In the current world context, the countries of the Caribbean must focus on closing the structural gaps they still have, particularly with regard to gender equality, financial and fiscal sustainability (due to their high debt level), and mitigating the effects of climate change, in order to meet the commitments adopted under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and its 17 Goals (SDGs). This was pointed out by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) during an event held in New York.
The international senior official was the k…
Vice-presidents, ministers and vice-ministers of finance from several Latin American and Caribbean countries attending a seminar at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, today called for fiscal responsibility to be maintained in order to promote growth and equality, particularly in light of the current complex economic and political context.
The officials and other international experts were attending the Twenty-ninth Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, which is to run until tomorrow, Friday 24 March. Organized by ECLAC, the meeting is also supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), t…
Latin America and the Caribbean must expand women’s participation in science, technology and innovation to make progress on gender equality and achieve inclusive and sustainable development, authorities, specialists and international officials agreed today at the inauguration of the Gender Summit 12 being held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
“It is truly an honor that this first Summit for Latin America and the Caribbean is taking place in Chile, and I say this as the president and as a woman who has worked for the …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called today for rethinking the economic model and implementing a new paradigm that contributes to putting an end to economic, social and environmental inequalities and moving toward sustainable development.
The senior United Nations official participated in the high-level event entitled “Fractures in globalization and their implications for emerging economies,” held in Mexico City in the framework of the eighteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA), orga…