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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.
14 April 2021 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena on Debt Restructuring and Renegotiation at a Time of Pandemic: “We Need to Level the Playing Field. Both Creditors and Debtors Should Share the Burden”
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the 2021 Forum on Financing for Development, organized by ECOSOC.
16 December 2020 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Have Positive Growth in 2021, but It Will Not Be Enough to Recover Pre-Pandemic Levels of Economic Activity
In its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of the region, ECLAC forecasts an average contraction of -7.7% for 2020 – the largest in 120 years – and a rebound of 3.7% in 2021.
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11 December 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update its Economic Growth Estimates for the Region’s Countries in 2020 and Provide New Projections for 2021
The annual report “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” will be released during a virtual press conference offered by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Wednesday, December 16.
31 de August de 2020 | Fact sheet

Indicador de eficiencia recaudatoria del impuesto al valor agregado y del impuesto a la renta del Ecuador

Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 131, agosto de 2020 Autores: José Ramírez-Álvarez y Paul Carrillo-Maldonado
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.
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19 March 2020 | News

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean Picked Up in 2019, but Credit Quality Declined
In 2019, international bond issuance from the region increased and bond spreads tightened. Credit quality continued to deteriorate, however, although at a slower pace relative to 2018.
27 June 2019 | Press Release

Broadening Fiscal Space is Vital to Financing Development and the 2030 Agenda: ECLAC

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, reiterated the importance of reducing the high level of tax evasion and illicit financial flows, upon presenting the “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019” in Washington.
11 April 2019 | Press Release

Report Highlights Urgency of Mobilizing Sufficient Resources to Finance the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
More than 60 international organizations led by the United Nations released the Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019.
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18 March 2019 | Announcement

Ministers and Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Dialogue at ECLAC about Challenges to Public Finances in the Region
The XXXI Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy will take place at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on March 25-26.
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15 March 2019 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Saw the Best and Worst Conditions for Tapping International Capital Markets in 2018
Over the course of last year, bond issuance from the LAC region slowed, spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated.
Group photo of the seminar's participants
10 January 2019 | News

Authorities and Experts at ECLAC Analyze the Regional Challenges Posed by the International Financial Crisis

Seminar held at the UN regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with special participation by the host country’s Central Bank Governor, Mario Marcel.
23 March 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Strengthening Fiscal Policy’s Role as Instrument of Stabilization and Driver of Economic Growth

In its annual publication “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America 2018”, the organization analyzes fiscal policy in the region over the last three decades and the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda.
Mapa Argentina
4 September 2017 | News

ECLAC Analyzes Structural Gaps in Development in Argentina’s Provinces
The organization’s Buenos Aires Office presented two new publications about the cases of Tucuman and Chaco.
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4 September 2017 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Issued US$ 74 Billion in International Bonds in the First Half of 2017

ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.
Seminario Fiscal
17 March 2017 | Announcement

ECLAC will Hold XXIX Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar

The traditional event will be held on March 23-24, 2017 in Santiago, Chile, and will be attended by finance ministers and undersecretaries and other authorities from countries in the region.
9 September 2015 | News

Experts Address Local Finance Challenges in Ibero-American Countries
During the gathering held at ECLAC, participants presented research papers on fiscal and financial ties between different levels of government.
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.
2 December 2014 | News

Caribbean Governments Set to Gain Greater Capacity in the Management of Public Finance
The ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will help deepen the expertise of policy makers and finance managers in the application of methods and procedures for better management and forecasting of public expenditure, revenue and debt.
1 October 2014 | News

ECLAC Development Project to assist Caribbean SIDS with public sector account management

Caribbean governments are set to gain greater capacity in the management of public finance.

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