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7 October 2024 | Announcement

President of Peru, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and representative of the Government of Argentina to open the 40th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte; the second highest authority of the United Nations Amina Mohammed; ECLAC's top official José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs; and a high-level representative from Argentina, will open the most important biennial meeting of this UN regional organization this Wednesday, October 9, in Lima, Peru.
25 September 2024 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Governments and International Cooperation Urge More Investment in Education
Dominican Republic, Chile and multilateral organizations highlighted education as a catalytic investment for the region's sustainable future
21 September 2024 | Press Release

Towards a Society for All Ages: Building Solidarity and Equity across Generations

The five Regional Commissions of the United Nations launched a new joint policy brief on intergenerational relations, during the Action Days of the Summit of the Future held in New York.
11 September 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Road to Caribbean Sustainable Development not Easy, ECLAC Here to Support… T&T Elected Chair of Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee
In the 30th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Caribbean ministers, ambassadors and development specialists discussed solutions to pressing development challenges.
10 September 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Reconceptualize Economy for Improved Growth and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean… SKN Prime Minister Envisions a Sustainable Island State
The Eighth Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) was inaugurated in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Monday 9 September, 2024.
15 July 2024 | Speech

Scaling up debt-swaps and outcome-based innovative financing mechanisms for climate, nature and food
Remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at HLPF side-event organized by the Permanent Mission of Colombia at the United Nations.
11 July 2024 | Speech

HLPF Plenary session. Middle-income countries: Overcoming barriers in achieving the SDGs
Statement by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the HLPF Plenary session on Middle-income countries.
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11 July 2024 | News

SIDS4: Charting the Course Toward Resilient Prosperity for Islands… and the World

The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) was held in Antigua and Barbuda, on 27 May to 30 May 2024.
11 June 2024 | Op-ed

Securing Greater and Sustained Access to Long-term, Low-cost Finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Op-ed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
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25 April 2024 | Announcement

FAO, ECLAC, WFP, and IICA will Launch a New Report on Financing Food Security and Nutrition in the Region
In the report, the organizations warn that the cost of not addressing this issue could be almost six times greater than the cost of working to improve access to healthy diets in Latin America and the Caribbean.
18 de April de 2024 | Speech

Clausura de la Séptima Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible
Palabras de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
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.
9 de April de 2024 | Speech

Conferencia Anual CAF-CEPAL “El reto de escalar y mejorar las políticas de desarrollo productivo en América Latina y el Caribe”
Palabras de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
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25 March 2024 | News

In 2023, Latin American and Caribbean International Bond Activity Rebounded from the 2022 Lows
The region's issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.
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12 December 2023 | Announcement

New Edition of ECLAC-OECD-CAF and European Commission Report Will Be Launched in Santiago, Chile

The publication “Latin American Economic Outlook 2023: Investing in Sustainable Development” (LEO 2023), will be unveiled on Friday, 15 December, at the United Nations regional commission’s headquarters.
4 December 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents at COP28 Report that Stresses Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its Fight Against Global Warming
The document entitled “The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023: Financing needs and policy tools for the transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies” was unveiled by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, during the global gathering that is taking place in Dubai.
30 November 2023 | Press Release

Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Just Transition, the Link between Nature and Climate, and the Escazú Agreement are the Priority Issues that ECLAC Will Promote at COP28
The organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will participate in numerous sessions at the global forum, which this year is considered to be a crucial opportunity for tackling the climate crisis.
5 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Maintain Low Growth Levels in 2023 and 2024
In a new flagship annual report, ECLAC indicates that the region’s countries will continue to face an economic scenario of low growth. It is expected that regional Gross Domestic Product will grow 1.5% in 2024, slightly below the 1.7% estimated for the current year.
4 de September de 2023 | Speech

Conferencia magistral de Aloizio Mercadante: “El papel de la banca de desarrollo en la transformación del modelo de desarrollo latinoamericano”
Palabras de bienvenida de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
4 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Take Advantage of Historic Window of Opportunity and Reactivate Regional Integration, Focusing on the Ecological Transition, Aloizio Mercadante Proposed at ECLAC
The President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) gave a keynote lecture today in Santiago and signed an agreement that relaunches the historical BNDES-ECLAC Working Group that functioned in the 1950s, now called the Celso Furtado Working Group.

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