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18 October 2022 | Press Release

Suriname assumes chair of Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

Convened by ECLAC Caribbean, the CDCC meeting is held every two years and gathers Caribbean Prime Ministers, Ministers and distinguished government officials.
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.
5 November 2021 | Press Release

Caribbean Countries Stress Strategies to Support the Post-Pandemic Recovery through Greater Solidarity and Regional Integration
Subregional and international authorities and experts debated about how to accelerate the recovery and strengthen economic resilience in the subregion during the 20th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee, convened by ECLAC.
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.
11 March 2021 | Press Release

The Pandemic is Prompting Higher Debt Levels in the Region’s Countries and Jeopardizing a Sustainable Rebuilding with Equality
In a new special report on COVID-19, ECLAC proposes five policy actions to address the challenges that the financing for development agenda poses in the short, medium and long term.
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.
27 October 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Building a New Future in Latin America and the Caribbean through a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability
At its 38th session, ECLAC unveiled its development proposal for Latin American and Caribbean countries.
26 October 2020 | Press Release

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean and the United Nations Call for Changing the Development Model to Overcome the Current Crisis and Build Back Better, Upon Inaugurating ECLAC’s Thirty-Eighth Session
The Presidents of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres; ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena; the OECD’s Secretary-General, Ángel Gurría; and the IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, kicked off the regional organization’s most important biennial meeting, which will be held virtually through Wednesday, October 28.
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.
10 September 2020 | Press Release

Caribbean Countries Call for Implementing Urgent Solutions to Support Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
Authorities from more than 25 countries met with ECLAC and other multilateral organizations at the Caribbean Development Roundtable and the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.