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Strengthening the Social Institutional Framework and Governance is Fundamental for Making Progress on Eradicating Poverty and Reducing Inequality in the Region

3 Oct 2023 | Press Release

A call for articulating policies for growth, productive development and the labor market with social policies, and for strengthening the social institutional framework and governance of decision-making in a framework of regional cooperation with a view to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), was made today by government authorities and international officials at the inauguration of the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the…

Statistical Conference of the Americas Successfully Concludes its Twelfth Meeting

28 Sep 2023 | Press Release

The Twelfth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas came to a close today at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, with a call to generate and consolidate at a national and regional level environmental, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators, which provide reliable and timely metrics for decision-making and for moving forward on implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The intergovernmental meeting – which is the main forum for discussing the development of statistics i…

Ricardo Hausmann Highlighted Relationship between Technology, Knowledge, Productive Development and Inequality, in Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

28 Sep 2023 | Press Release

The prominent economist and Professor at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ricardo Hausmann, highlighted today the relationship between technology, knowledge, productive development and inequality in economies, in a keynote lecture given at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile as part of the Keynote Lecture Series organized to commemorate the United Nations regional commission’s 75th anniversary. Hausmann, who is also the founder and Director of Harvard University’s Growth Lab, was received by José Manuel …

States and Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean Are Urged to Bolster the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters

27 Sep 2023 | Press Release

The Second Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean began today in Panama City with a call for States and governments in the region to bolster protection and ensure a safe and conducive setting so that environmental defenders can carry out their important work. The meeting – which will run through Thursday, September 28, 2023 – is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in its capacity as Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement, in partnership with the Government of Panama, the …

Official Statistics are an Indispensable Public Good for the Proper Functioning of Societies and Democracy

26 Sep 2023 | Press Release

Official statistics are an indispensable public good for the proper functioning of societies and democracy, according to the representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered at the Twelfth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, which is taking place through Thursday, September 28 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. Starting today, the intergovernmental meeting – which is the main forum for discussing the development of statistics in the region – has convened authorities from Nation…

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Highlights the Importance of Regional Cooperation and Multilateralism at the G-77 and China Summit

16 Sep 2023 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, spoke today at the plenary session of the G-77 and China Summit, which is being held on 15 and 16 September in Havana, Cuba. He highlighted the importance of regional cooperation and multilateralism to take on the challenges facing humanity—especially climate change—and promote new policies of sustainable and inclusive productive development that allow countries in the Global South to develop their technological and innovation capacities. The G-77 and China Summit: “C…

Tarja Halonen: To Achieve Sustainable and Resilient Development, We Need to Reduce Inequalities and Vulnerabilities

12 Sep 2023 | Press Release

The former President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, delivered a keynote speech today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, in which she stressed that to achieve sustainable and resilient development, we need to reduce the inequalities and vulnerabilities that risk to leave individuals, communities and entire countries behind. The Finnish lawyer and politician, who on March 1, 2000 became the first woman to hold the Presidency of her country, gave a lecture entitled The Social Dimension of the 2030 Agenda: The Global Challenge…

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Maintain Low Growth Levels in 2023 and 2024

5 Sep 2023 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today its annual report entitled Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. Financing a sustainable transition: investment for growth and climate change action, in which it forecasts that the region’s economies will maintain low levels of growth this year and next year, affected by a negative global and very complex regional economic outlook. According to the document – one of the institution’s main economic reports, which has been published since its beginnings in 1948 – average regional Gross Domestic …

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Take Advantage of Historic Window of Opportunity and Reactivate Regional Integration, Focusing on the Ecological Transition, Aloizio Mercadante Proposed at ECLAC

4 Sep 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean must act with “courage” to reactivate and accelerate regional integration, putting the focus on the necessary decarbonization of the region’s economies to tackle the severe climate crisis, Aloizio Mercadante, President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), underscored during a keynote lecture he gave at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The Brazilian economist, politician and scholar made a presentation entitled “The role of development banks in transforming the Latin American development model,” the third such address in the Keynote Lecture Ser…

José Antonio Ocampo Calls for Implementing Deep Reforms in the International Financial System Based on a New, Denser and Multi-level Architecture

18 Aug 2023 | Press Release

The Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Antonio Ocampo, called today for implementing deep reforms in the international financial system, based on a new architecture underpinned by networks of global, regional and subregional institutions, during a keynote lecture delivered at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia gave a lecture entitled “Reform of the International Financial Sy…

Artificial Intelligence Can Contribute to Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean to Make Them More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable

11 Aug 2023 | Press Release

Artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute greatly to transforming development models in Latin America and the Caribbean to make them more productive, inclusive and sustainable, but reflection, a strategic vision, regulation, and regional and multilateral coordination are needed to harness its opportunities and minimize its potential threats, according to the authorities and specialists attending the launch of the first Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index at ECLAC today. The event entitled AI for Sustainable Development in Latin America took place at the headquarters of the Economic …

Members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement Assume Their Functions

10 Aug 2023 | Press Release

The seven elected members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement formally assumed their functions today, at a swearing-in ceremony held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. During the First Meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – better known as the Escazú Agreement – the Committee members who were elected at…

Authorities from 16 Countries Approve the Creation of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Jul 2023 | Press Release

Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials from 16 of the region’s countries approved the instrument establishing governance of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the main outcome of the First Latin American and Caribbean Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order, taking place in Cartagena, Colombia through tomorrow, July 28. So indicates the joint declaration (“Cartagena de Indias Declaration”) signed today in the framework of the event, which drew government authorities, political leaders, repres…

Arancha González Laya Urges for Promoting a New International Trade System that is More Inclusive and Ensures Better Distribution of its Costs and Benefits

24 Jul 2023 | Press Release

The Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Arancha González Laya, urged today for promoting a new international trade system that would be more inclusive and ensure better distribution of its costs and benefits, during a keynote lecture she gave at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where she was received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary. “I invite ECLAC to be a driving force for thinking up a new …

ECLAC Identifies Room and Areas of Opportunity for Cooperation and Investment Ahead of Summit Between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union

14 Jul 2023 | Press Release

A new document prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) identifies and analyzes numerous areas for cooperation and investment in strategic sectors between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, while offering assessments, pinpointing opportunities and proposing work and policy agendas for expanding and deepening them in the future, with the aim of achieving a sustainable and inclusive transition. The publication entitled Investment and cooperation opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union is a contribution b…

ECLAC and ILO: The Region’s Main Labor Indicators Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels, but Gaps Between Women and Men and High Informality Remain

11 Jul 2023 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released today a new edition of their joint report Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (No. 28): Towards the creation of better jobs in the post-pandemic era, which analyzes the evolution of labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022. The report emphasizes that three years after the COVID-19 crisis, the main labor indicators have returned to the values that prevailed in 2019. This improvement in variables such as the labor participation rate, the…

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 55.2% in 2022, Reaching a Historic High

10 Jul 2023 | Press Release

In 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean received $224.579 billion dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), a figure that is 55.2% above 2021 levels and marks the highest value on record, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed today. This result is mainly attributable to the increase in FDI in some countries, particularly in Brazil; to growth in all the components of FDI, especially earnings reinvestment; and to the increase in FDI in the services sector. This dynamic is consistent with the post-pandemic recovery and it is unclear whether it will stay a…

ECLAC Stresses the Importance of a Productive Development Agenda Centered on Lithium Exploitation

6 Jul 2023 | Press Release

Lithium is one of the key elements in the energy transition and has been deemed a strategic resource by those countries in the region that have abundant deposits. Consequently, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) stresses the importance of creating a productive development agenda centered on lithium to promote its extraction for use in economic activities directly and indirectly related to the mineral, according to the organization’s new special report unveiled today. The publication entitled Lithium extraction and industrialization: Opportunities and challenges…

Labour Inclusion is a Critical Factor for Reducing Inequality and Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Jun 2023 | Press Release

Labour inclusion policies, in combination with productive development and social protection policies, are key to reducing inequalities and the high degree of informality seen in Latin American and Caribbean countries, according to the authorities, scholars and international officials speaking at the inauguration of a three-day event that is being held at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in …

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs a Reactivation with Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future

5 Jun 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean needs to pivot in the transformation of its development model in order to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today at the inauguration of the seminar Financing for the Big Push for Sustainability, which took place at the headquarters of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “We need a reactivation with transformation,” ECLAC’s highest authority emphasized at the start of an …

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