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…
Progressive structural change in rural areas requires innovative strategies and tools for its implementation, together with greater capacity for coordination among multiple actors and instruments, where the public sector is strategically placed to serve as a catalyst, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The Financial inclusion of small rural producers reveals the vast inequalities existing in rural areas where, according to the latest estimates, poverty and indigence rates practically double those of urban areas.
This means tha…
The low economic growth experienced by Latin American and Caribbean countries in the last few years will continue affecting the region’s labour market performance in 2017. According to the latest estimates, the rate of regional urban unemployment could reach 9.4% on average this year, which represents a 0.5 percentage point increase from the 8.9% recorded in 2016, ECLAC and the ILO indicated today in a new joint report.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released the newest edition of their joint publication Emplo…
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…
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…
Art and craft is considered to be an integral part of the tourism business, since it plays an important role as souvenirs and mementos, thereby spatially and temporarily expanding the visitor experience. It is also increasingly looked upon as an opportunity to diversify the tourism sector offerings, as well as the broader economic base. As part of the overall global creative economy, the art and craft sector has seen consistent trade growth over the past two decades, and has shown the capacity to forge even stronger linkages with the tourism sector. This paper examines the nature of this relat…
Caribbean countries have been seriously impacted by the trend toward “de-risking” in the global financial system, and this is damaging to their economic security and the ability of Caribbean businesses to innovate. De-risking is the name given to the tendency of banking institutions to turn away from working relationships and lines of business for which the cost of regulatory compliance—and the risk of non-compliance— is deemed to be too high in comparison to the returns. This is a phenomenon that is affecting developing economies around the world, but the small and vulnerable economies of the…
“América Latina y el Caribe necesita avanzar hacia un nuevo paradigma de desarrollo basado en la igualdad y sostenibilidad ambiental como motores del crecimiento. El actual modelo, el capitalismo, no funciona”, declaró este miércoles 15 de noviembre Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en un foro de alto nivel efectuado en Ciudad de México.
Bárcena participó en la apertura del coloquio internacional Los acosos de la civilización. De muro a muro, que organizan la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y la Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG), en el cual se debatió el Proyecto …
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…
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.…
The Debt Swap initiative, which was first presented at ECLAC’s Caribbean Development Roundtable in Saint Kitts and Nevis early in 2016,is a mechanism intended to address at once the crippling debt of the Caribbean and their need to generate the resources needed to finance resilience building measures. It is an innovative strategy that involves harnessing concessionary flows to transform the debt of the region into a source of investment in resilience, while at the same time re-energizing growth and promoting economic transformation in the economies of the subregion, through investment in…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, participará esta semana en diversas sesiones del Foro Económico Mundial 2017, en las que abordará temas como las relaciones comerciales entre América Latina y el Caribe y China, la estrategia regional para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y los desafíos que enfrentan los países de la región en materia de productividad y gobernanza de los recursos naturales, por nombrar algunos.
El encuentro anual del Foro Económico Mundial (WEF, por sus siglas en inglés) tendrá lugar …
As a preliminary phase of action in response to the ECLAC resolution which calls for greater inclusion of the associate members in the work of the Commission (ECLAC Resolution 85 (XXV) of 25 April 2014), this study sought to accomplish three outcomes. Firstly, the study explored the common development challenges of the non-sovereign associate members (AMs) of ECLAC which served as impediments to the economic and social development of the AMs, and identified priorities which fostered and advanced their development aspirations. Secondly, in light of the recent incremental changes in the politica…
As a preliminary phase of action in response to the ECLAC resolution which calls for greater inclusion of the associate members in the work of the Commission, this study sought to accomplish three outcomes. Firstly, the study explored the common development challenges of the non-sovereign associate members (AMs) of ECLAC which served as impediments to the economic and social development of the AMs, and identified priorities which fostered and advanced their development aspirations. Secondly, in light of the recent incremental changes in the political status that had occurred in many of those t…
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la inauguración del Simposio de Alto Nivel del Foro de Cooperación para el Desarrollo en Argentina
Buenos Aires
7 de septiembre de 2017
Su Excelencia Gabriela MICHETTI, Vice Presidenta de la República Argentina
Su Excelencia Jorge FAURIE, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de la República Argentina
LIU Zhenmin, Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Amigas y amigos,
Es un honor y un placer participar de la inauguración del Simposio de Alto Nivel sobre Cooperación Sur Sur y Triangu…
This paper examines the key elements of a framework for Caribbean growth and development over the medium-term. The paper notes that while the Caribbean has made major adjustments in a challenging global environment, marked by slower demand, it needs to pursue a new sustainable development framework that integrates economic, social and environmental issues in a seamless way.…
I wish to thank DESA and the Permanent Mission on Singapore for inviting me and the Regional Commissions to this Special Lunch on SIDS for SIDS collaboration.
Thank you so much for this opportunity to showcase the support that we, the Regional Commissions, are providing at the regional and subregional levels in support to Small Island Developing States in the implementation, follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is the main regional think-tank and knowledge hub on sustainable development and the inter-gover…