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20 December 2018 | Press Release
In its last economic report of the year, ECLAC projects that the region will end 2018 with average growth of 1.2%.
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11 December 2018 | News
Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, spoke on various panels during the two-day global gathering. On Sunday, December 9, meanwhile, she led a side event organized by the five United Nations regional commissions.
La Fundación Luz deleitó al personal de la CEPAL con el repertorio de su Orquesta Sonidos de Luz, que se presentó el viernes 7 de diciembre en los patios del edificio.
10 December 2018 | News
Approximately 12% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean has some kind of disability, which represents around 70 million people.
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10 December 2018 | News
A study published by the United Nations regional organization analyzes their autonomy in terms of three key dimensions: economic, physical and in decision-making.
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10 December 2018 | Announcement
The annual report will be unveiled in a press conference and will include updated growth projections for 2019.
7 December 2018 | Op-ed
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
28 November 2018 | Press Release
The event “On the road to equality: 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child” was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
20 November 2018 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, was one of the main speakers at the IX Annual CAMMA Conference, which was held in Lima.
31 October 2018 | Press Release
ECLAC projects a 9.7% increase in the value of regional goods exports this year.
29 October 2018 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary gave a keynote speech in the framework of the colloquium “Central America and Mexico at a crossroads today,” organized by the United Nations regional organization, The College of Mexico and the Central American Integration System (SICA).
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26 October 2018 | Announcement
Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, October 31.
18 October 2018 | Press Release
The Second Cities Conference concluded with a call to strengthen public-private dialogue for urban sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.
17 October 2018 | Press Release
ECLAC has updated its growth projections for the countries of the region.
10 October 2018 | Press Release
At a high-level seminar in Buenos Aires, authorities and experts debated the challenges of MSMEs in the face of disruptive technology and global uncertainty.
4 October 2018 | Press Release
The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level dialogue held in Santiago.
27 September 2018 | Press Release
The “Escazú Agreement” was opened for signing by Latin American and Caribbean States in a ceremony held in the context of the UN General Assembly in New York.
26 September 2018 | Op-ed
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
13 September 2018 | Press Release
A document presented by ECLAC was analyzed during the second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held in Panama along with the Tenth Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
30 August 2018 | Press Release
Representatives of 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
23 August 2018 | Press Release
ECLAC released today its Economic Survey 2018, in which it offers a profound analysis of the evolution of investment in the region.