ECLAC Caribbean will convene the 4th meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on 21 April 2016. This year’s Roundtable will explore possible options for debt relief for heavily indebted countries in the subregion.
The CDR will be followed by the 26th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 22 April 2016, where participants will take stock of the outcomes of the CDR, and review the implementation of the work programme for the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean for the biennium 2018-2019. …
Opening Statement by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
June 26, 2015
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Minister Arnaldo Brown, Chair of the CDCC, Jamaica
Minister Winston Dookeran, Trinidad
Ambassador George Talbot, Co-Chair of the Financing for Development process
Other Distinguished Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international organizations,
Members of the Media,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear friends,…
This report highlights the activities carried out by ECLAC in the Caribbean subregion between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2015. Subprogramme 13 of the ECLAC programme of work 2014-2015 (“Subregional activities in the Caribbean”) covers the Commission’s work in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Anguilla, Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, C…
(27 May 2015) The flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Caribbean subregion shrank 4.7 % in 2014 to total $6.027 billion dollars, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said today in its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, presented during a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
This nearly 5% decline in FDI directed towards Caribbean countries is less severe than the 16% drop registered in Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole, where flows fell to $158.803 billion dollars in 20…
(27 de mayo, 2015) Las corrientes de inversión extranjera directa (IED) hacia la subregión del Caribe se redujeron 4,7 % en 2014 sumando 6.027 millones de dólares, señaló hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en su informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2015 presentado en conferencia de prensa en la sede del organismo en Santiago de Chile.
La disminución de casi 5 % en la IED dirigida a los países caribeños es menor a la caída de 16 % registrada en América Latina y el Caribe en su conjunto, donde estos flujos bajaron de 189.951 m…
(22 September 2014) Preliminary estimates suggest that the economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 % of Latin America and the Caribbean's annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in the case that the temperature rises 2.5 °C above the historical average, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said today in the following statement released in the context of the Climate Summit, which will take place on 23 September at the United Nations headquarters in New York:
"For the last decade, ECLAC has studied the economic a…
(22 de septiembre, 2014) Estimaciones preliminares sugieren que los costos económicos del cambio climático se ubican en torno a 2,5 % del producto interno bruto (PIB) anual de América Latina y el Caribe en caso de que la temperatura aumente en 2,5 °C respecto del promedio histórico, dijo hoy la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, en la siguiente declaración difundida en el marco de la Cumbre sobre el Clima que tendrá lugar el 23 de septiembre en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York:
"Desde hace una década, la CEPAL estu…
The vulnerability of Caribbean SIDS will be the topic of discussion at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that will take place from 1-4 September 2014 in Apia, Independent State of Samoa.
During the event, whose overarching theme is "The sustainable development of small island developing states through genuine and durable partnerships", much attention will be given to presentations and discussions that showcase existing or proposed partnerships between SIDS and the wider international community.
The Economic Commission for L…
La vulnerabilidad de los PEID del Caribe será el tema de discusión en la Tercera Conferencia Internacional sobre los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (PEID o SIDS, según sus siglas en inglés), que se celebrará del 1 al 4 de septiembre de 2014 en Apia, en el Estado Independiente de Samoa.
Durante el evento, cuyo tema central es "El desarrollo sostenible de los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo a través de asociaciones genuinas y duraderas", se prestará especial atención a las presentaciones y discusiones que exhiban las alianzas -existentes o propuestas- entre los PEID …
A vulnerabilidade dos PEID do Caribe será o tema de discussão na Terceira Conferência Internacional sobre os Pequenos Estados Insulares em Desenvolvimento (PEID ou SIDS, de acordo com sua sigla em Inglês), que será realizada de 1º a 4 de setembro de 2014 em Ápia, no Estado Independente de Samoa.
Durante o evento, cujo tema central é "O desenvolvimento sustentável dos pequenos Estados insulares em desenvolvimento através de parcerias genuínas e duradouras", se prestará especial atenção às apresentações e discussões exibidas pelas alianças - existentes ou propostas - entre os PEID e a …
Opening remarks by
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC,
on the occasion of the thirty-fifth session of the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Lima, 6 May 2014
Excellency, Ollanta Humala Tasso, President of the Republic of Peru,
Eda Rivas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru,
Representatives of the member States of ECLAC,
National and municipal authorities,
Members of the diplomatic corps,
Representatives of international agencies and colleagues of the United Nations system,
Representatives of civil society organizations,
Antonio Prado, Deputy …
Discurso de inauguración de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en ocasión del trigésimo quinto período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
Lima, 6 de mayo de 2014
Excelentísimo señor Ollanta Humala Tasso, Presidente de la República del Perú,
Eda Rivas, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú,
Estimadas y estimados delegados de los Estados miembros de la CEPAL,
Estimadas autoridades nacionales y municipales,
Señores y señoras miembros del cuerpo diplomático,
Representantes de organismos internacionales y colegas del sistema de las Nacion…
(12 July, 2013) The medium-term challenges and the shaping of a post - 2015 development agenda in the Caribbean were discussed during the Sixteenth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Georgetown, Guyana.
During the High- level meeting, held on 11 July 2013, government representatives and officials discussed three issues. Presentations were made on the outcome of the Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for the 2014 third international conference on Small Is…
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