This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development.
The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…
(May 8, 2015) Equality must be the driving force for economic growth and sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the 10th meeting of the World Economic Forum on Latin America (WEF), which ends today in Cancun, Mexico.
ECLAC’s senior representative was one of the speakers at the panel From Poverty to Prosperity held on Thursday in the framework of the event that brings together more than 750 leaders of governments, companies, academia and civil society from 45…
(8 de mayo, 2015) La igualdad debe ser el motor del crecimiento económico y el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, planteó Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en la décima reunión sobre América Latina del Foro Económico Mundial (WEF, según sus siglas en inglés), que finaliza hoy en Cancún, México.
La máxima representante de la CEPAL fue una de las expositoras en el panel From Poverty to Prosperity (De la pobreza a la prosperidad) realizado el jueves durante el evento que reúne a más de 750 líderes de gobierno, …
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the opening of the seminar to support the CELAC Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025
Santiago,
10 March 2015
Distinguished representatives of the Quartet of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC),
Homero Arellano, Ambassador of Ecuador to Chile,
José Joaquín Salazar, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica,
Norma Rodríguez, Head of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of …
Intervención de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en ocasión de la inauguración del Seminario de Apoyo al Plan para la Seguridad Alimentaria, Nutrición y Erradicación del Hambre de la CELAC 2025
Santiago, 10 de marzo de 2015
Estimados representantes del Cuarteto de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC),
Homero Arellano, Embajador del Ecuador en Chile,
José Joaquín Salazar, Viceministro de Agricultura y Ganadería de Costa Rica,
Norma Rodríguez, Encargada de Asuntos Multilaterales del Ministerio de…
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