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18 April 2024 | Press Release

Eradicating Poverty and Hunger is an Indispensable Requirement for Achieving Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authorities and delegates from the region’s countries concluded the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development with a firm commitment to accelerate the pace for achieving the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
16 April 2024 | Press Release

Countries Call for Revitalizing the Commitment to the 2030 Agenda and Fostering Renewed, Bold Policies and Actions for Accelerating Fulfillment of the SDGs
The seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development was inaugurated today with the presence of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed.
11 April 2024 | Press Release

Special Edition of CEPAL Review Presents the Vision of the Organization’s Executive Secretary for Moving Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model
This exclusive issue of ECLAC’s main academic publication was unveiled by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs at a high-level online seminar that featured the participation of prominent scholars.
9 April 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC and CAF Call for Scaling Up and Improving Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Only in this way will the region be able to escape the low-growth trap in which it is caught, authorities and experts affirmed at the joint Annual Conference held by both organizations in Santiago, Chile.
4 April 2024 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Direct Science, Technology and Innovation Efforts Towards Addressing its Productivity Challenge
Colombian President Gustavo Petro led the inauguration in Bogotá of the Fourth Meeting of the ECLAC Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies.
26 March 2024 | Press Release

Peru Will Be the Host of ECLAC’s Fortieth Session
The country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Javier González-Olaechea Franco, and the United Nations regional economic commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, signed an agreement today in Lima establishing that this meeting will be held on October 8-11, 2024.
4 March 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
15 February 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Launched Digital Development Observatory to Contribute to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Digital Transformation
The DDO’s first figures reveal major lags in digital technology adoption by the region’s productive sector.
15 December 2023 | Press Release

New Investment Agenda Needed in Latin America and the Caribbean to Boost Growth, Job Creation and Sustainable Development
ECLAC, OECD, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the European Commission presented a new edition of their traditional annual report “Latin American Economic Outlook 2023: Investing in Sustainable Development”.
12 December 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Launched Platform for Cluster and Other Territorial Productive Articulation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
At a virtual event led by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, with the participation of prominent specialists in this area, officials presented this tool, which includes an interactive map with around 258 georeferenced initiatives thus far.
7 November 2023 | Press Release

At ECLAC, Paraguay’s President Calls for Dialogue among Latin American and Caribbean Countries to Offer a Continent of Peace in a World Plagued by Conflict
In the framework of his official visit to Chile, the Paraguayan leader gave a keynote lecture at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago.
17 October 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Member Countries Hold 37th Session of the Organization’s Committee of the Whole in New York
This body reports on the Commission’s activities in 2022 and enables analysis of its 2025 programme of work. The meeting was led by the United Nations regional institution’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
29 de September de 2023 | Press Release

América Latina y el Caribe necesita avanzar hacia un nuevo pacto social para lograr el crecimiento y mejorar la distribución de los ingresos: Revista CEPAL
Nueva edición de la publicación destaca trabajos académicos sobre la urgencia de un acuerdo social de largo plazo en la región para lograr un crecimiento económico equitativo y con mayor inclusión social, los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 en el mercado laboral, y la relación de las evaluaciones de los alumnos con la productividad de la investigación universitaria, entre otros temas.
28 September 2023 | Press Release

Ricardo Hausmann Highlighted Relationship between Technology, Knowledge, Productive Development and Inequality, in Keynote Lecture at ECLAC
The prominent economist, Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, made a special presentation as part of the activities commemorating the 75th anniversary of ECLAC, where he was received by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
16 September 2023 | Press Release

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Highlights the Importance of Regional Cooperation and Multilateralism at the G-77 and China Summit

At the meeting held in Cuba, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs spoke on behalf of the five United Nations Regional Commissions and held bilateral meetings with senior government officials.
11 August 2023 | Press Release

Artificial Intelligence Can Contribute to Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean to Make Them More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable
The first Latin American AI Index was launched at ECLAC’s headquarters, at an event led by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the Chilean Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Aisén Etcheverry, and representatives of international organizations, the private sector and academia.
10 July 2023 | Press Release

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 55.2% in 2022, Reaching a Historic High
In a new report, ECLAC calls on countries to improve their policy design to take advantage of the contribution that FDI can make to the energy transition and to the region’s sustainable productive development.
28 April 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Pick Up the Pace to Achieve Fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Halfway through the period agreed upon by United Nations Member States in 2015, greater progress on the targets will require the participation of all stakeholders as well as structural transformations in the region, delegates warned at the conclusion of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
12 de April de 2023 | Press Release

Revista CEPAL aborda la volatilidad económica de América Latina y el Caribe, el papel de los servicios modernos en el desarrollo y la integración comercial
La principal publicación académica del organismo de las Naciones Unidas incluye también en su nueva edición artículos sobre la seguridad energética de Centroamérica y las lecciones dejadas por la pandemia para la política social de Costa Rica, entre otros temas.
25 March 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents New Opportunities for Growth, Collaboration and Sustainable Development to Ibero-America’s Heads of State and Government
The document seeks to contribute to the debates of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit, which concludes today in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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