Una Nueva Agenda para el Desarrollo Sostenible (Agenda 2030): perspectivas desde América Latina y el Caribe

Moving toward a New Platform for Inclusive Cooperation is Necessary for Sustainable Development

To support national efforts on development financing, it is time to definitively move beyond the dichotomy of donor-receiver and the criteria of per capita income in the allocation of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and advance toward a new model that takes into account, for example, the needs of middle-income countries, a category that encompasses 85% of Latin American and Caribbean nations, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today in Brussels. Bárcena participated this Thursday in a seminar entitled Next step…

Se requiere avanzar hacia una nueva plataforma de cooperación incluyente para el desarrollo sostenible

Para apoyar los esfuerzos nacionales en el financiamiento del desarrollo es hora de superar definitivamente la dicotomía donante-receptor y el criterio de ingreso per cápita en la asignación de ayuda oficial al desarrollo (AOD) y avanzar hacia un nuevo modelo que dé cuenta, por ejemplo, de las necesidades de los países de renta media, categoría en la que se encuentra el 85% de los países latinoamericanos y caribeños, planteó hoy en Bruselas Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Bárcena participó este jueves en el seminario titula…

“One Belt One Road” is a Civilizing Proposal of Interconnectedness and Shared Prosperity: ECLAC

“The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have a historic opportunity to strengthen ties with China and the rest of the Asian economies, and the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation offers us a civilizing proposal of interconnectedness and shared prosperity,” Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, said in Beijing during the high-level meeting that took place in the Chinese capital on May 14-15. Bárcena headed the delegation of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at this international summit, attended by around 1,500 delegates from mor…

La Franja y la Ruta es una propuesta civilizatoria de conectividad y prosperidad compartida: CEPAL

“Los países de América Latina y el Caribe tienen una oportunidad histórica para estrechar lazos con China y el resto de las economías asiáticas, y el Foro de la Franja y Ruta para la Cooperación Internacional nos entrega una propuesta civilizatoria de conectividad y prosperidad compartida”, señaló Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en Beijing durante la reunión de alto nivel que se desarrolló en la capital china del 14 al 15 de mayo. Bárcena encabezó la delegación de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en esta cumbre internacional en la que participaron…

Assessing opportunities for enhanced integration of the associate members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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…

Institutional Strengthening and Financing must be Priorities for Countries to Fulfill the 2030 Agenda

The strengthening of institutions, especially through improved construction and measurement of national statistics systems’ indicators, as well as the provision of financing, are two of the priorities that countries of the region must address with greater urgency if they want to comply with the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), authorities and government representatives asserted today in Mexico. Eleven countries of Latin America and the Caribbean presented today their experiences, progress and challenges in preparing their voluntary national reviews on the fulfillment o…

Fortalecimiento institucional y financiamiento deben ser prioridades de los países para el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030

El fortalecimiento de las instituciones, especialmente los sistemas nacionales de estadísticas para que mejoren la construcción y medición de indicadores, así como la provisión de financiamiento, son dos de las prioridades que los países de la región deben abordar con mayor urgencia si quieren lograr el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), aseguraron hoy en México autoridades y representantes gubernamentales. Once países de América Latina y el Caribe presentaron hoy sus experiencias, avances y desafíos en la preparación de sus exámenes nacionales volun…

The 2030 Agenda, the SDGs and Latin America and the Caribbean: progress and challenges

La Agenda 2030, los ODS y América Latina y el Caribe: progresos y desafíos

ECLAC Calls for Strengthened South-South Cooperation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals

Only by combining initiatives and efforts will the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean be able to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), since what is needed is global governance and new partnerships between States, their citizens and the private sector. In responding to that imperative, South-South cooperation can and must make a significant contribution, says the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Daniel Titelman, the Director of the Economic Development Division of ECLAC, representing the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Regional Co…

La CEPAL llama a fortalecer la cooperación Sur-Sur para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Solo sumando iniciativas y esfuerzos, los países de América Latina y el Caribe podrán alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), pues lo que se requiere es una gobernanza global y nuevas coaliciones entre los Estados, la ciudadanía y el sector privado. Frente a esta necesidad la cooperación Sur-Sur puede y debe ser un aporte significativo, sostiene la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). El Director de la División de Desarrollo Económico de la CEPAL, Daniel Titelman, inauguró este martes 25 de abril de 2017 la Sexta Reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Comité de…

La Agenda 2030 y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Temario provisional. Decimoctava Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

Temario provisional anotado. Decimoctava Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

Provisional agenda. Eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Annotated provisional agenda. Eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Prospects for blockchain-based settlement frameworks as a resolution to the threat of de-risking to Caribbean financial systems

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…

U.S. Economic Outlook: Seven years of steady but tepid growth

The U.S labor market is tight and is expected to return to full employment in 2017. However, productivity has risen less than 1% for six consecutive years. Sluggish productivity has implications for wage growth, which has been low by historical standards during this economic recovery. Wage growth seems to be already picking up, though, as the economy continues to advance. Average hourly earnings for private-sector workers rose 2.9% in December 2016 from a year earlier. That was the strongest growth of the current expansion. Inflation has been low for the past four years. However, as the expans…

Consejo de Relaciones Internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe sesiona en la CEPAL

El Comité Directivo del Consejo de Relaciones Internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe (RIAL) sesionó el lunes 6 de marzo en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile, reunión en la cual se realizó el traspaso oficial de su presidencia y se llevó a cabo un taller de discusión sobre los principales desafíos de la región frente a Estados Unidos y el sistema internacional. En el encuentro, el ex Presidente de Chile Ricardo Lagos entregó la presidencia del Comité Directivo del RIAL al Presidente Ejecutivo del Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina-CAF, Enrique García. Estuvieron presentes Enrique…