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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 on Wednesday, August 14, at 11 a.m. (GMT-4) at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
At a press conference, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the main findings of the study, which examines not only the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows but also the contribution of these flows to productive development processes in the region.
The press conference will be transmitted live via the Internet on the organization’s website (http://www.cepal.org).
The report’s first chapter details the amount of FDI received by each country in 2018 and analyzes the prospects for 2019. It also describes sectors and their varied degrees of dynamism as well as the behavior of Latin American transnational companies, known as “translatinas.”
The second chapter analyzes the contribution of transnational companies from the Republic of Korea to Latin America’s productive transformation, while the third is entitled “Foreign direct investment in the agro-food chain: an opportunity to move towards sustainable growth with greater value-added.”
Members of the media are invited to attend this press conference at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura). To gain entry to the premises, journalists and photographers must have their media credentials or identity documents with them, and accredit themselves beforehand by sending an email to prensa@cepal.org.
What: Press conference. Launch of the report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019.
Who:
Presenter:
- Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
When: Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 11 a.m. Chile time (GMT -4).
Where: ECLAC’s Headquarters in Santiago, Chile (United Nations’ building, Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Celso Furtado Conference Room).
For queries or to request interviews, contact Guido Camú, Chief of ECLAC’s Public Information Unit.
Email: prensa@cepal.org; Telephone: (56 2) 2210 2040.
