Economic indicators and projections
Economic indicators and projections
The Division works to develop economic indicators for the region, such as measures of potential GDP and productivity, real exchange-rate indices and leading indicators of economic activity. The Division also prepares economic projections for each country in Latin America and the Caribbean, which are then used as an input for ECLAC publications.
Activities:

Taller regional virtual abril 2025 “Potencialidades de los censos de población y vivienda: procesamiento de Microdatos con REDATAM y mapeo con QGis”
<p>El <strong>objetivo general</strong> de este taller es aprovechar las potencialidades que ofrecen los censos de población y vivienda para generar indicadores que apoyen la toma de decisiones informadas en diversos ámbitos de la planificación y el desarrollo, sobre la base de la ronda censal 2020. <em>Este enfoque busca fortalecer las capacidades de los participantes para utilizar REDATAM y QGis, dos herramientas gratuitas ampliamente utilizadas en la creación de indicadores.</em></p>
CARIBBEAN ACADEMIC FORUM. Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing Towards Care Societies
<p>The Caribbean Academic Forum, titled Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing Towards Care Societies, will be held at the University of West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the 25th and 26th of March 2025.</p>

Subregional Dialogue on Advancing Gender Equality: A Review of the Beijing +30 in the Caribbean Virtual meeting- Wednesday 19th February 2025
The Subregional Dialogue on Advancing Gender Equality: A Review of the Beijing +30 in the Caribbean will be held virtually on Wednesday 19th February 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. (GMT-4, Trinidad and Tobago Time).
News:

Ten years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, Latin American and Caribbean countries are gathering at the Eighth Regional Forum Meeting to drive progress in its implementation
The Eighth Meeting of the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development will be held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, from 31 March to 4 April 2025, under the chairship of Peru.

ECLAC and the Superintendency of Social Security of Chile sign a cooperation agreement to study the relationship between productivity and workplace well-being
The agreement aims to promote technical and institutional cooperation to foster workplace well-being and improve productivity at the national and subnational levels.

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Strengthen Productive Development Policies to Avert a Third Lost Decade and Create a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, spoke at the Latin America and the Caribbean International Economic Forum 2025, organized by CAF in Panama City.

Specialists Reaffirm that it is Necessary to Have a Development Measurement that Goes Beyond GDP and to Move Towards a Multidimensional Measurement
An international seminar on measuring development and how that relates to international cooperation concluded today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.