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I will focus my remarks on two types of instruments which have the potential to catalyze further action to deliver on global environmental commitments: Debt swaps and thematic bonds.
Debt swaps for climate and nature are a financial instrument allowing countries to obtain debt forgiveness and reductions from external creditors in return for a commitment, on the part of the country, to invest in the protection of the environment, simultaneously addressing two major challenges to sustainable development: climate change and debt distress.
Thematic bonds are debt instruments which s…
En el evento se abordó el potencial de la investigación clínica como motor de la inversión en I+D y los desafíos pendientes para generar una política de atracción en esta materia.…
First of all congratulations all of you for being here in this important event.
I hope that our conversation will contribute to the current debate on the acceleration of the SDGs and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
I would like to highlight the engagement of the representatives of the Civil Society Participation Mechanisms of Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe, as well as that of the representatives of the governments of Norway and Nepal (TBC), together with my colleagues from ESCAP and ECE. Our presence here is an example of the importance of the multi-actor and multi-level implementation o…
On May 2, 2024, a seminar entitled Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Towards a New Financial System for Biodiversity Protection and Climate Action was held in Bogotá, Colombia, organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia. The event aimed to facilitate discussion of the importance of the financial system playing a more active role in the transition to nature-positive development models that would foster improved productivity and great…
El dos de mayo de 2024 se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de Bogotá el Seminario “Finanzas para la biodiversidad y servicios ecosistémicos: Hacia un nuevo sistema financiero para la protección de la biodiversidad y la acción por el clima”, organizado conjuntamente por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público de Colombia (MHCP). El encuentro tuvo como propósito facilitar una discusión sobre la importancia de que el sistema financiero de asuma un rol más activo en la transición a modelos de …
Em 2 de maio de 2024 realizou-se na cidade de Bogotá o Seminário “Finanças para a biodiversidade e serviços ecossistêmicos: Rumo a um novo sistema financeiro para a proteção da biodiversidade e da ação pelo clima”, organizado conjuntamente pela Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e o Ministério da Fazenda e do Crédito Público da Colômbia (MHCP). O encontro teve como propósito facilitar uma discussão sobre a importância de que o sistema financeiro assuma um papel mais ativo na transição para modelos de desenvolvimento que …
On March 19-20, 2024, the Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Uruguay organized an international seminar and discussion on gender and macroeconomics, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Economics Department of the University of the Republic (UDELAR) of Uruguay, and the Young Scholars Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI-INET).
The event, which took place at UDELAR’s School of Economic Sciences, featured a keynote lecture by the distinguished Professor Özlem Onaran of the University of Greenw…
El 19 y 20 de marzo de 2024, la Oficina de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Uruguay organizó, en cooperación con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), el Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de la República del Uruguay (UDELAR) y la Young Scholars Initiative del Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI-INET), el seminario y conversatorio internacional sobre género y macroeconomía.
El encuentro, que se realizó en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UDELAR, contó con la conferencia magistral de la destacada Profesora Ozlem Onaran…
Em 19 e 20 de março de 2024, o Escritório da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) no Uruguai, em cooperação com o Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD), o Departamento de Economia da Universidade da República do Uruguai (UDELAR) e a Young Scholars Initiative do Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI-INET), organizou o seminário e conversatório internacional sobre gênero e macroeconomia.
O encontro, que se realizou na Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da UDELAR, contou com uma conferência magistral da destacada Professora Ozlem Onaran, da Universidade …
El evento tuvo lugar en la sede de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) de Santiago, Chile, y contó con la participación de alcaldesas, académicos y representantes de gobiernos locales y de la sociedad civil.…
El jueves 11 de julio de 2024 se dio inicio a la vigésima quinta versión del Programa de Estudios sobre Políticas del Desarrollo de la Escuela Latinoamericana de Estudios del Desarrollo (ELADES) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), con la participación del Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la institución, Javier Medina; el Director de la División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial, Marco Llinás; el Coordinador de la ELADES, Felipe Correa; y el Director de la Revista de la CEPAL, Miguel Torres.
En el Auditorio Fernando Fajnzylber, el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto d…
Mr. Representative of DESA
Mr. Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Ms. Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Authorities and representatives of governments, international organizations and the United Nations System
Dear Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honour for me to be here today.
The agenda that brings us together is indeed ambitious. As other regions in th…
Dear Chair, Excellencies, all protocols observed.
Middle-income countries, or MICs, comprise 107 states worldwide.
They constitute a large share of countries in the Arab Region, Asia Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean, and thirty out of 54 African countries are middle-income.
They represent over 75% of the world’s population and are home to 62% of the world’s poor.
They account for a third of global GDP, 45% of total investment, and 30% of total exports.
These figures speak for themselves about the importance of the MICs in the world and for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda…
El CELADE – División de Población de la CEPAL, juntamente con la División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas, celebran el Día Mundial de la Población con el lanzamiento de la Revisión 2024 de las Perspectivas de la Población Mundial. La revisión 2024 incluye el análisis de 1910 censos de población y vivienda, 79 más que la revisión realizada en 2022.…
The update to the Regional Code of Good Practices in Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean was prepared as part of the activities proposed by the work group of the Peer review mechanism in Latin America and the Caribbean, formed by Argentina, Belize, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and coordinated by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia, with technical support from ECLAC.…
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