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30 August 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Presents its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, with New Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries

The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will lead a press conference to unveil the report next Tuesday, September 5 in Santiago, Chile.

27 July 2023 | Press Release

Authorities from 16 Countries Approve the Creation of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean

Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials gathered in Colombia at the First Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order signed a joint declaration in which they support this new forum for dialogue and exchange, for which ECLAC will act as technical secretariat.

Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPALdurante la clausura del XXXV Seminario de Política Fiscal

17 May 2023 | News

Fiscal Policy should Foster the Transformation of Development Models, Including Aspects of Growth and the Reduction of Inequalities

ECLAC Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented the conclusions of the XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, which ended at the organization's headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

16 May 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean: Economic Recovery and Higher Commodity Prices Drive Rebound in Tax Revenues

CIAT, ECLAC, the IDB and the OECD launched a new edition of their joint publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 in the framework of the 35th Regional Fiscal Seminar being held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

20 April 2023 | Press Release

Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow by 1.2% in 2023 in a Context of Growing Uncertainties

New projections released today by ECLAC estimate that all the subregions will experience lower growth this year compared with 2022.

13 June 2022 | Press Release

Public Revenue Must Be Strengthened to Expand Fiscal Space and Give Sustainability to Spending

Authorities from Finance Ministries in 12 of the region’s countries kicked off the XXXIV edition of the Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, at ECLAC’s headquarters.

6 June 2022 | Press Release

War in Ukraine Quickens Inflation, Reduces Growth and Increases Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

A new special report by ECLAC indicates that the economic deceleration, higher inflation and the slow and incomplete recovery of labor markets will increase poverty, extreme poverty and food insecurity in the region in 2022.

12 January 2022 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean’s Growth Will Slow to 2.1% in 2022 amid Significant Asymmetries between Developed and Emerging Countries

In its annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies 2021, ECLAC emphasizes that 2022 will be a year of major challenges for growth, job creation and tackling the pandemic’s social toll.

31 August 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow 5.9% in 2021, Reflecting a Statistical Carry-over Effect that Will Moderate to 2.9% in 2022

ECLAC’s new annual report warns that the crisis has worsened the region’s structural problems, forecasts a deceleration for next year, and affirms that in order to sustain inclusive, dynamic and sustainable growth, more investment and employment are needed.

22 April 2021 | Press Release

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean rose modestly before being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis

Report Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, produced by ECLAC,OECD, IDB and CIAT.

21 April 2021 | Press Release

To Drive the Economic Reactivation and Mitigate the Pandemic’s Negative Effects, It is Essential that the Region Maintain Expansionary Fiscal Policy

In its Fiscal Panorama 2021, ECLAC indicates that a transformative recovery post-COVID-19 necessitates a new strategic orientation for public spending and revenue.

6 October 2020 | Press Release

For the Recovery and a Transformation towards Sustainable Economies and Inclusive Societies, Active Macroeconomic Policies must be Maintained and Deepened

ECLAC launched its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, an annual report in which it reaffirms that international cooperation, through better distribution of global liquidity, must underpin the expansion of policy space in the region.

9 December 2019 | News

Policy to Incentivize Replacing the Automobile Fleet with Electric Vehicles Is Seen Affecting Tax Collection in Uruguay

A study by ECLAC’s office in Montevideo simulates distinct scenarios for growth in the market share of this kind of vehicle, and estimates their impact on national and subnational tax revenue.

16 March 2016 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax Revenues Rise Slightly but Remain Well below OECD Levels

International organizations released a report on revenue statistics during the XXVIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, held at ECLAC headquarters.

10 March 2015 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax Revenues Remain Stable

The fourth edition of the document Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 1990-2013 was launched today during the XXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, held at ECLAC headquarters.

1 October 2013 | News

Latin America Requires Innovation, Growth and Distribution Policies

New document published by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico examines the development of the region’s economies from 1990 to 2011, in order to identify advances, issues pending and setbacks associated with the market reforms implemented in accordance with the Washington Consensus and other policies with differing orientations.