The mission of ECLAC in the area of financing for development is entrusted to its Economic Development Division and consists in promoting the effective generation and efficient allocation of financial resources to support development and equality in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Objectives:
To enhance the capacities of makers and practitioners of financial policy in Latin America and the Caribbean to generate and allocate domestic and foreign resources for inclusive economic and social development.
To build the capacities of policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in Latin America and …
The concept of financial inclusion encompasses all public and private initiatives to bring financial services to those households and SMEs traditionally excluded from the formal financial sector, and furthermore, to improve and perfect the serviceability of the financial system for the players that are already part of the formal financial circuit.
Inclusiveness – conceived as a productive insertion policy – is a requirement for financial systems to be conducive to sustainable social and economic development. In other words, it implies using the financial system as an instrument for expa…
El Sistema de Naciones Unidas en Cuba, a través del liderazgo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y del Caribe (CEPAL) con la participación del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y la Oficina de la Coordinación Residente (OCR) ha diseñado un Programa Conjunto con el objetivo de contribuir al desarrollo de un Marco Nacional Integrado de Financiamiento (INFF) como una herramienta para planificar, definir y evaluar políticas financieras sensibles al género, útiles para mejorar su eficacia y promover la movilización de recursos para el logro de los Objeti…
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