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ECLAC Analyzes Structural Gaps in Development in Argentina’s Provinces

ECLAC’s Office in Buenos Aires presented, in two new publications, studies about the main conditioning factors to achieving inclusive and sustainable development found in the Argentine provinces of Tucuman and Chaco. The studies were carried out based on the perspective of structural gaps, with a view to contributing along with subnational governments to determining strategic areas for public intervention to close the existing gaps and to producing an assessment that serves to support strategies to attract financing in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The studies w…

La CEPAL analiza las brechas estructurales de desarrollo en provincias de Argentina

La oficina de la CEPAL en Buenos Aires presentó en dos nuevas publicaciones estudios sobre los principales condicionantes para alcanzar un desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible que se evidencian en las provincias argentinas de Tucumán y del Chaco. Los estudios se realizaron a partir de la perspectiva de las brechas estructurales, con miras a contribuir con los gobiernos subnacionales en la determinación de las áreas de intervención pública estratégicas para el cierre de las brechas existentes y aportar un diagnóstico que sirva de respaldo para las estrategias de captación de financiamiento en el m…

A CEPAL analisa as lacunas estruturais de desenvolvimento em províncias da Argentina

Em duas novas publicações o escritório da CEPAL em Buenos Aires apresenta estudos sobre os principais condicionantes para alcançar um desenvolvimento inclusivo e sustentável que se evidenciam nas províncias argentinas de Tucumán e do Chaco. Os estudos foram efetuados a partir da perspectiva das lacunas estruturais, visando a ajudar os governos subnacionais na determinação das áreas de intervenção pública estratégicas para o fechamento das lacunas existentes e fazer um diagnóstico que sirva de respaldo para as estratégias de captação de financiamento no âmbito da Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvime…

Magisterial Lecture of The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica

Welcome Remarks by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC at the Magisterial Lecture of The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica ECLAC Headquarters, Santiago, 30 August 2017 Excellencies Distinguished representatives Ladies and gentlemen, I am so pleased to welcome the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica to ECLAC Headquarters. Prime Minister, it is an honour to have you and your distinguished delegation in the house. I acknowledge in particular the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Foreign Minister of Jamaica. You represent a country whose cont…

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Gave Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

In the framework of an official visit to Chile, the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, gave a keynote lecture today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which he advocated for deepening cooperation ties between the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. The senior official – the first Jamaican leader to visit this United Nations regional organization – was received by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, who welcomed him and highlighted the country’s commitment to moving ahead on achieving the goals of t…

Primer Ministro de Jamaica realizó conferencia magistral en la CEPAL

En el marco de su visita oficial a Chile, el Primer Ministro de Jamaica, Andrew Holness, realizó hoy una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, en la cual abogó por la profundización de los vínculos de cooperación entre los países del Caribe y de América Latina. La alta autoridad –el primer mandatario de Jamaica en visitar este organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas- fue recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, quien le dio la bienvenida y destacó el compromiso del país por avanzar en el cumplim…

CEPAL Review no. 122

Revista CEPAL no. 122

Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee