Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary (PDF in Spanish).
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stated this Friday that fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the post COVID-19 world necessitates a new global and regional compact that would include a renewed development model oriented towards greater well-being and environmental sustainability, in remarks made during a dialogue entitled “SDG acceleration as a road map for building back better,” which was organized by the govern…
Presentación de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL (PDF).
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, declaró este viernes que el cumplimiento la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en el mundo post COVID-19 nos exige un nuevo pacto global y regional que incluya un renovado modelo de desarrollo que se oriente a mayor bienestar y sostenibilidad ambiental, durante un diálogo titulado “Aceleración de los ODS como hoja de ruta para reconstruir mejor”, organizado por el Gobierno de Costa Rica.
La reunión fue ina…
Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries urged for a paradigm shift in international financing that would allow for immediate responses to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to be provided and for sustainable development to be achieved in the region, during today’s virtual meeting of the thirty-fifth session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
On this occasion, Cuba handed the Presidency Pro Tempore over to Costa Rica, which will hold this position for the next two years.
The meeting – in which 3…
Representantes de los países de América Latina y el Caribe instaron hoy a un cambio de paradigma en materia de financiamiento internacional que permita dar respuesta inmediata a los efectos de la pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19) y alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible en la región, durante la reunión virtual del trigésimo quinto período de sesiones del Comité Plenario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
En la ocasión, Cuba traspasó la Presidencia Pro Témpore a Costa Rica, país que ejercerá este cargo por los próximos dos años.
La reunión, en la que participaron 37 …
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…
To cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, international cooperation and multilateral financial assistance is needed. However, the liquidity available is not enough to meet financing needs on a global level. That is why subregional development banks in Latin America should take bolder measures, since they play a critical role in this area of work, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, indicated today at a high-level event organized by CAF - Development Bank of Latin America in the context of its 50th anniversary.
Participants in the event, entitled Rethinking the Present and Fut…
Para hacer frente a los efectos de la pandemia del COVID-19 se requiere la cooperación internacional y la asistencia financiera multilateral. Sin embargo, la liquidez disponible es insuficiente para responder a las necesidades de financiamiento a nivel global. Por ello, los bancos de desarrollo subregionales en América Latina deben tomar medidas más audaces, ya que juegan un rol fundamental en esta tarea, indicó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en un evento de alto nivel organizado por CAF Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina en el marco de su 50⁰ aniversario.
El evento “…
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