10 Jul 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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Comunicado de prensa
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) destacó hoy el liderazgo y compromiso político de los países de la región con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y sus 17 objetivos (ODS), en la primera jornada del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (HLPF, por sus siglas en inglés) que se celebra hasta el 19 de julio en la sede de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en Nueva York.
Diecinueve de los 33 países de América Latina y el Caribe cuentan con instituciones intersectoriales de alto nivel para coordinar la implementación de esta agenda y 14 países han p…
19 Mayo 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
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Discurso
Evolving Development thinking and practices in
Latin America and the Caribbean: The role of ECLAC
Keynote Address by Dr Antonio Prado
Deputy Executive Secretary
18th CDCC Monitoring Committee
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
I thank Diane for that very fitting introduction to my presentation here this morning. We have begun considering how best to commemorate 70 years of ECLAC’s work as a Regional Commission of the United Nations. As you have just seen, our support for development in the region has taken many different forms. However it is safe to say that our principal contri…
1 Oct 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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Publicación
Flow-of-funds accounting permit to monitor the financial sector in terms of flows and stocks and to analyze its relationship with the real sector. These show inter-sectoral financial flows, capture balance sheet positions and all financial transactions by instrument, type and economic sector. In this paper we explain the methodology for the construction of flow-of-funds accounts and we exemplify their use for two source cases of study: the Mexican Crisis (1994-1995) and the Asian Crisis (1997-1998). Using similar sources of data, the same methodology and approach for the construction of all t…
30 Sep 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
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Nota informativa
Las dos comisiones económicas organizaron un seminario sobre la inclusión financiera conjunto con el Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), The Asia Foundation (AF), Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) y el Center for Internacional Financial Cooperation (CIFC) del Korean Institute of Finance.…
23 Abr 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
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Discurso
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the opening of the Second Retreat of the Group of Friends of Monterrey
23 April 2017
Club de Banqueros
Mexico City
Ambassador Ulises Canchola, Acting Head of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID),
Noel González, Coordinator for Development Cooperation Fora of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID),
Stephan Reichert, Deputy Head of the Donor Relations Division of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation an…
30 Ago 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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Comunicado de prensa
In the framework of an official visit to Chile, the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, gave a keynote lecture today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which he advocated for deepening cooperation ties between the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America.
The senior official – the first Jamaican leader to visit this United Nations regional organization – was received by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, who welcomed him and highlighted the country’s commitment to moving ahead on achieving the goals of t…
30 Ago 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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Comunicado de prensa
En el marco de su visita oficial a Chile, el Primer Ministro de Jamaica, Andrew Holness, realizó hoy una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, en la cual abogó por la profundización de los vínculos de cooperación entre los países del Caribe y de América Latina.
La alta autoridad –el primer mandatario de Jamaica en visitar este organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas- fue recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, quien le dio la bienvenida y destacó el compromiso del país por avanzar en el cumplim…
1 Mayo 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:26
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Publicación
This paper examines if recent sharp declines in the price of oil and other fossil fuels will discourage private investment in renewable energy, which is key for climate change mitigation. The increase in private renewables investment in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have been driven by sharp declines in costs alongside supportive policies.
The sharp fall in the price of oil and other fossil fuels since 2014 risks disrupting continued private investment in renewables if they becomes insufficiently profitable. The decline in oil and other fossil fuel prices presents an opportu…
1 Oct 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:32
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Publicación
The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals present a unique opportunity to promote new instruments and innovative mechanisms for financing social and production development in Latin America and the Caribbean. “Green bonds” are an example of alternative financial instruments becoming increasingly available to investors. This report examines the growing green bond market, with emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean.…