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Portada documento CEPAL-México
22 June 2020 | News

ECLAC Analyzes the Link between Trade Agreements, Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines
A document edited by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico indicates that intellectual property rules have increased the cost of access to some medicines and can jeopardize full enjoyment of the right to health, which is an especially relevant issue at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
12 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Adopting Comprehensive Policies for an Economic Reactivation that Guarantees Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
In a discussion organized by the Mexican Senate, Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena warned that women are the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and advocated for a feminist social compact with equality and sustainability.
Portada documento CEPAL-FIDA
18 March 2020 | News

Public Policies Are Key to the Financial Inclusion of Rural Areas in the Region
A new publication edited by ECLAC-Mexico stresses the need for policies that foster a structural change in activities in the rural setting.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, durante el evento
19 February 2020 | News

Latin America Must Move from the Capitalism of Shareholders to a Fairer and More Inclusive Capitalism of Stakeholders
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in Mexico City in a gathering with businesspeople focused on the debates at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland).
Portada inversión mexicana en Centroamérica
9 December 2019 | News

Mexico Continues to Be One of the Main Investors in Central America, but Its dynamism is Waning
Since 2011, Colombian FDI has surpassed the amount of Mexican investments accumulated in the region.
3 October 2019 | Press Release

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Approved Regional Agenda to Promote Inclusive Social Development
That is the primary outcome of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a gathering convened by ECLAC, the government of Mexico and the UNDP, which concluded this Thursday in the Mexican capital.
1 October 2019 | Press Release

New Generation of Welfare Policies is Needed to Accelerate Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Authorities Stress at Regional Conference’s Opening Session
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, led the inauguration of this event.
26 September 2019 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena is Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National Autonomous University of Mexico
In her speech, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary called for forging alternative paths and societal projects in which citizens are the subject, not just the object, of transformations that improve their conditions.
Portada Vínculos productivos en América del Norte
13 June 2019 | News

Study Analyzes Mexico’s Degree of Economic Integration with the United States and Canada
The document “Productive Links in North America” analyzes trade and investment between the three nations, without addressing migratory flows, although it recognizes their importance in terms of development.
The presidents of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador; Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, and Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, and the Vicepresident of El Salvador, Óscar Samuel Ortiz, with the ECLAC's Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
17 May 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present to Mexico a Proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Program
The conference, which will be led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, Alicia Bárcena, will take place next Monday, May 20, at Mexico’s National Palace.
5 March 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC and Mexico City’s Government Sign Cooperation Agreement for Developing and Implementing Policies that Combat Inequality
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, met with the Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum.
23 July 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC Reiterates Commitment to Supporting the Pacific Alliance and Praises Efforts Aimed at Convergence with MERCOSUR
During the 13th ministerial summit being held in Puerto Vallarta, the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, also called for deepening the bloc’s relationship with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore.
Portada informe nacional de eficiencia energética de México 2018
25 June 2018 | News

ECLAC Recognizes Mexico’s Progress on Energy Efficiency for Achieving the 2030 Agenda Goals
From 1995 to 2015, the residential sector reduced its energy consumption by 45.9%, according to the National Report on Monitoring Energy Efficiency 2018, recently published by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in that country.
Portada documento México
22 March 2018 | News

The Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic Will Grow 4.4% in 2018
The subregion’s overall GDP will rebound thanks to greater exports of goods and services as well as to international remittance flows, despite a deceleration in private consumption and investment.
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18 December 2017 | Announcement

In a New Report, ECLAC Analyses Trends in Regional Poverty and the Situation of the Pension Systems in Latin America
The United Nations organization will unveil its report Social Panorama 2017 at a press conference in Mexico on Wednesday 20 December.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL (parada a la izquierda), encabezó la inauguración del seminario en el marco de la Novena Reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA).
14 November 2017 | News

Specialists Underscore Importance of Integrating Statistical and Geospatial Information and Discuss Priorities for Regional Strategic Plan
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, led the inauguration of a seminar on the issue in the framework of the Ninth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, which is being held in Mexico.
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2 October 2017 | Announcement

ECLAC Organizes Seminar in Mexico to Debate New Generation of Policies and Institutions for Region’s MSMEs
Government officials, specialists and business representatives will participate on October 10-11 in this event of the Euromipyme project, developed with the European Union.
20 September 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Underscores Progress in the Pacific Alliance Integration Process
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, moderated the V CEO Investment Summit of the bloc in New York, attended by the presidents of Chile and Colombia, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Mexico and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru.
15 August 2017 | Speech

Seminar on the Constitution of Mexico City and the 2030 Agenda
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC (in Spanish).
7 June 2017 | Infographic

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