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15 May 2023 | Press Release

Ministers of Finance of CELAC meet to discuss the design of a common regional agenda in response to the global economic crisis

The meeting, held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, was attended by authorities from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

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.

27 April 2022 | Press Release

Tax Revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean Take a Historic Hit before Showing Early Signs of Recovery

CIAT, ECLAC, the IDB and the OECD launched a new edition of their joint publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022.

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.

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.

1 June 2021 | Press Release

Reform on the Multilateral Tax Debate is Needed in the Framework of the United Nations: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a session on a new global tax agenda as part of the Jobs Reset Summit organized by the World Economic Forum.

22 April 2021 | Press Release

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean rose modestly before being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis

Report Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, produced by ECLAC,OECD, IDB and CIAT.

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.

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.

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.

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.

31 de August de 2020 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL analiza la macroeconomía, la cooperación financiera y la política fiscal con miras a una nueva estrategia de desarrollo regional

Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre política fiscal, industria manufacturera en México y la técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en Argentina a mediados del siglo XX, entre otros temas.

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.

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.

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.

29 April 2020 | Press Release

Borrowing is Not an Option for Caribbean Countries, Access to Concessional Funding and Debt Relief is Urgently Needed to Face the COVID-19 Crisis

Caribbean Heads of State and Finance Ministers met with ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena, to analyze debt relief proposals and other measures to fight the effects of the pandemic.

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.