First of all congratulations all of you for being here in this important event.
I hope that our conversation will contribute to the current debate on the acceleration of the SDGs and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
I would like to highlight the engagement of the representatives of the Civil Society Participation Mechanisms of Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe, as well as that of the representatives of the governments of Norway and Nepal (TBC), together with my colleagues from ESCAP and ECE. Our presence here is an example of the importance of the multi-actor and multi-level implementation o…
The establishment of a single window is a crucial step in the move towards paperless trade, generating significant savings in time and money for companies as well as the different public bodies involved in foreign trade. Under the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization, which entered into force in 2017, all the Organization’s members committed to maintaining or establishing a single window. Asia is home to some of the world’s largest trading economies and to several of the most advanced single windows. This report analyses and compares the main functionalities of four: th…
29 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Through a combination of primary and secondary research, this study sheds light on the effects of the pandemic on the tourism industries of the small island states of Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Additionally, the study seeks to identify potential areas for niche market development to diversify the tourism sector in these destinations. Using a counterfactual analysis, visitor expenditure losses were estimated at over $7 billion over the period 2020 to 2022, among the three countries under review.
The easing of restrictions on movement in 2021 and 2022 however al…
14 Oct 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:31
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The United States economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3.0% in the second quarter of 2024 —more than double the 1.4% GDP growth recorded in the first quarter and well above the economy’s long-term growth potential—, driven primarily by consumer spending. The resilience of consumer spending has been supported by receding inflation and a robust labour market. Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August 2024, the lowest level in more than three years. Employment has increased for 44 consecutive months, but the labour market is softening. The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate cut of 0.50% in …
The eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable and the thirtieth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) are being held at a time when the subregion is animated by the recently concluded Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, which set a decisive agenda for SIDS in pursuit of resilient growth and sustainable development with the support of the international community. Indeed, in the very year that the United Nations convenes a Summit of the Future to inspire global dynamic action to safeguard the well-being of future generat…
Dear Executive Secretaries of the sister UN Regional Economic Commissions,
Dear Selwin Hart, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (CAT)
Dear Thilmeeza Hussain, Director of the Regional Commissions New York Office,
Distinguished guests, colleagues, and participants,
Welcome to this side-event on how Critical Energy Transition Minerals can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions.
Today, we gather to address a defining challenge of our time: powering and enabling the…
25 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:42
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This report presents significant findings from the Regional Digital Trade Integration Index (RDTII), highlighting similarities and differences among the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. After introducing the Digital Trade Integration database and the methodology used in RDTII, the report outlines the main index scores by country and pillar. Jamaica, with the lowest score of 0.14, has the most open regulatory environment for digital trade in the region, whereas Cuba, with the highest score of 0.62, has a regulatory environment that is quite restrictive. The report also summarizes t…
18 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:19
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This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2022 and comprises four chapters. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and a subregional assessment of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currenc…
11 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Between 2000 and 2019 the Caribbean Community produced between 0.11 and 0.16% of global emissions. However, despite being only minor emitters these countries find themselves highly exposed to the impact of climate change, increasingly vulnerable to floods, droughts, rising temperatures, rising sea-levels, hurricanes and coral bleaching etc. Furthermore, CARICOM Member States have submitted their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). The subregion has, however, lagged behind in the receipt of grant and concessionary su…
31 Ene 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Infografía
This infographic from Study 110 explores the role of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in driving sustainable development in the Caribbean. While STI is recognized as crucial for progress, the study finds that many Caribbean nations have yet to prioritize it, and existing policies remain underdeveloped.
The current driver of change in the region is renewable energy, influenced by factors such as reliance on expensive imported fossil fuels, falling costs of renewable energy technologies, and international commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
To foster STI advancement, the s…
4 Ene 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:30
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In 2020, Paraguay’s National Connectivity Report was prepared as part of the United Nations Development Account project “Sustainable transport connectivity and implementation of transport-related SDGs in selected landlocked and transit/bridging countries”. The report contains 161 indicators that assess rail, road, and inland waterway transport in Paraguay, concerning areas such as the regulatory and administrative framework for border crossings, quality of transport infrastructure, quality of regulations on transport of dangerous goods and perishable foodstuffs, and efforts to reduce emissions…
A governança dos investimentos estrangeiros passa por uma lacuna institucional no âmbito internacional. Além de não haver arcabouço regulatório multilateral mandatório sobre o tema, a Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) passa por uma crise que afasta qualquer negociação a respeito. Nesse sentido, a Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) tem se mostrado um foro propício para tratar da liberalização do tema. A hipótese é a de que isso ocorre em razão da própria ratio da organização, baseada na soft law e na elaboração de subsídios que poderão embasar mudanças estrutur…
23 Dic 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:28
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Nota informativa
Representantes de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Cooperación Alemana, la Comisión Europea y expertos internacionales se reunieron en el evento Raw Materials for a Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean en Bruselas, Bélgica, para discutir estrategias de cooperación bi-regional que promuevan cadenas de valor inclusivas y sostenibles en minerales críticos, destacando las perspectivas y experiencias exitosas de colaboración facilitadas por la CEPAL entre América Latina y el Caribe y Europa en la transición energética global.…
Buenas tardes y bienvenidos todas y todos a este evento paralelo organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en el marco del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2024.
Quisiera en estos breves minutos de bienvenida e introducción a este evento explicar cómo vemos desde la CEPAL las razones y objetivos por los que les hemos convocado hoy.
Y para esto quisiera comenzar con una corta historia.
En el 2011, en ocasión de una reunión Cumbre de presidentes y jefes de Estado de los países asiáticos, el Banco Asiático de Desarrollo elaboró un docu…
31 Oct 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Comunicado de prensa
31 de octubre de 2024, Barbados – América Latina y el Caribe está enfrentada a una mayor incertidumbre, cambios socioeconómicos dinámicos, transiciones geopolíticas y al impacto duradero de la pandemia. En este contexto, el XVI Foro Ministerial sobre Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe – coorganizado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) en América Latina y el Caribe, y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), y auspiciado por el Gobierno de Barbados – se inaugura hoy, reuniendo a representantes de 27 países, incluyendo 20 ministros y minis…
8 Mayo 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Comunicado de prensa
Las grandes transformaciones que se requieren en los modelos de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe para poder lograr sociedades más productivas, inclusivas y sostenibles, necesitan una ampliación del espacio fiscal para dar sostenibilidad a las finanzas públicas, reconocieron autoridades, expertos y académicos reunidos en el XXXVI Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal, que concluyó este miércoles 8 de mayo en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
El reconocido foro regional -que durante 36 años ha convocado a autoridades, especialistas, sociedad civil y academia para dialogar sobre lo…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) celebrará del 6 al 8 de mayo la XXXVI edición del Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal, reconocido foro regional que durante 36 años ha convocado a autoridades, especialistas, sociedad civil y academia para dialogar sobre los desafíos de política fiscal que enfrentan los países de la región.
En la reunión participarán autoridades de los Ministerios de Hacienda de 13 países de la región y reconocidos expertos de organismos internacionales, academia, organizaciones de sociedad civil y organizaciones no gubernamentales.
El encuentro …
17 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:28
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Noticias
Países de América Latina y el Caribe intercambiaron hoy experiencias sobre las distintas políticas y estrategias que están llevando a cabo para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 1 (fin de la pobreza) y 2 (hambre cero), coincidiendo en la necesidad de abordarlos de forma integral para asegurar el éxito de toda la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, durante la tercera jornada de la séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (15-18 de abril), que se celebra en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y e…
16 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Comunicado de prensa
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe instaron hoy a revitalizar el compromiso con la Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible y propiciar políticas y acciones renovadas y audaces para acelerar el paso hacia el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), durante la inauguración de la séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebra hasta el jueves 18 en la sede principal de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
En la apertura del encuentro -que reúne a representantes de los 33 países de la región, de agencias de la…
4 Dic 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:44
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Nota informativa
El pasado miércoles 4 de diciembre de 2024, se realizó el webinar titulado “Wastewater as a Solution for Climate Mitigation and Methane Reduction – Overlooked Opportunities”. Este evento reunió a destacados expertos internacionales para analizar el papel del tratamiento de aguas residuales como herramienta clave en la lucha contra el cambio climático y la reducción de emisiones de metano. La Dra. Silvia Saravia Matus, Oficial de Asuntos Económicos de la División de Recursos Naturales de la CEPAL, compartió hallazgos innovadores sobre la implementación de principios de economía circular en las …