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UN Regional Commission's High-level side event - COP 16 of the CBD

UN Regional Commission's side event #cop16colombia of the CBD - Message by ECLAC Executive Secretary

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 services support livelihoods of millions of people and economic and social development in many countries and territories. However, in our region, the environmental pressure posed by the unsustainable use of natural resources has led to the reduction of productivity and numerous conflicts. It is therefore crucia…

Fortieth session of ECLAC - Day 1

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

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC Executive Secretary, presents the institutional document of the Fortieth Session

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 vital transformations and offers guidelines on how to manage them. This is an invitation to countries to converse not only about what to do but also how to manage the necessary transformations that would make a real difference in shifting development towards greater growth, productivity, inclusivity and su…

Thirtieth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (September 11, 2024)

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)

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)

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)

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).…

“Latin American Economic Outlook 2023”: Investing in Sustainable Development”

Keynote Speech by the President of Paraguay Santiago Peña

(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…

XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture, by Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

(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 the Caribbean (ECLAC), where she was received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary. The former Vice President of Costa Rica gave a lecture entitled “Globalization Disrupted: Prebisch, Trade Imbalances, and the Future of International Economics.” More informati…

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 - Press conference

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-american-and-caribbean-eco…;…

Launch of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023

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 economic reports in which it takes stock of the region’s economies in recent months and updates its growth estimates for each country. The report will be presented during a hybrid (in-person and virtual) press conference at the organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. More info and registr…

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs invites to the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (first day)

5th meeting of the Forum of the Countries of LAC on Sustainable Development (Third day - 9 March)

International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

Launch of the report: The recovery paradox in Latin America a the Caribbean (English version)