16 Sep 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:03
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Comunicado de prensa
Durante un foro de mujeres líderes convocado por la Canciller de Alemania Angela Merkel, la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, llamó al Grupo de los siete (G7) a abordar con un enfoque colectivo el tema de la cooperación internacional para resolver de esta forma los distintos problemas globales, entre ellos, la crisis migratoria.
Bárcena habló en nombre de una región considerada de ingresos medios que ya no califica para recibir la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo (AOD). “Tenemos que pensar en qué tipo de cooperación queremos estab…
9 Abr 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Comunicado de prensa
América Latina y el Caribe debe cerrar brechas estructurales en materia productiva, educativa y de ingresos para avanzar hacia un desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible, pues la desigualdad conspira contra la estabilidad de las democracias, dijo Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante dos foros realizados en el marco de la VII Cumbre de las Américas que comienza el viernes en Panamá.
Esta semana el organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas redujo a 1% su proyección de crecimiento de la economía regional en 2015 debido al context…
1 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Publicación
El objetivo del presente documento es brindar una panorámica de la participación de los países de América Latina y el Caribe en el Mecanismo de Solución de Diferencias (MSD) de la Organización Mundial del Comercio en sus primeros veinte años de existencia (1995-2014). Se constata que la región como un todo ha sido una activa usuaria de este mecanismo, e incluso algunos países latinoamericanos figuran entre los principales usuarios a nivel mundial. De hecho, los países de la región frecuentemente han recurrido al MSD pese a disponer de foros alternativos para zanjar sus controversias comerciale…
9 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Comunicado de prensa
(9 de enero, 2015) “Es imperativo trabajar en una aproximación estratégica de la región hacia China para conseguir mayores niveles de inversión extranjera directa china, especialmente dirigida a mejorar la infraestructura, promover la diversificación productiva y exportadora y estimular alianzas empresariales sino-latinoamericanas”, señaló Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Beijing.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas fue una de las oradoras del primer foro ministerial entre China y la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamer…
8 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Comunicado de prensa
(8 de enero, 2015) Las reformas económicas en curso en China representan una oportunidad histórica para que la región dé un salto cualitativo y cuantitativo en su relación económica y comercial con la potencia asiática y así abordar sus desafíos de infraestructura, innovación y recursos humanos, elevar sus niveles de productividad y competitividad y diversificar sus exportaciones, según un nuevo informe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
El documento Primer Foro de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) y China: Explorando espacios de cooper…
1 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Publicación
El presente trabajo constituye un aporte de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) para el Foro de Rectores de las Américas 2015, en el marco de la Séptima Cumbre de las Américas (Ciudad de Panamá, 10 y 11 de abril de 2015). Dicha reunión de las máximas autoridades de centros educativos es una instancia propicia para debatir los puntos que aquí se presentan e identificar caminos para terminar definitivamente con modelos segregadores de educación elitista e iniciar una nueva era: la de la educación pública, gratuita y de calidad para todos.…
Hace veinte años, cuando el mundo organizó una conferencia histórica sobre los derechos humanos de la mujer, el devastador conflicto en la ex-Yugoslavia llamó merecidamente la atención sobre las violaciones y otros crímenes de guerra que allí se estaban cometiendo contra las civiles. Dos decenios más tarde, cuando hay niñas de tan solo siete años de edad que no solo son blanco de ataques sino que también son utilizadas como armas por los extremistas violentos, puede resultar fácil sentirse descorazonado sobre el valor de los foros internacionales. Pero, si bien tenemos un largo camino que reco…
1 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Publicación
This edition puts focus on recent economic performance and policies in the Caribbean, acknowledging that
ongoing challenges notwithstanding, macroeconomic indicators across the subregion are improving. Four
articles will address respectively the prospects for growth, the fiscal situation, the performance of balance of
payments and monetary policy and their impact.…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (third quarter of 2015) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
1 Ago 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Publicación
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first half of 2015) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
The Caribbean region is vulnerable to many types of weather related disaster as well as earthquakes. Disaster in the region have inceased over time. They are recurrent and happen unexpectedly. Damage and Loss Assessment is the basis for Post Disaster Needs Assessment.…
18 Jun 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Noticias
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is the first of seven Caribbean countries to receive training on Post Disaster Needs Assessment from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean.
The training will take place from 22nd to 25th June 2015, and will bring together expertise of the Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology of ECLAC Caribbean and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of Trinidad and Tobago.
Other countries to soon benefit from these training sessions are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Gr…
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the ceremony marking the full membership of the Kingdom of Norway in the Commission
ECLAC headquarters, Santiago
4 October 2015
Dear Tone Skogen, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Norway,
Dearest friend, Hege Araldsen, Ambassador of Norway to Chile,
Members of the official delegation of Norway,
Members of the diplomatic corps,
Colleagues of the United Nations system,
Colleagues of ECLAC,
Friends,
Receive our warmest welcome on this very special occasion, o…
The objectives of this report are twofold: The first is to provide an integrated overview of the governance of strategic minerals in the Latin American and Caribbean region, focused on sharing the economic-resource rent. The second objective is to provide a context for the policy proposal of the Chilean National Lithium Commission (NLC. The collected data, and information, on the various fiscal regimes can be used as a reference for further research.
The objectives in this report are met by analyzing distinct aspects of strategic mineral governance, in three different parts. The lithium-indust…
1 Sep 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Nota informativa
Good day and welcome to Green Aruba VI!
Over the past six years Green Aruba conference has evolved into an excellent platform for the exchange of information and knowledge of sustainable and best practices for the desired transition from fossil fuels to cleaner, more environmentally friendly energy sources and resources.
Besides showcasing Aruba´s progress and challenges in regard to the accelerated penetration of renewables in the total energy mix, we would also like to exhibit the experiences and knowledge of other institutions and island nations in this field.
Sharing the achievements on th…
Your Excellency the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados, and Chair of the Caribbean Community, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Members of the Cabinet, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to join all of you for this High Level Symposium on sustainable economic development in the Caribbean.
And it is a special honour to do so here.
For Small Island Developing States, this space is hallowed ground.
Twenty years ago, this very building was the site of the First Global Conference on SIDS that adopted the Barbado…
Staff members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean worked side by side with communities in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to protect and preserve the local environmental heritage, in a special commemoration of the United Nations World Environment Day 2015.
Under the theme “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume With Care”, World Environment Day was celebrated this year on Friday 5th June. ECLAC staff partnered with two local non-governmental organizations, the Volunteer Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (VCTT) and…
13 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Noticias
Experts in the field of Digital Currency in the Caribbean reviewed the opportunities and risks associated with this type of currency at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, on 12 March 2015.
Experts addressed the potential impact that digital currencies may have on sectors such as banking, e-commerce and remittance, and will discuss whether the use of this new range of electronic payment technologies can enable improvements to electronic and mobile-based payment systems and low-cost remittance services.
At an earli…
29 Oct 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:06
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Noticias
Peru is among the countries of Latin America that is most vulnerable to natural disasters. The establishment of the National Center for Disaster Assessment, Prevention and Risk Reduction (CENEPRED) is among the most significant efforts undertaken in recent times by the Peruvian government to comprehensively address the vulnerability of its population.
Over the past few months, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with its well-established experience in dealing with natural disasters, has helped strengthen the capacity of CENEPRED officers, and of national …
26 Jun 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:00
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Noticias
“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 26 June, during which Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the…