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5 September 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Scaling Up and Improving Productive Development Policies to Escape the Trap of Low Capacity for Growth in which Latin America and the Caribbean is Mired
The United Nations regional organization presented the first edition of its new flagship publication, “Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024.”
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30 August 2024 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Hold its Fortieth Session in Peru on October 9-11
This UN regional commission’s most important biennial meeting will take place in the capital, Lima, and will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members.
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27 August 2024 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present the First Edition of its Report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Senior government officials from the region and world-renowned specialists will participate in the web seminar marking the release of this regional United Nations organization’s new flagship publication.
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20 August 2024 | News

ECLAC Journal "Notas de Población" Invites Authors to Submit Manuscripts on Demography, Population and Development, and Public Policies for the 2025 Edition
The biannual publication, which has been published for more than 50 years, is launched in June and December.
13 August 2024 | Press Release

Poor Investment Performance, Low Labor Productivity and Limited Fiscal Space Keep Latin America and the Caribbean in a Trap of Low Economic Growth
A new annual report by ECLAC indicates that the region’s economies will expand by 1.8% in 2024 and 2.3% in 2025.
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5 August 2024 | Announcement

ECLAC’s New Annual Economic Report Will Update Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries in 2024 and 2025
The “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024” will be presented at a press conference by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, next Tuesday, August 13 in Santiago, Chile.
1 August 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC: Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Fell by 9.9% in 2023, but Amount Received is Above the Average in the Last Decade
To promote FDI’s positive effects on the region’s economies, a new report proposes a series of guidelines for formulating and strengthening policies to attract investment and for building territorial strategies integrated into productive development policies.
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during his presentation.
29 July 2024 | News

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary: Accurate, Up-to-date and Comprehensive Data are Crucial for Measuring Development Gaps and Traps
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs represented the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at Brazil’s National Conference of Data Producers and Users.
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25 July 2024 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present Updated Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean and Proposals for Increasing It
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will lead the launch of a new edition of this annual report on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
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12 July 2024 | News

Seminar: Teaching and Doing Research on Macroeconomics with a Gender Perspective
The gathering in Montevideo, organized by ECLAC, UNDP and UDELAR, featured a keynote lecture by Professor Özlem Onaran of the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom).
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12 July 2024 | News

Experts Address Financing for Biodiversity Protection
Seminar held in Bogotá, organized by ECLAC, the IDB and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia.
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11 July 2024 | News

SIDS4: Charting the Course Toward Resilient Prosperity for Islands… and the World

The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) was held in Antigua and Barbuda, on 27 May to 30 May 2024.
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5 July 2024 | News

Exports Between MERCOSUR Countries Showed Resilience Amid a Fall in the Rest of the Bloc’s Sales Abroad
A new edition of the bloc’s Foreign Trade Bulletin, prepared by ECLAC, indicates that the challenges for 2024 will be linked to low dynamism in global demand and the downward trend in prices, amid persistently high interest rates.
4 July 2024 | Press Release

The Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development Contributes to Laying the Foundations for People-Centered Sustainable Development in the Region, with Equality and a Human Rights Perspective
The Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded today in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
3 July 2024 | Press Release

Authorities Reaffirm the Relevance of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, a Regional Road Map for Achieving More Inclusive, Productive and Sustainable Development
Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries, of regional and international organizations, academia and civil society inaugurated the Fifth Regional Conference on Population and Development today in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
26 June 2024 | Press Release

It is an Opportune Time for Mexico to Design a Productive Development Policy: ECLAC
To achieve sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, decisive action by the State is needed to conduct a productive development policy with the participation of the private sector and state governments.
20 June 2024 | Press Release

Parliamentarians Analyze at ECLAC Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening and Consolidating Committees of the Future in Latin America
At the First Regional Conference of Parliamentary Committees of the Future, political representatives from various countries and experts from regional and international organizations shared experiences for increasing and improving capacities for legislative foresight and anticipatory governance.
19 June 2024 | Press Release

First Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean Took Place at ECLAC’s Headquarters
At this intergovernmental event, representatives of the region’s countries, the UN System, and regional and international organizations analyzed the state of South-South and triangular cooperation as well as multi-stakeholder strategies for strengthening international development cooperation.
11 June 2024 | Op-ed

Securing Greater and Sustained Access to Long-term, Low-cost Finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Op-ed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
7 June 2024 | Press Release

“No More Lost Decades for Latin America and the Caribbean”: ECLAC Lays Out its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation
Because of his contributions to the region’s development, the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, was awarded with the Maestro Ricardo Torres Gaitán 2024 Lecture from the Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leonardo Lomelí.

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