United Nations
ECLAC Notes Nº 93
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Countries Will Analyze Policies to Strengthen Links between Social and Productive Spheres with a View to Overcoming Poverty and Inequality
The Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of ECLAC, will be held on October 25-27, 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay. -
Countries of the Region Will Address Progress and Challenges of Development Planning at Two Important Meetings
Peru will host the XV Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean and the XVI Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, on October 11-13 in Lima.
In focus
ECLAC Launches International Short Essay Contest about the Future of Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
The initiative is part of the commemoration of the regional organization’s 70th anniversary, which will take place in 2018.
New ECLAC Publication Offers a Comprehensive View of Urban Development and its Major Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
The United Nations regional organization’s document offers a multidimensional overview of the urbanization process and cities, contemplating social, economic, environmental and governance-related…
Financial Inclusion of SMEs is Fundamental for their Productive Insertion
ECLAC and ALIDE held a seminar in Peru on promoting development bank financial innovation policies on this issue.
Strategies to Support MSMEs in the Region Will Be Discussed at Two Events in Chile and Mexico
La CEPAL organiza los encuentros en conjunto con otras instituciones en el marco del proyecto Euromipyme que desarrolla con la Unión Europea.
Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)
Financial Inclusion Creates Opportunities and Allows for Achieving the SDGs, ECLAC Sustains
The body’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico did case studies for El Salvador and Honduras.
ECLAC Analyzes Structural Gaps in Development in Argentina’s Provinces
The organization’s Buenos Aires Office presented two new publications about the cases of Tucuman and Chaco.
National Dialogues Pave the Way for the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development
The government of Uruguay, with support from the United Nations System, organized a series of gatherings in preparation for the ECLAC event that will take place in late October in Montevideo.
Latin America and the Caribbean Issued US$ 74 Billion in International Bonds in the First Half of 2017
ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.
Opinion
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a different strategy for a different time
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.