CEPAL Review no. 123

Revista CEPAL no. 123

Magisterial Lecture of The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica

Welcome Remarks by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC at the Magisterial Lecture of The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica ECLAC Headquarters, Santiago, 30 August 2017 Excellencies Distinguished representatives Ladies and gentlemen, I am so pleased to welcome the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica to ECLAC Headquarters. Prime Minister, it is an honour to have you and your distinguished delegation in the house. I acknowledge in particular the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Foreign Minister of Jamaica. You represent a country whose cont…

ECLAC Proposes that Caribbean Focus Efforts on Gender Equality, Climate Change and Debt Relief to Meet 2030 Agenda

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…

CEPAL propone al Caribe enfocar esfuerzos en la igualdad de género, cambio climático y alivio de deuda para cumplir Agenda 2030

En el actual contexto mundial, los países del Caribe deben enfocarse en cerrar las brechas estructurales que aún mantienen, en especial sobre la igualdad de género, la sostenibilidad financiera y fiscal (debido a su alta deuda), y la mitigación de los efectos del cambio climático, con el fin de cumplir los compromisos adoptados en la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y sus 17 objetivos (ODS). Así lo señaló hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) durante un evento realizado en Nueva York. La alta funcionaria internacional…