COVID-19 Economic and social impact
The new global scenario in times of COVID-19 makes it necessary to take urgent measures and assess the impacts they will have. ECLAC has built this Observatory to support review and follow-up over the medium and long terms and at the request of CELAC. The Observatory tracks the public policies that the 33 countries of the Latin America and Caribbean region are implementing to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers analyses of the economic and social impacts that these policies will have at the national and sectoral levels.

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022

Measures and actions at the national level

Information tools

13 Jun 2022 | Publication

The sociodemographic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean

16 Jun 2022 | Publication

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Real wages during the pandemic: Trends and challenges

22 Jul 2022 | Publication

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Fiscal policy challenges for sustainable and inclusive development

3 Jun 2022 | Publication

Repercussions in Latin America and the Caribbean of the war in Ukraine: how should the region face this new crisis?

7 Apr 2022 | Publication

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2021 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

7 Mar 2022 | Publication

A decade of action for a change of era. Fifth report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Jan 2022 | Publication

How to finance sustainable development: Recovery from the effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

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News

23 Aug 2022 | Press Release

In 2022 the Region is Expected to Resume the Path of Low Growth Seen Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Growing 2.7% on Average

26 Jun 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC Analyzes the Pandemic’s Deep, Multiple Effects on the Region’s Population and Gives Recommendations for a Transformative Recovery with Equality

17 Jun 2022 | Press Release

In a New Joint Report, ECLAC and the ILO Indicate that the Recovery in Employment has been Slow, Partial and Uneven

6 Jun 2022 | Press Release

War in Ukraine Quickens Inflation, Reduces Growth and Increases Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Activities

30 Aug 2022 | Event

Second Regional Seminar on Social Development: "Social Security and the Protracted Crisis: An Opportunity to Combat Inequality in the Framework of a Welfare State in Latin America and the Caribbean"

7 Jul 2022 | Event

Transparencia presupuestaria para una recuperación sostenible post COVID: Desafíos para Chile y la Región

28 Jun 2022 | Event

Fourth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Apr 2022 | Event

“Avances en la construcción de Matrices Insumo Producto en el Caribe: herramientas para el análisis de la integración regional y la recuperación Post-COVID”

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COVID-19 tracking

COVID-19 response information from the United Nations System

Directory of official sites on COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean countries

Latest news from PAHO/WHO about Coronavirus in Latin America and the Caribbean

Social Development and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

WHO: Global Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation dashboard