Presentación del Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2021

Experts Stress the Need to Create a New Financing Model, at the Conclusion of the Thirty-Third Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy

The XXXIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, one of the main forums of reference for discussing issues related to the public finances of Latin American and Caribbean countries, concluded this Friday, April 23, with three webinars featuring prominent specialists who debated matters of financing for development, tax evasion and illicit flows, as well as climate finance. The final day of the seminar – which has served for 33 years as a high-level, multilateral regional space for exchanging opinions about the region’s macroeconomic and fiscal policies and challenges – began with a webinar entitle…

Expertos recalcan necesidad de crear un nuevo modelo de financiamiento, al cierre del XXXIII Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal

El XXXIII Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal, uno de los principales referentes para la discusión de temas relacionados a las finanzas públicas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe, finalizó este viernes 23 de abril con la realización de tres webinarios con destacados especialistas que debatieron sobre el financiamiento para el desarrollo, la evasión fiscal y los flujos ilícitos, y el financiamiento del cambio climático. La última jornada del evento, que por 33 años ha sido un espacio multilateral regional de alto nivel para el intercambio de opiniones sobre las políticas y desafíos …

XXXIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy - Fourth day (23 April 2021)

XXXIII Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal - cuarta jornada (23 de abril de 2021)

To Drive the Economic Reactivation and Mitigate the Pandemic’s Negative Effects, It is Essential that the Region Maintain Expansionary Fiscal Policy

Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary (in Spanish). At the thirty-third edition of the Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy – taking place on April 21-23 – ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented virtually the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, which analyzes the fiscal dynamics in 2020 along with the main challenges in 2021 in a context marked by great uncertainty regarding the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic and social trajectories of the region’s countries. According to the report, growth dynamics in 2021 will not…

Para impulsar la reactivación económica y mitigar los efectos negativos de la pandemia, es esencial que la región mantenga una política fiscal expansiva

Presentación de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL. En la trigésima tercera edición del Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal – que se desarrolla del 21 al 23 de abril- la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, presentó de manera virtual el Panorama Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe 2021, en el cual se analizan la dinámica fiscal durante el 2020 y los principales desafíos en 2021 en un contexto caracterizado por fuertes incertidumbres respecto a la dinámica de la pandemia del COVID-19 y la trayectoria económica y social de los países de la región. Según el inform…

Para impulsionar a retomada econômica e mitigar os efeitos negativos da pandemia, é fundamental que a região mantenha uma política fiscal expansionista

Apresentação de Alicia Bárcena, Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL (em espanhol). Na trigésima terceira edição do Seminário Regional de Política Fiscal – que ocorre de 21 a 23 de abril – a Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, apresentou de forma virtual o Panorama Fiscal da América Latina e do Caribe 2021, em que se analisam a dinâmica fiscal durante 2020 e os principais desafios em 2021 em um contexto caracterizado por fortes incertezas relacionadas com a dinâmica da pandemia da COVID-19 e com a trajetória econômica e social dos países da região. De acordo com o relatório, a dinâmica d…

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Fiscal policy challenges for transformative recovery post-COVID-19

Panorama Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe 2021: Los desafíos de la política fiscal en la recuperación transformadora pos-COVID-19

Presentation of the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

Presentación del Panorama Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe 2021

Alicia Bárcena on Debt Restructuring and Renegotiation at a Time of Pandemic: “We Need to Level the Playing Field. Both Creditors and Debtors Should Share the Burden”

Debt restructuring and renegotiation as well as debt relief are of both public and private interest at this time of pandemic. “We need to level the playing field between creditors and debtors. Both should share the burden,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today during the 2021 Forum on Financing for Development, which is being held this week under the direction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The high-level meeting brought together by virtual means heads of State, ministers and govern…

Alicia Bárcena sobre reestructuración y renegociación de la deuda en tiempos de pandemia: “Necesitamos nivelar el campo de juego. Tanto los acreedores como los deudores deben compartir la carga”

La reestructuración, renegociación y alivio de la deuda en los actuales tiempos de pandemia es un tema de interés tanto público como privado. “Necesitamos nivelar el campo de juego entre los acreedores y deudores. Ambos deben compartir la carga”, señaló hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el Foro sobre el Financiamiento para el Desarrollo 2021 que se realiza esta semana bajo la organización del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas (ECOSOC). La reunión de alto nivel congregó virtualmente a jefes de Estad…

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

The Latin America and the Caribbean region will experience a contraction of -7.7% in 2020 but will have a positive growth rate of 3.7% in 2021, due mainly to a statistical rebound that will nonetheless be insufficient for recovering the economic activity levels seen prior to the coronavirus pandemic (in 2019), ECLAC indicated today in a new report. ECLAC released its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 – one of the United Nations organization’s flagship annual reports – during a virtual press conference given by its Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.…

América Latina y el Caribe tendrá crecimiento positivo en 2021, pero no alcanzará para recuperar los niveles de actividad económica pre-pandemia

La región de América Latina y el Caribe marcará una contracción de -7,7% en 2020, pero tendrá una tasa de crecimiento positiva de 3,7% en 2021, debido principalmente a un rebote estadístico que, sin embargo, no alcanzará para recuperar los niveles de actividad económica pre-pandemia del coronavirus (en 2019), indicó hoy la CEPAL en un nuevo informe. La CEPAL dio a conocer su Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2020, uno de los principales reportes anuales del organismo de las Naciones Unidas, en una conferencia de prensa virtual ofrecida por su Secretaria Ejecutiv…

A América Latina e o Caribe terão crescimento positivo em 2021, mas não será suficiente para recuperar os níveis de atividade econômica pré-pandemia

A região da América Latina e Caribe terá uma contração de -7,7% em 2020, mas terá uma taxa de crescimento positiva de 3,7% em 2021, devido principalmente a um arraste estatístico que, no entanto, não será suficiente para recuperar os níveis de atividade econômica pré-pandemia do coronavírus (em 2019), indicou hoje a CEPAL em um novo relatório. A CEPAL divulgou seu Balanço Preliminar das Economias da América Latina e do Caribe 2020, um dos principais relatórios anuais da Comissão das Nações Unidas, em uma coletiva de imprensa virtual apresentada por sua Secretária-Executiva, Alicia Bárcena. Se…

Launch of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

Lanzamiento Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2020

ECLAC Will Update its Economic Growth Estimates for the Region’s Countries in 2020 and Provide New Projections for 2021

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Wednesday, December 16 its flagship annual report entitled Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, which examines the performance of the region’s economies this year and updates growth figures and other indicators that reflect the impact countries have borne as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. More specifically, the document will contain new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2020, and it will provide a first growth estimate…