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Countries Recognize 60 Years of ILPES Contribution to Strengthening Capacities in National Planning and Public Management Systems

19 Jan 2023 | Press Release

Ministers, vice ministers and senior authorities recognized six decades of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute of Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that has contributed to strengthening the capacities of the national planning and public management systems in the countries of the region. The Nineteenth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning was held at the regional commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile The meeting was led by Héctor Alexander, Minister of Eco…

ECLAC Proposes Cluster Policies to Escape the Current Low-Growth Trap in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 Jan 2023 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, proposed cluster-based policies as a powerful instrument to promote growth and productive diversification to help pull the region out of the prolonged, development crisis that has impeded high, sustained and sustainable growth in the last decades, except in cases of price bonanzas in primary products. The United Nations senior official is in Davos, Switzerland for the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (WEF) from January 16-20. The 53rd edition brings together th…

Authorities Reaffirm Urgency to Strengthen States’ Institutional Frameworks and Aim for a “New Public Service” Centered on People

17 Jan 2023 | Press Release

Faced with simultaneous, cascading crises, slowed growth and setbacks on various social indicators, States need to strengthen their institutional frameworks and aim for a “new public service” that centers its actions on people and builds citizenship in their territories, making the public interest their key objective and reframing their relationship with development stakeholders. This was the consensus of the authorities gathered at the Seventeenth Conference of Ministers and Chiefs of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean, inaugurated today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission…

Goods Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean Increase 20% in 2022, but Growth is Down from Previous Year

10 Jan 2023 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimates the growth in the value of regional exports at 20% in 2022, driven by a 14% rise in prices and an expansion of 6% in exported volumes. These are the figures reported by the United Nations organization in its latest flagship annual report published today in a press release. In the report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, the Commission also indicates that the value of regional goods imports increased by 24%. Like exports, the bulk of the increase in regional import value is attribu…

Countries of the Region Reaffirm Commitment to Promote, Protect and Respect Older Persons’ Human Rights, Dignity and Freedoms

15 Dec 2022 | Press Release

Representatives of the countries participating in the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded today in Santiago, Chile, reaffirmed their commitment to promote, protect and respect the human rights, dignity and fundamental freedoms of all older persons, without discrimination or violence of any kind, and ratified the responsibility of States to pursue the measures and actions needed to ensure healthy ageing, with dignity and rights. In the Santiago Declaration, approved unanimously, the authorities…

Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Decelerate in 2023 and Will Grow by 1.3%

15 Dec 2022 | Press Release

In a context of external uncertainties and domestic restrictions, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 3.7% in 2022, just over half of the 6.7% rate recorded in 2021. It is estimated that the deceleration in economic growth will intensify in 2023, giving rise to a 1.3% rate. According to its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 – unveiled by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs – the monetary policy responses adopted worldwide in 2022, in a …

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Call for Driving Action and Moving Towards Achievement of the Ageing Agenda on a Regional and Global Level

13 Dec 2022 | Press Release

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries called today for driving action and advancing towards achievement of the ageing agenda on a regional and global level, at the inauguration of the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons, which is taking place through Thursday, December 15 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Conference, organized by ECLAC, was inaugurated by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional commission’s Executive Secretary; Giorgio Jacks…

ECLAC and the ILO Point Up the Importance of Promoting Public Policies that Would Invigorate the Region’s Labour Markets for the Creation of Quality Employment

9 Dec 2022 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released a new joint report today in which they indicate that Latin America and the Caribbean’s economies are facing a very complex macroeconomic, social and environmental context, which is going to affect labour market dynamics. The institutions note that despite the recovery seen in labour markets in the first half of 2022, it is expected that in the second half, the deceleration of growth will slow the region’s capacity to generate quality employment. In the first section of i…

ECLAC, FAO and WFP Call for Strengthening Agricultural Production and Social Protection Systems to Meet the Challenge of Combating Food Insecurity

6 Dec 2022 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) presented today a new, joint Policy Brief entitled Towards sustainable food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean in response to the global food crisis, in which they call for strengthening agricultural production and social protection systems and for extending their scope in rural areas to meet the triple challenge of combating food insecurity and the rise in extreme poverty, and supporting food production…

Housing and the City are Engines for Economic Reactivation and for Narrowing Social and Environmental Gaps and are Instruments for a Transformative Recovery

5 Dec 2022 | Press Release

In Latin America and the Caribbean, the most urbanized developing region on the planet, housing and the city are engines for economic reactivation and for narrowing social and environmental gaps and are instruments for a transformative recovery, according to the authorities gathered at the XXXI General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI, which was inaugurated today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The meeting was inaugurated …

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 40.7% in 2021, but Did Not Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

29 Nov 2022 | Press Release

In a context of weak economic recovery, Latin America and the Caribbean received $142.794 billion dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2021, 40.7% more than in 2020, but this growth was not enough to achieve the levels seen prior to the pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) stated today in a press release describing the main conclusions of its annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022. Globally, FDI inflows increased by 64% in 2021, reaching approximately $1.6 trillion dollars. As a destination for …

ECLAC: At Least 4,473 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021

24 Nov 2022 | Press Release

In 2021, at least 4,473 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 29 countries and territories of the region, according to the latest official data that countries 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 represents at least 12 women per day who die violent, gender-based deaths in the region, the institution warns. “For 15 years, Latin American and Caribbean States have recognized the seriousness of femicidal violence and the gender-related killing of wome…

Poverty Rates in Latin America Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Warns

24 Nov 2022 | Press Release

Despite the slight decline recorded in 2021, projections indicate that poverty and extreme poverty rates remain above pre-pandemic levels in 2022 in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned in its Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 report, which was presented today in Santiago, Chile and which addresses education as a central issue along with its role in the debate on policies for the region’s recovery. “After a sharp increase in poverty and a slight increase in income inequality in 2020 as a result of the …

Countries of the Region Approved the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean eLAC2024

18 Nov 2022 | Press Release

Delegates from the countries attending the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean approved today in Montevideo, Uruguay the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2024), which establishes a set of policy priorities and actions at the regional level for the next two years. The Conference was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in its capacity as Technical Secretariat, in conjunction with the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, through the National Agency for e-Governmen…

Digitalization is a Priority for Transforming the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

16 Nov 2022 | Press Release

The importance of digitalization for designing and implementing people-centered public policies and as a path for Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development was emphasized today by participants in the inauguration of the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place in Montevideo, Uruguay through this Friday, November 18. The Conference – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in conjunction with the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, through the National Ag…

Countries in the Region Committed Themselves to Moving Towards a New Development Pattern: The Care Society

11 Nov 2022 | Press Release

Representatives of the countries participating in the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded today in Argentina, committed themselves to “adopting regulatory frameworks that ensure the right to care through the implementation of comprehensive care policies and systems from a gender, intersectional, intercultural and human rights perspective.” In the Buenos Aires Commitment, they recognize “care as a right to provide and receive care and to exercise self-care based on the principles of equality, universality and social and gender co-responsibility, a…

ECLAC: It is Time for Transformational Changes, Like the One Proposed by the Care Society

9 Nov 2022 | Press Release

“It is time for transformational changes, like the one proposed by the care society,” José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stressed today during the presentation of the document The care society: A horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality, which is guiding the work of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world and the region are in a scenario of prolonged, multidimensional crisis and an uneven recovery that has dispropo…

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs to Move Towards a Care Society for a Sustainable Recovery with Gender Equality

8 Nov 2022 | Press Release

With a call to move towards a care society in order to achieve a sustainable recovery with gender equality in Latin American and Caribbean countries, the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today in Buenos Aires with the participation of Argentina’s President, Alberto Fernández. The gathering, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), is bringing together representatives of government, United Nations an…

Latin America and the Caribbean: The green transition can be an economic and social game changer, says new report

7 Nov 2022 | Press Release

Climate change could significantly worsen long-term economic prospects and exacerbate inequalities in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). It is urgent to advance towards an ambitious and comprehensive green agenda to address its consequences and improve well-being for all. An effective green transition in LAC could potentially add 10.5% more new jobs by 2030, says the Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2022: Towards a green and just transition, presented today on the side-lines of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik. According to the 15th edition of the report, this year’s economic slowdown,…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Approve ECLAC’s Proposals for Propelling a Change in the Region’s Development Pattern

26 Oct 2022 | Press Release

Government representatives from 33 member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) concluded today the United Nations regional commission’s thirty-ninth session, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 24-26, with the approval of the proposals presented by ECLAC to propel a change in the development pattern and to promote ambitious, transformative actions for a sustainable recovery, following the cascade of crises the region has endured in the last few years. The Commission’s most important biennial meeting came to a close with remarks by Santiago Ca…

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