Public finances
Public finances
Activities:

European Union facility joint response to COVID-19: Fostering sustainable development models in LAC countries - Fiscal policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and foster investment for a sustainable recovery
This Experts Meeting will provide a space for a regional dialogue among country authorities, international organizations and fiscal experts to discuss domestic resource mobilization and public spending issues to reduce structural gaps, as well as to explore policy options to expand fiscal space to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and boost investments for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.

Performance indicators for public management
The Course is organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC.
News:

Experts Address Financing for Biodiversity Protection
Seminar held in Bogotá, organized by ECLAC, the IDB and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia.

Major Transformations in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Models Require Expanding Fiscal Space to Give Sustainability to Public Finances
The XXXVI Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy concluded today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, having brought together authorities from 13 countries’ Finance Ministries, experts and prominent scholars at a global level.

In 2023, Latin American and Caribbean International Bond Activity Rebounded from the 2022 Lows
The region's issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.

The “Ministerial Meeting of Education” Begins in Santiago, With an Urgent Call to Recover and Reactivate the Educational Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Education of Chile (MINEDUC) and UNESCO, with the support of ECLAC, CAF, UNICEF and the World Bank, addresses the challenge of educational reactivation, the transformation of teaching, and financing. To overcome these challenges, it is necessary to have public policies to guarantee the right to education for 125 million students in the region.