Latin America and the Caribbean to Analyze Globalization

Latin America and the Caribbean must adopt a positive agenda to build a new international order and assume a real commitment on this topic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will propose during its 29th Session, to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, from 6 to 10 May 2002, at the Blue Tree Park Hotel. The Session, which takes place every two years, is the most important meeting that ECLAC holds. During the meetings, all 48 governments belonging to this United Nations Commission will examine its progress over the previous two years and approve a work plan for the nex…

ECLAC Inaugurates the Raúl Prebisch Chair

(23 August 2001) To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Prebisch's birth this year, ECLAC has created this position in his honour, which will be held by distinguished public figures involved in Latin American economics. The first Magisterial Lecture, called The Roots of Globalization, will be given by Brazilian economist Celso Furtado. It will begin at 5 p.m. in the Raúl Prebisch Conference Room at the Commission's headquarters, in Santiago, Chile. At 6:15 p.m., the exhibition Celso Furtado: Vocation Latin America will be officially opened.…

First Americas Conference on Statistics, at ECLAC

The Conference, whose creation was approved by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in July 2000, will be a subsidiary organization of ECLAC, and will seek to contribute to the progress of statistics-related policies and activities throughout the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary of ECLAC will officially open the meeting, the first of its kind in the region, at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday 9 May. The purpose of the meeting is to promote the development of national statistics, their improvement and their international …

Speaking to Territories and Cities is Critical for Rethinking the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cities – due to their importance in economic, social and environmental development – have a leadership role to play in the transition towards circularity by implementing and sharing new models at a local level and taking into account impacts both inside and outside their own city limits, experts agreed today while attending an event organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the embassies of Italy and the United Kingdom in Chile, and energy company Enel. The gathering entitled Towards Circular Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Challenge of De…

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Moving Toward a New Development Paradigm and Putting an End to Inefficient and Unsustainable Inequality

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called on countries today to put an end to inefficient and unsustainable inequality and move toward a new development paradigm that, among other advances, would tear down the culture of privilege still deeply rooted in the region. In Mexico City today, the senior United Nations official inaugurated the Change of Era Permanent Seminar, Latin America and the Time for Equality: Progress, Setbacks and Challenges, which is being organized by ECLAC and the University Program of Development…

ECLAC: Growth with Equality, Integration and Migration are Priority Issues for Latin America and the Caribbean

Growth with equality, integration within the region and with other regions of the world, as well as migration, are priority issues for Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that must put an end to the culture of privilege and advance toward economic, social and environmental equality to guarantee its inhabitants’ right to development, affirmed Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during the meeting of the World Economic Forum 2018, which came to a close today in Davos, Switzerland. The United Nations high official parti…

Authorities Reaffirm the Montevideo Consensus as the Basis for a Comprehensive Road Map for Action on Population and Development

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed the Montevideo Consensus as the basis for a comprehensive road map for national and regional action on population and development matters, on the final day of the fourth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which concluded this Thursday at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. In their resolutions, countries recognized the strategic role of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development as a framework for implementing ac…

Acuerdos para el desarrollo de la capacidad estadística de la región como apoyo para mejores políticas públicas

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide is Critical to Achieve Women’s Autonomy and Substantive Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Women’s Affairs Ministers and other government authorities, along with representatives of the United Nations, international organizations and civil society, called today for bridging the gender digital divide in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve women’s autonomy and substantive equality in a scenario of multiple crises that require bold and transformative solutions. They did so during the 64th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women, which is being held virtually this Wednesday, February 8 and Thursday, February 9, 2023. The gathering is focused on examin…