Financing for development

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.

Activities

25 - 26 Sep 2025 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

Regional and National Dialogues on External Financing and Climate-Resilient Development

Guided by an enhanced framework, UNCTAD led data collection field missions, identifying their current and potential external financial options, blocka...

2 Jul 2025 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

FFD4 Side event - Measuring development and its implications for international development cooperati...

Building upon the experience of recently graduated Member States in Latin America and the Caribbean, this side event contributes to the global debate ...

27 - 29 Jan 2025 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

Heading to COP 30: NDC 3.0, investments and financing

The event brings together representatives from ministries of environment, planning, and finance, along with actors from the financial and private sect...

24 - 26 Oct 2022 | Event | Sessions of the Commission
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Thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

The thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 24–26 October 2022, at the Centro Cu...

News

2 Apr 2026 | News
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ECLAC Convenes High-level Dialogue on New Frontiers of Economic Thinking

The high-level international seminar will take place on Tuesday, April 21 at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

18 Mar 2026 | Briefing note
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Innovative Financing Instruments: Mobilizing Resources to Address the Global Triple Crisis

A new report from the United Nations Regional Commissions examines how developing countries can leverage sustainable finance markets to address critic...

8 Dec 2025 | Press Release
            From lef to right: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and Kennedy Swaratsingh, Minister of Planning of Trinidad and Tobago.

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).

10 Nov 2025 | News
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Latin America and the Caribbean Must Scale Up and Improve its Productive Development Policies: LEO 2...

This joint document by the OECD, ECLAC, CAF and the European Commission – entitled the Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO 2025) – was presented at t...