Economic growth

Activities

9 Dec 2025, 09:00 - 14:00 | Monitoring committee

Twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene for the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.

8 Dec 2025, 08:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

The MonCom Seminar: Unlocking Caribbean potential: enhancing growth and development through South-South cooperation

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene for the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. This is preceded by the MonCom Seminar. This year's theme Unlocking Caribbean potential: enhancing growth and development through South-South cooperation.

26 - 30 May 2025, 09:00 - 12:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Antigua and Barbuda

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.

19 - 23 May 2025, 09:01 - 12:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.

News

16 Dec 2025 | Press Release

ECLAC Indicates that the Region Has Registered Four Straight Years of Low Growth and Will Face Less Dynamic Private Consumption and External Demand in 2026

The United Nations regional commission presented its “Preliminary Overview of Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025,” in which it forecasts an average regional expansion of 2.4% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026.

11 Dec 2025 | Press Release

It is in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Best Interest to Strengthen Economic and Cooperative Relations with India to Boost Growth and Enhance Development

In an international seminar organized by ECLAC, experts exchanged their analytical perspectives and held a strategic dialogue to advance toward a shared roadmap. 

10 Dec 2025 | News

ECLAC Will Deliver its Last Annual Report from 2025, with Updated Economic Growth Projections for this Year and 2026

The “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025” will be launched on Tuesday, December 16 at a press conference led by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.

8 Dec 2025 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Caribbean Must Be Active Architect of Its Development Models

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs participated in the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).