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Special Edition of the CEPAL Review in Mandarin Is Now Available Online

27 May 2013 | Press Release

(27 May 2013) The CEPAL Review, which is the main academic publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, has today made available to its readers a special electronic edition in Mandarin. The Special edition, which aims to contribute to exchanges between China and Latin America and the Caribbean, contains 15 articles published between 2000 and 2011. In the articles, renowned experts analyse economic and trade relations between the two regions. The articles also attempt to provide Chinese academics and public policymakers with a general overview…

Head of MINUSTAH Presented the Road Map for the Mission over the Next Few Years

21 May 2013 | Press Release

(21 May 2013) Following nine years of operations in the Caribbean country, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is implementing a Consolidation Plan to assess, in conjunction with the Government, a gradual withdrawal of troops stationed on Haitian territory, according to Nigel Fisher, the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Ad Interim, and Head of MINUSTAH, speaking on Monday 20 May. As part of a tour of Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, Mr. Fisher delivered an address on the mission's activities and Haiti's development challenges at the headquarters of the …

ECLAC and ILO Predict that Regional Unemployment Could Fall to 6.2% in 2013

21 May 2013 | Press Release

(21 May 2013) The average regional urban unemployment rate could drop by up to 0.2 percentage points to stand between 6.4% and 6.2% in 2013 - the lowest rate in recent decades - according to a new report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). In the new issue of the joint publication The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean, the two institutions indicate that the 3.5% economic growth expected for the region in 2013 should maintain the positive trends in labour indicators. ECLAC and ILO underl…

New Record High of 173.361 Billion Dollars of Foreign Direct Investment Received by the Region in 2012

14 May 2013 | Press Release

Watch the video of the press conference. See photo gallery (14 May 2013) In 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean received a record 173.361 billion dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) (6.7% more than in 2011), despite an external context characterized by shrinking FDI flows worldwide, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The figures are attributable to the region's steady economic growth, high prices for raw materials and the impressive returns on investments related to natural resource exploitation, according to the r…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures for Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 May 2013 | Press Release

Follow the live transmission as from 11:00 hrs. on 14 May. (8 May 2013) On Tuesday 14 May 2013 at 11.00 a.m., the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch the annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 at the Commission's headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The document's main conclusions will be presented by ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference that will be broadcast live online using the following link. The 15th edition of this annual ECLAC report includes the amount of foreign direct investment…

Post-graduate Students Can Apply to the 2013 ECLAC Summer School

9 May 2013 | Press Release

(19 April 2013) Professionals with advanced studies in economics or related areas, as well as those interested in pursuing Masters or Doctorate programmes, have until 31 May to apply for the 2013 14th Summer School on Latin American Economies, which is organized by the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). By 7 June, the names will be announced of the successful candidates for this annual academic training programme, where ECLAC presents its most recent research on topics such as productive development, struc…

Asia-Pacific Governments Adopt Development Agenda for Inclusive and Resilient Growth

2 May 2013 | Press Release

Bangkok, 2 May 2013 (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section) - Representatives of governments from across Asia and the Pacific have wrapped up a three-day development policy forum at the regional United Nations headquarters here endorsing an agenda to lay the foundations of a future of equitable, resilient and sustainable prosperity for all. Attended by over 300 participants from 45 countries, with more than 40 senior leaders, including heads of State and Government, Vice-Presidents, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and former Ministers, the 69th Session of t…

Experts Highlight Contributions of Raúl Prebisch to Economic Thought in Latin America

30 Apr 2013 | Press Release

See photo gallery (22 April 2013) International academics and experts meeting at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted the relevance of Raúl Prebisch's contributions to Latin American economic thinking, at the 12th Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture and the Seminar on neo-structuralism and heterodox economics, which began today at the headquarters of this United Nations regional commission in Santiago, Chile. For the Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture, renowned Brazilian economics professor Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo gave an address entitled "Transformations in ce…

The Region's Countries Will Analyse the Statistical Challenges of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

26 Apr 2013 | Press Release

See photo gallery (26 April 2013) Statistical experts and authorities from 20 Member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) meeting today in Pucón, Chile, took part in the closure of the Twelfth meeting of the Executive Committee of the ECLAC Statistical Conference of the Americas (ECLAC-SCA), where they agreed to analyse the post-2015 development agenda and the challenges for national statistics systems in Latin America at the seventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas. At the next regional meeting scheduled for November 2013, particip…

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Early Warning Signs Will Be Analysed at Meeting of Regional Statisticians

26 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(22 April 2013) Statistical experts and authorities from the Member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will meet from 24 to 26 April in Pucón, Chile, to discuss relevant issues for the region: multidimensional measurement of poverty and early warning signs and business indicators. The Twelfth meeting of the Executive Committee of the ECLAC Statistical Conference of the Americas (ECLAC-SCA) is being organized by this regional commission of the United Nations and the Chilean Government (through the National Institute of Statistics, INE). At the meeting…

Latin American and Caribbean Growth Will Be 3.5% in 2013

23 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(23 April 2013) On average, Latin American and Caribbean countries will grow by 3.5% in 2013, thanks to buoyant internal demand and the improved performance of Argentina and Brazil compared with 2012, according to new projections presented today by ECLAC. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean launched its Updated economic overview of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012, which updates the figures and information from last December's Preliminary overview of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012. The 2013 results are partly due to the expectations of higher …

Uruguay Will Host the First Meeting of the ECLAC Regional Conference on Population and Development

22 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(11 April 2013) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Luis Almagro, signed an agreement in Montevideo to establish the country as the host of the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held from 12 to 15 August 2013, with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The agreement specifies the commitments undertaken by both parties to ensure the successful organization of this in…

ECLAC Will Hold 12th Prebisch Memorial Lecture and Seminar on Neo-structuralism

22 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(16 April 2013) Renowned Brazilian economics professor Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to deliver the 12th Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture Series and take part in the Seminar on neo-structuralism and heterodox economics, which will be held on 22 and 23 April 2013. On Monday 22 April at 11.00 a.m., Professor Gonzaga Belluzzo will deliver his address entitled "Transformations in centre-periphery relations and their impact on development in Latin America and the Caribbean" to an audience ma…

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Took Part in Policy Debate in Montevideo

22 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(5 April 2013) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, put forward a series of policies aimed at achieving development with equality in the region at the Public debate on: Transformations at risk? Prospects and tensions of progressivity in Latin America, which was held at the MERCOSUR building in the Uruguayan capital on Thursday 4 April. At the forum - which was also attended by Uruguayan President, José Mujica, former Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Secretary-General of the Trade Union Confederat…

Subdued Asia-Pacific Growth in 2013 as Region Impacted by Developed World Policy Uncertainty

20 Apr 2013 | Press Release

Beijing, 18 April 2013 (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section) - Asia-Pacific economies will see subdued growth in 2013 after last year's sharp slowdown caused by external factors, the United Nations said here today, adding that efforts to stimulate demand must go hand in hand with macroeconomic course correction to promote broad-based and sustainable development. Noting that the region's economic progress has been marked by widening income inequalities and severe natural resources depletion, the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2013: Forward-looking mac…

Region's Countries Approve 2014 Action Plan to Strengthen Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

20 Apr 2013 | Press Release

See photo gallery (18 April 2013) On Wednesday 17 April in Guadalajara, Mexico, a group of Latin American and Caribbean countries approved a 2014 action plan to make progress towards the conclusion of a regional agreement or other instrument to advance the full implementation of the rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Speaking at the closing ceremony attended by government officials and many experts from civil society and United Nations agencies, ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bár…

ECLAC Executive Secretary Met with Costa Rican President, Laura Chinchilla

20 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(17 April 2013) On Tuesday 16 April, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, met with the President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, as part of her tour of the Central American country. The most senior official of this United Nations regional commission was accompanied by Hugo Beteta, Director of the ECLAC Subregional headquarters in Mexico, Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the Division of International Trade and Integration and Luis F. Yañez, Officer in Charge of the Secretariat of the Commission. The delegation held meetings…

Experts Analyse Policies for Overcoming Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 Apr 2013 | Press Release

(17 December 2012) Why is Latin America and the Caribbean still the world's most unequal region, despite the fact that most of its countries are experiencing steady economic growth? The persistent inequality in the region and the apparent lack of specific policies aimed at reducing the income distribution gap are some of the issues tackled in the latest issue of the CEPAL Review, which is available online from today. This issue (Nº 108) of the main academic publication of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) includes 10 articles on various economic and social top…

Digital Economy Represents 3.2% of GDP in Four of the Region's Countries

15 Apr 2013 | Press Release

Watch video: Dialogue for the information society Latin America - Europe Follow the live transmission of the conference. See photo gallery (3 April 2013) Speaking today at the opening of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (which was also attended by Uruguayan President, José Mujica, and Director of the European Commission's DG CONNECT.E, Mario Campolargo), Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) stated "The region must advance towards a digital economy in the …

Region's Countries Reaffirm Their Commitment to Cooperate on the Information Society

15 Apr 2013 | Press Release

Watch video: Dialogue for the information society Latin America - Europe See photo gallery (5 April 2013) In the Montevideo Declaration signed today at the close of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, the region's countries reaffirmed their commitment to continue making progress towards achieving the targets set out in the Plan of Action for the Knowledge and Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, eLAC2015, and their clear determination to strengthen regional collaboration in this sphere. In her closi…

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