Public finances

Activities

13 July 2021, 04:30 - 06:15 | Meetings and technical symposiums

European Union facility joint response to COVID-19: Fostering sustainable…

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.

31 May - 28 June 2021 | Course

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.

11 - 15 April 2016 | Meetings and technical symposiums

News

3 July 2025 | Press Release

Faced with Financing for Development Challenges, Latin American and Caribbean Countries Need to Strengthen their Capacities to Mobilize Resources and Forge Renewed Cooperation Mechanisms

ECLAC’s delegation, led by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, actively participated in numerous events at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, which took place this week in Seville, Spain.

28 May 2025 | Press Release

Fiscal Policy is a Key Tool for Driving the Structural Transformations Needed in Latin America and the Caribbean

At the XXXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, authorities from 13 countries and international experts addressed the importance of mobilizing financing to expand fiscal space in the region’s countries.

12 July 2024 | 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.

8 May 2024 | Press Release

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.