27 Mayo 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Noticias
The Caribbean receives higher amounts of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) when compared to other developing economies, according to a newly published report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Entitled “Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean”, the flagship report was launched by ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on 27 May at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
This year, the annual report places increased emphasis on the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for the Caribbean. FDI inflows into the Carib…
16 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Country representatives from several Caribbean governments will discuss the findings of a recent study on how e-government systems are being implemented in the region, at a meeting in Port of Spain hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, on 17 March 2015.
Entitled “Regional approaches to e-government application development in the Caribbean”, the meeting will highlight ECLAC’s recommendations on how governments in the Caribbean could harmonise their efforts to acquire and implement e-government systems. The…
13 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Discussions will include consideration of a strategic alignment of the Pathway with the Sustainable Development goals being considered within the framework of the Post 2015 Development Agenda.
Known as the “SIDS Accelerated Modalities for Action”, the SAMOA Pathway is the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which was held in Apia, Samoa from 1-4 September 2014. Approved by the United Nations, this intergovernmental agreement serves as the blueprint for the SIDS’ approach to addressing their continuing sustainable development ch…
11 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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The newly configured Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is gearing-up to provide unprecedented assistance in disaster assessment to Caribbean states and to all countries across Latin America.
Through this Unit, ECLAC will give significantly strengthened leadership to the entire region in the area of disaster assessment and post disaster needs analysis, by providing technical expertise to disaster-affected and disaster-prone countries.
Specific initiatives will include t…
15 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are set to benefit from technical assistance provided by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean in 2015.
ECLAC will assist the government of Antigua and Barbuda in the development of a national trade policy, in addition to providing technical support through two undertakings. The first will be a functional review of the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry. The second will be a review of the country’s National Consumer Protection Mechanisms. The latter activity will …
21 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Nota informativa
El libro, editado en conjunto con el Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, reúne los estudios y las conclusiones presentadas en un foro internacional sobre esta materia celebrado el pasado junio de 2014.…
27 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:01
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Discurso
Thank you very much for the chance to address this important meeting in beautiful Santiago de Chile. I am delighted to see so many dynamic leaders here.
I am especially honoured by the presence of Her Excellency President Michelle Bachelet. We will always be grateful for her impressive legacy as the founding Executive Director of UN Women.
I stand before you as someone who is keenly aware of the struggle for women’s human rights.
My mother is 95 and still going strong. But when she came of age, she did not have the right to vote – like so many other women around the world at tha…
En una región altamente urbanizada como la de América Latina y el Caribe, la política urbana puede hacer la diferencia en materia de protección al medio ambiente, dijo el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Antonio Prado, durante el International Seminar on Consumption Patterns for Sustainable Development. Challenges and opportunities for a post-2015 world (Seminario internacional sobre patrones de consumo para el desarrollo sostenible sostenible. Desafíos y oportunidades para el mundo post-2015), realizado los días 30 de junio y 1 de …
16 Jun 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Noticias
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional office for the Caribbean is strengthening the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to assess the damages and losses caused by disasters.
This is through a Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session that ECLAC Caribbean will conduct in Cusco, Peru from 16th to 19th June 2015.
The training, which has been convened at the request of the National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction in Peru, will benefit sectoral specialists, as well as experts from institutions invo…
27 Abr 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:10
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La educación terciaria juega un rol preponderante en la disminución de la desigualdad en América Latina, por lo que es clave el actual proceso de reformas universitarias en curso en la región, plantearon rectores y especialistas el lunes 27 de abril en la inauguración de un foro en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile.
El Foro sobre Reforma Universitaria, que concluye el martes 28, es organizado por la Asociación de Universidades del Grupo de Montevideo (AUGM) y la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, y cuenta con la participación de rectores…
Hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, the event, which takes place on Tuesday 8 December 2015, is expected to attract wide participation from Caribbean and other representatives at the meeting, as well as regional and international organizations including the Inter-American Development Bank and CARICOM.
COP21 offers an important opportunity for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to press for fundamental breakthroughs in the agreed global response to climate change that will emerge at this crucia…
1 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Publicación
It has been established for a long time that there is significant dispersion in prices charged for seemingly homogeneous goods. This may happen in competitive markets because the world is not frictionless, and certainly in other markets where price discrimination is carried out by firms with oligopolistic power. This paper is the first survey of the economic literature on price dispersion that addresses the following three key issues: i) its characteristics as a result of optimizing search behavior; ii) its relevance as a reflection of price discrimination and its consequences for social welfa…
1 Ago 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Publicación
The Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation 2014-2015 is a global effort led by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in collaboration with the other four United Nations Regional Commissions, namely, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
The goal of the Global Survey is to gather information from the member states of the respective Regional Commissions on …
19 Mayo 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Noticias
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will engage regional experts in discussions regarding the development of an inter-regional maritime passenger transportation system, which will encourage the maximum utilization of the region’s ample available maritime resource.
The Caribbean embraces large maritime space, yet this resource remains vastly under-utilized. Opportunities exist for it to be developed for economic and other benefits for the region.
The possibilities for developing a regional maritime transport system will be addressed when ECLAC’s subregional headq…
14 Mayo 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:02
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Li Keqiang, Primer Ministro del Consejo de Estado de la República Popular China, dictará el próximo lunes 25 de mayo una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde será recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, Alicia Bárcena.
La actividad tendrá lugar a las 15:45 horas de Chile en la sala de conferencias Raúl Prebisch y será transmitida en directo por internet a través del sitio web de la CEPAL: ://www.cepal.org/es/cepal-en-vivo
El alto funcionario visitará Chile en el ma…
17 Mar 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:10
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Noticias
El Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la extrema pobreza y los derechos humanos, Philip Alston, visitó hoy la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde sostuvo reuniones con diversos funcionarios del organismo regional.
Philip Alston, de nacionalidad australiana, fue recibido por el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto, Antonio Prado, en representación de la Secretaria Ejecutiva, Alicia Bárcena, y su agenda incluyó reuniones con expertos de la CEPAL en temas de pobreza, desigualdad, educación y protección social.
La CEPAL es una de las c…
12 Ago 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:14
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Noticias
El Ministro de Cultura y Patrimonio de Ecuador, Guillaume Long, visitó el martes 11 de agosto la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde ofreció una conferencia magistral en la que resaltó la importancia de la transformación productiva como modelo para alcanzar un cambio estructural en las sociedades.
La autoridad fue recibida por Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, quien le dio la bienvenida en nombre del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas. En el evento también estuvo presente el Embajador de Ecuador …
14 Mayo 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:02
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Li Keqiang, Primeiro-Ministro do Conselho de Estado da República Popular da China, proferirá na segunda-feira, 25 de maio uma Conferência Magna na sede da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em Santiago, Chile, onde será recebido pela Secretária-Executiva do organismo regional das Nações Unidas, Alicia Bárcena.
A atividade será realizada às 15h45, horário do Chile na sala de conferências Raúl Prebisch e será transmitida ao vivo pela internet pelo site da CEPAL: ://www.cepal.org/es/cepal-en-vivo
O alto funcionário visitará o Chile durante um giro por diversos países da A…
9 Oct 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:11
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Comunicado de prensa
To promote public investment is crucial for sustaining economic growth in the region, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in Lima, Peru, where she participated in several high-level events.
Alicia Bárcena held a series of interviews with authorities of the Ministries of Economy and Finance of several countries of the region and will accompany the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, during his visit to Peru to attend the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) being he…