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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…

ECLAC Presents at COP28 Report that Stresses Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its Fight Against Global Warming

4 December 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, unveiled today in the framework of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), being held in the city of Dubai (United Arab Emirates), a new report by the organization that stresses the climate financing needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its fight against global warming. The document entitled The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023: Financing needs and policy tools for the transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies pr…

Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Just Transition, the Link between Nature and Climate, and the Escazú Agreement are the Priority Issues that ECLAC Will Promote at COP28

30 November 2023 | Press Release

Climate financing needs for Latin America and the Caribbean, the just transition, the connections between the climate and nature, and the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters (better known as the Escazú Agreement) are the priority issues that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will promote at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), a crucial milestone in the fight against the climate and ecological crisis that will take place in the…

Santiago Levy in Lecture at ECLAC: The Labor Market’s Radical Transformation is an Essential Condition for Socially Inclusive Growth

24 November 2023 | Press Release

A radical transformation of the labor market is an essential condition for socially inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. This requires a substantial overhaul of the social protection architecture, Santiago Levy, a prominent Mexican economist and politician, sustained today in a keynote lecture delivered at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. “We have to overcome the formal-informal dichotomy with a different social protection architecture. ECLAC has shown the way. Its calls for universalizing social se…

In 2022, At Least 4,050 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean: ECLAC

23 November 2023 | Press Release

In 2022, at least 4,050 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 26 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the latest data 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). This is equivalent to one gender-related killing of a woman every two hours in the region. “It is not possible to identify an upward or downward trend in the rates of femicide or feminicide in each country, since the variations are small an…

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion

23 November 2023 | Press Release

In 2022, the percentage of people living in poverty fell to 29% of Latin America’s population (181 million people), 1.2 percentage points lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic began, while extreme poverty declined to 11.2% of the region’s population (70 million people), remaining at levels similar to 2019, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported today. The report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Labour inclusion as a key axis of inclusive social development – presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs –…

Countries Call for Redoubling Efforts to Achieve Full Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

15 November 2023 | Press Release

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean called for redoubling efforts to address the remaining challenges to full implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, during the closing session of the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which was held on Tuesday, November 14 and Wednesday, November 15 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At the meeting – which brought together nearly 500 people on-site, more than 260 of whom …

Latin America and the Caribbean Reaffirms its Commitment to Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, 10 Years After its Adoption

14 November 2023 | Press Release

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed today their commitment to the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, the region’s most important intergovernmental agreement in this area and a comprehensive road map that constitutes one of the most advanced instruments in the world for promoting the population’s rights within a sustainable development framework, during a commemoration of the tenth anniversary of its adoption. At the special session “10 years of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development” – held in the framework of the F…

Adela Cortina at ECLAC: The Migration Problem is Global and Needs Global Responses

14 November 2023 | Press Release

“The migration problem is global and needs global responses,” Adela Cortina, Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia (Spain), emphasized today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where she gave a keynote lecture to mark the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary. The renowned Spanish philosopher made a presentation entitled “Reactions to migration in Latin America and the Caribbean: migration, aporophobia[1] and ethical challenges for humanity,” in which she a…

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