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13 August 2024 | Press Release

Poor Investment Performance, Low Labor Productivity and Limited Fiscal Space Keep Latin America and the Caribbean in a Trap of Low Economic Growth
A new annual report by ECLAC indicates that the region’s economies will expand by 1.8% in 2024 and 2.3% in 2025.
9 November 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC: It is Time for Transformational Changes, Like the One Proposed by the Care Society
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented today the main document of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place through Friday in Buenos Aires.
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.
10 de May de 2022 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL ya está disponible en internet, con análisis sobre el desarrollo y flujos financieros ilícitos hacia América Latina

Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre la acumulación del capital en la región, cambio tecnológico y mercados laborales, entre otros temas.
27 April 2022 | Press Release

Economic Slowdown Deepens in Latin America and the Caribbean: Average Regional Growth of 1.8% Expected in 2022

Today ECLAC released new economic projections for the countries of the region. Lower expected growth will be accompanied by higher inflation and slow employment recovery.
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.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
28 September 2021 | News

Fighting Illicit Flows and Tax Non-Compliance and Alleviating Debt are Key to Expanding Developing Countries’ Fiscal Space: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, stressed the importance of international cooperation to redistribute concessional funding to the nations most affected by the crisis, at a high-level event held in the framework of the UN General Assembly.
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.
10 November 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO Warn that the Labor Market in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Recover Slowly After the COVID-19 Pandemic
In a new joint publication, these two United Nations organizations stress that to emerge from the crisis, active macro policies are needed along with sectoral policies that would promote sustainable development with employment.
19 de December de 2019 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL analiza la competitividad en los países en desarrollo y las oportunidades para avanzar en una agenda ambiental y social
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre precariedad laboral en Chile, disparidades fiscales regionales en Uruguay y una exploración empírica de la calidad de vida del adulto mayor, entre otros temas.
29 July 2015 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow Just 0.5% in 2015
Vitalizing investment is key to boosting growth and productivity in the region, ECLAC indicates in a new report.
1 de June de 2015 | Infographic

Infografía de Unidad de Desarrollo Económico
Infografía sobre los objetivos y acciones de la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico
8 May 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Advocates for Equality as the Driving Force for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena attended the 10th Meeting of the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancun, Mexico.
4 December 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents the Region's Growth Prospects for 2013
The report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will be launched by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary, in a press conference.
16 de March de 2012 | Speech

Reunión Modelos de desarrollo en América Latina: Búsqueda de convergencias y complementariedades. Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI)
Por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
15 de December de 2011 | Speech

Seminario 25 años del Grupo de Río, inicio de la CELAC
Por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
6 de September de 2011 | Speech

Reunión de Diálogo Nacional por el Empleo en el Uruguay
Por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
31 May 2010 | Fact sheet

A Fiscal Covenant is Crucial de Closing Social Gaps
A fact sheet that collects data on income distribution between 2003-2008 shows that despite improvements in employment and labor income, social gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean remain huge.
31 May 2010 | Fact sheet

Employment is the Master Key to Eliminating Inequality
Fact sheet showing data supporting that inequality in the region originates from the labor market, since the quantity and quality of employment, and real wages, determine the material welfare of most households and are an essential element for achieving social cohesion. Data collected during the period 2004 - 2008.