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26 January 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Countries to Strengthen the Production, Analysis and Use of Statistics to Address the Causes of Migration with a Development and Human Rights Perspective

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional commission’s Executive Secretary, participated in the closing session of the Third International Forum on Migration Statistics, which was held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.

24 August 2022 | Press Release

Authorities Urge for Deepening Regional Cooperation to Meet the Growing Demand for Timely, Quality Statistical Information

The twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

23 August 2022 | Press Release

In 2022 the Region is Expected to Resume the Path of Low Growth Seen Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Growing 2.7% on Average

In a new edition of its flagship annual report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean,” the United Nations organization underlines the challenges of reactivating investment and growth in a context of growing external and domestic restrictions.

17 June 2022 | Press Release

In a New Joint Report, ECLAC and the ILO Indicate that the Recovery in Employment has been Slow, Partial and Uneven

The United Nations organizations analyze the effects of and recovery from the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region’s labor markets in 2021, spotlighting the evolution of real wages.

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.

2 December 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Reforms to Address Long-Standing Challenges, Says New Report

The Development Centre of the OECD, ECLAC, CAF and the European Commission launch today their joint report Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2021.

25 November 2021 | Press Release

Authorities Reaffirm their Commitment to Incorporating the Gender Perspective into Statistical Production and Urge for Breaking the Statistical Silence to Achieve Social Justice

The Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC concluded today with a call to strengthen knowledge dissemination and horizontal cooperation.

23 November 2021 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Reaffirm the Urgency of Measuring Gender Gaps and Quantifying the Loss of Natural Capital and Well-Being to Attain a Sustainable and Egalitarian Recovery

At the inauguration of the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, authorities stressed the relevance of consolidating the statistical institutional framework in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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.

8 July 2021 | Press Release

Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021 Will Not Manage to Reverse the Adverse Effects of the Pandemic

In a new report, ECLAC raised its regional growth estimate for this year to 5.2% based on an economic rebound but that does not ensure sustained expansion. It warns that the social impacts of the crisis are worsening and will continue during the recovery.

29 April 2021 | Press Release

Economic Reactivation Needs Productive, Fiscal and Institutional Structural Reforms to Move Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Development Pattern in Latin America and the Caribbean

A special issue of the CEPAL Review on COVID-19’s economic and social effects in the region was presented during a webinar led by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary.

7 April 2021 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stress the Importance of Producing Timely and Reliable Statistics for a Transformative Recovery with Equality

The twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was inaugurated today with a call to strengthen the role of national statistics offices in order to tackle the challenges of COVID-19.

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.

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.

25 August 2020 | Press Release

Countries Stress the Importance of Statistics for Raising the Visibility of the Vulnerabilities and Major Inequalities that Characterize the Region

The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) was inaugurated today with a call to strengthen the role of national statistical offices in order to tackle the challenges of COVID-19.

21 August 2020 | Press Release

Finance Authorities Dialogued with ECLAC about Fiscal Policy Challenges in Mitigation of the Pandemic and the Subsequent Economic Reactivation

Ministers, Deputy Ministers and other high-level officials from 15 Latin American countries held a meeting with the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.

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.

21 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Will Lead to the Biggest Contraction in Economic Activity in the Region’s History: A -5.3% Drop in 2020

ECLAC released new growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries. It underscores that in the medium term, this crisis will provoke structural changes in the organization of production, international trade, and the current globalization model.

9 April 2020 | Press Release

60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances

Full copy of the report at: http://bit.ly/fsdr2020.

3 April 2020 | Press Release

The Only Strategic Option in the Medium Term to Mitigate COVID-19’s Effects in the Region is to Move Towards a New Development Model through Greater Integration

A new report by ECLAC warns that the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus illness could lead to a contraction of at least -1.8% in Latin America and the Caribbean’s GDP in 2020.