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30 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC and PAHO: Controlling the pandemic requires convergence and coordination between health, economic, social and productive policies

New joint report states that economic recovery will only be possible by flattening the curve of contagion. It proposes three phases to control the pandemic, reactivate the economy with protection, and rebuild in an inclusive and sustainable way.

23 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Urgent Regional Cooperation beyond the Pandemic to Foster More Integration and Avert a Food Crisis

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, participated today in a conference organized by CELAC and FAO’s regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean.

22 July 2020 | Press Release

Equality Reinforces Economic Efficiency, Fostering Productivity, Growth and Diversification: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary highlighted the positive effects of equality for a better recovery in the wake of the pandemic, during a high-level event organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

15 July 2020 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Reaffirm their Commitment to Sustainable Development and Urge for an Articulated Response to Counteract the Pandemic’s Profound Effects

Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba, in his capacity as chair of ECLAC’s Committee of the Whole, spoke today during a segment on “Regional Forums: Key Messages,” held in the framework of the High-level Political Forum 2020.

15 July 2020 | Press Release

Contraction of Economic Activity in the Region Intensifies Due to the Pandemic: It Will Fall -9.1% in 2020

ECLAC updated its growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries today. It underscores that both the external and domestic shocks have been stronger than what was foreseen last April, which led to a downward revision of the figures.

13 July 2020 | Press Release

It is Crucial to Propose a Social Compact Based on a Broad and Participatory Dialogue to Face the Present Contingency and Rethink the Post COVID-19 Reactivation

In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based social policies to confront the crisis.

10 July 2020 | Press Release

Event with Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stresses the Importance of Guaranteeing a Universal Social Protection System

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a side event at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on COVID-19’s socioeconomic impacts in the region and policy responses for building back better.

8 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents Five Proposals to Increase Fiscal Space in Caribbean Countries

In a special session of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Small Island Developing States, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called for urgently providing concessional funds to address these countries’ vulnerabilities, regardless of their per capita income.

7 July 2020 | Press Release

The Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Requires a New Social Compact for a More Inclusive Welfare System: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in an event entitled “Sharing Economic Benefits: Social Protection as a tool for Building Back Better after COVID-19,” held on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020.

6 July 2020 | Press Release

Fiscal Policy Must Play a Central Role in Mitigating the Social and Economic Impact Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Also Contributing to Propelling the Economic Reactivation

ECLAC launched its annual report, Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, in which it analyzes the region’s countries’ fiscal response to the human and economic crisis prompted by the coronavirus disease.

2 July 2020 | Press Release

The Pandemic’s Impacts on the Hardest-Hit Production Sectors Will Affect One Third of Employment in the Region and One Fourth of GDP

ECLAC released a new Special Report COVID-19, in which it offers proposals for confronting the effects of the crisis on businesses and production sectors. The organization estimates that 2.7 million companies will close, most of them microenterprises, which would entail the loss of 8.5 million jobs.

1 July 2020 | Press Release

Deepening Regional Integration Must Be an Essential Component of Any Strategy for Emerging from the Crisis in Order to Move Towards More Sustainable and Resilient Trade

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the LVI Ordinary Meeting of MERCOSUR’s Common Market Council.