This video features a short documentary of CEPAL Review to mark its 50th anniversary. It includes reflective remarks from a group of prominent figures who have been closely associated with the history of our publication. More information in https://www.cepal.org/en/publications...

The head of the regional organization, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, reflects on the significance of this anniversary, the importance that the CEPAL Review—the Commission’s flagship academic publication—has gained over its five decades of existence, the way in which it has influenced its trajectory...

The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2026 will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on 13-16 April, 2026. During the event, representatives of governments, the United Nations System, regional and international o...

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UN Regional Commission's High-level side event #cop16colombia of the CBD - Message by ECLAC Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. Cali, Colombia, 29 October, 2024. Latin America and the Caribbean is renowned for its vast biocultural richness. Biodiversity and its ecosystem servic...

(English translation) Fortieth session of ECLAC - Day 1 (Wednesday, 9 October, 2024). Lima, Peru. More information in https://periododesesiones.cepal.org/40/en

Latin America and the Caribbean needs to undertake profound transformations to overcome the development crisis in which it is immersed and which is occurring in an uncertain international context, posing challenges as well as opportunities for the region. To that end, ECLAC has identified 11 vita...

Thirtieth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (September 11, 2024). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. More information in https://cdcc.cepal.org/30/en

Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (Day 2, Tuesday 10 September, 2024). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. More information in https://www.cepal.org/en/events/eight... and https://cdcc.cepal.org/30/en

Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (Day 1, Monday 9 September, 2024). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. More information in https://www.cepal.org/en/events/eight... and https://cdcc.cepal.org/30/en

Sustainable Productive Development policy for Mexico (English version). Based on the publication "Temas clave para diseñar e implementar una política de desarrollo productivo sostenible en México" (in Spanish).

(English translated version) Keynote Speech by the President of Paraguay Santiago Peña at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Tuesday, November 7, 2023. More information in https://bit.ly/3sncyZs

(English translation version) Prominent economist Rebeca Grynspan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), gave the XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Monday, October 30, 2023 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and th...

Video of the complete press conference (English translation) held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, to launch the Commission's flagship report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 (5 September, 2023). More information in https://www.cepal.org/en/pressreleases/latin-amer...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, September 5 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023. Financing a sustainable transition: investment for growth and climate change action, one of the institution’s flagship annual econo...