the United Nations regional economic commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. The accord penned this Tuesday, March 26 in Lima specifies the commitments assumed by both parties for organizing this international gathering, in which authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States a…

Regional Dialogue is Indispensable for Strengthening Social Protection Systems in the Region, Authorities and Specialists Stressed

22 March 2024 | Press Release

Social development authorities from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries and international officials asserted the role of dialogue and regional integration for furthering inclusive social development policies and strengthening social protection systems in the region, during a high-level event held on March 21, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Dialogue on Inclusive Social Development Policies in the Region: Strengthening Social Protection Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated by José…

Lant Pritchett, a Development Economist from the University of Oxford, Analyzed at ECLAC Education Policies for Achieving Transformative Growth

18 March 2024 | Press Release

“For education systems to yield better results, they must be aligned not only with schooling rates but also learning outcomes,” Lant Pritchett, a development economist and former Research Director of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, affirmed during a keynote lecture he gave at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. “If we want schooling to produce more education in order to sustain the kind of productive, inclusive and sustainabl…

Proper Water Management Allows for Energizing Sustainable Development, Increasing Equality, Improving Adaptation to the Climate Crisis and Facilitating Peace

11 March 2024 | Press Release

“Proper water management is an urgent imperative: it is a strategic and energizing sector for sustainable development, a source of greater equality, an adaptation solution in the face of the climate crisis, and an essential facilitator of the peace that we all long for,” according to the authorities present at the opening session of the fourth edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which is taking place from March 11-13 in San José, the capital of Costa Rica. This high-level meeting is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Cari…

50.8% of Latin America's Population is Part of the Labor Force, Projected to Increase to 54.6% by 2050

5 March 2024 | Press Release

In 2023, Latin America's population reached 652 million people. Of this total, 331 million were part of the labor force, representing 50.8% of the region's total population, according to the report Demographic Observatory 2023: Population Dynamics in Latin America and their Effects on the Labor Force, released today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The document, prepared by ECLAC’s Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) - Population Division, underscores that the diminishing population growth rate will lead the region’s population to gro…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León

4 March 2024 | Press Release

In the framework of his official visit to the country, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, met today in Guatemala City with the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, where they discussed the current cooperation agenda between the Government and the United Nations regional organization and explored areas of collaboration for the Central American nation’s development. ECLAC has stressed the importance of Latin American and Caribbean countries invigorating their growth and making…

2023 Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Offers a Set of Regional Statistics on the Three Pillars of Development

21 February 2024 | Press Release

A statistical overview of the sociodemographic, economic and environmental development of the region’s countries is presented in the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, an annual report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that was released today. This 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 current edition contains information available as of mid-December 2023. Th…

ECLAC Launched Digital Development Observatory to Contribute to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Digital Transformation

15 February 2024 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) unveiled today its Digital Development Observatory (DDO), a new instrument that aims to produce, gather and analyze relevant data and information to identify trends, evaluate progress and support policy formulation and implementation on digital transformation in the region. The DDO’s website (https://desarrollodigital.cepal.org) contains more than 100 indicators and qualitative information in 12 thematic areas seen as key for countries’ digital transformation, including connectivity and digital inclusion, businesses and produc…

The “Ministerial Meeting of Education” Begins in Santiago, With an Urgent Call to Recover and Reactivate the Educational Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean

25 January 2024 | Press Release

On Thursday, January 25, 2024, the "Ministerial Meeting of Education, Santiago 2024" began, which aims to design an agenda of actions to overcome the educational crisis caused by the pandemic. This meeting of ministers of Education and of Finance from Latin America and the Caribbean is organized by the UNESCO Regional Multisectoral Office in Santiago and the Ministry of Education of Chile (Mineduc), with the support of ECLAC, CAF, UNICEF and the World Bank. This is one of the largest dialogue efforts in this field, as it brings together representatives from over 30 ministries of Educ…

UN ECOSOC Calls for International Cooperation and Joint Efforts to Foster Decent Work and Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda

23 January 2024 | Press Release

The highest authorities of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) called today for intensifying international cooperation and joint work at a time of great global uncertainty, during a Special Meeting that is taking place in Santiago, Chile at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This is the second time in 73 years that this important UN body has held a session in Chile. The first instance was in 1951, under Chile’s ECOSOC presidency and thanks to the efforts of Chilean Ambassador Hernán Santa Cruz, when the organizat…

Daniel Innerarity Analyzed at ECLAC the Dangers that New Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Can Pose to Democracy

22 January 2024 | Press Release

“Will democracy end up being ruined by interference from a set of new technologies? I don’t think so … This is going to end well,” said Daniel Innerarity, a professor of political and social philosophy and researcher at the Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque) at the University of the Basque Country, during a keynote lecture he gave today at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. “Machines and humans think in very different ways. We are overrating the intelligence of machines and underrating our intelligence. But a…

ECLAC and ILO: The Region’s Low Economic Growth Affected Labour Market Dynamism in 2023

9 January 2024 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released a new edition of their joint report Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean No. 29. Labour market inclusion of young people and redistribution of care work: challenges and opportunities. The report indicates that in the first six months of 2023, regional employment increased, but at a significantly slower rate than what was observed in 2022. Likewise, it sustains that in this same period, the participation rate declined, falling further from the levels se…

New Investment Agenda Needed in Latin America and the Caribbean to Boost Growth, Job Creation and Sustainable Development

15 December 2023 | Press Release

To achieve more sustainable development, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean must increase both the levels and the quality of investment, says the Latin American Economic Outlook 2023: Investing in Sustainable Development, presented today in Santiago de Chile at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Headquarters (ECLAC). According to the 16th edition of the report, more proactive investment strategies are needed to accelerate economic and social progress and remedy enduring structural weaknesses. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean offer o…

Economic Activity in Latin America and the Caribbean Continues to Exhibit a Low Growth Trajectory: ECLAC

14 December 2023 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, its last annual report this year, in which it indicates that the region will stay on a path of low growth, which means job creation will decelerate and informality and gender gaps will persist, among other effects. According to the report – which was presented at a press conference led by the United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs – Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 2.2% on …

ECLAC Launched Platform for Cluster and Other Territorial Productive Articulation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

12 December 2023 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched today a Platform for cluster and other territorial productive articulation initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean, which seeks to give visibility to, enhance reciprocal cooperation between and strengthen the multiple productive articulation initiatives that are underway in the region, in addition to increasing their numbers and their contribution to Latin American and Caribbean countries’ productive development. The presentation was made during a virtual event that featured opening remarks by ECLAC’s Executiv…

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