Launch of ECLAC-PAHO report. Health and the Economy to Address the COVID-19

Lanzamiento infome CEPAL-OPS: Salud y economía para enfrentar el COVID-19

ECLAC and PAHO Present Joint Report on Health and the Economy in the Context of COVID-19

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will present on Thursday, July 30, a joint report entitled Health and the Economy: A Convergence Needed to Address COVID-19 and Retake the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which they will address the need to take health-related measures to flatten the curve of COVID-19 and thereby resume the reactivation of the economy in countries in the Americas region. The presentation will be held via a simultaneous virtual press conference at 11:30 a.m. …

CEPAL y OPS presentan informe conjunto sobre salud y economía en el contexto del COVID-19

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) presentarán el jueves 30 de julio un informe conjunto titulado Salud y economía: una convergencia necesaria para enfrentar el COVID-19 y retomar la senda hacia el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, en el que abordarán la necesidad de tomar medidas de salud para aplanar la curva de COVID-19 y así reanudar la reactivación de la economía en los países de la región de las Américas. La presentación se realizará mediante una conferencia de prensa virtual simultánea a las …

CEPAL e OPAS apresentam relatório conjunto sobre saúde e economia no contexto da COVID-19

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) e a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS) apresentarão na quinta-feira, 30 de julho um relatório conjunto intitulado: Saúde e economia: uma convergência necessária para enfrentar a COVID-19 e retomar o caminho para o desenvolvimento sustentável na América Latina e no Caribe, em que abordarão a necessidade de tomar medidas de saúde para achatar a curva da COVID-19 e, assim, retomar a economia nos países da região das Américas. A apresentação será realizada por meio de uma coletiva de imprensa virtual, às 12h30 (Horário de Brasíl…

It is Crucial to Propose a Social Compact Based on a Broad and Participatory Dialogue to Face the Present Contingency and Rethink the Post COVID-19 Reactivation

Latin America and the Caribbean urgently needs to take action on a new social compact, a political instrument based on a broad and participatory dialogue that would arrive at agreements and consensuses to face the present contingency and rethink the reactivation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today. The senior United Nations official participated in a high-level panel entitled “From an impending issue to an emergency: the imperative need for a new and more inclusive social …

Es crucial plantear un pacto social basado en un diálogo amplio y participativo para enfrentar la contingencia y repensar la reactivación post COVID-19

América Latina y el Caribe requiere con urgencia actuar por un nuevo pacto social, un instrumento político basado en un diálogo amplio y participativo que decante los acuerdos y consensos para enfrentar la contingencia y repensar la reactivación post pandemia del COVID-19, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó en el Panel de Alto Nivel “De un asunto pendiente a uno urgente: la necesidad de un pacto social inclusivo en América Latina y el Caribe”, celebrado en el marc…

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…

The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.7

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Putting Poverty Eradication at the Center of Debate and Building Back Better with Equality and Sustainability

Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the challenges associated with the goal of poverty eradication are structural, multi-faceted and enduring, and it continues to be the world’s most unequal region as far as income distribution is concerned. For these reasons, we must focus on building back better with equality and sustainability, said Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The regional Commission’s most senior representative participated today in a high-level virtua…

Alicia Bárcena llama a poner en el centro del debate la erradicación de la pobreza y a reconstruir mejor con igualdad y sostenibilidad

Discurso de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena (en inglés). En América Latina y el Caribe los retos asociados al objetivo de la erradicación de la pobreza son estructurales, multifacéticos y persistentes, y la región continúa siendo la más desigual del mundo en cuanto a la distribución de ingresos. Por ello, debemos centrarnos en reconstruir mejor con igualdad y sostenibilidad, afirmó Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América y el Caribe (CEPAL). La máxima representante de la Comisión regional participó hoy en una Reunión virtual de alto nive…

The impacts of COVID-19 in Brazil in a complex regional context. Why a sustainable economic recovery is urgent

ECLAC Reaffirms its Commitment to Supporting Caribbean Countries on Their Path Towards a Sustainable Recovery with Equality

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ratified its commitment to supporting Caribbean countries on their path towards a sustainable recovery with greater equality after the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level virtual meeting held with ministers and authorities from more than 10 countries in the subregion. The 7th Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) took place this Wednesday, June 24, under the outgoing presidency of Martinique and the incoming presidency of Saint Luci…

CEPAL reafirma compromiso de apoyar a países del Caribe en su camino hacia una recuperación sostenible y con igualdad

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ratificó su compromiso de apoyar a los países del Caribe en su camino hacia una recuperación sostenible y con mayor igualdad tras la crisis generada por la pandemia del COVID-19, durante una reunión virtual de alto nivel sostenida con ministros y autoridades de más de 10 países de la subregión. El Séptimo Consejo de Ministros sobre Sostenibilidad Ambiental de la Organización de Estados del Caribe Oriental (OECO) se efectuó este miércoles 24 de junio bajo la presidencia saliente de Martinica y la presidencia entrante de Santa Lucía. …

The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.6

Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

Pandemia del COVID-19 pone en riesgo la integralidad de la Agenda 2030 debido al dispar avance de los ODS, advierte Alicia Bárcena

La integralidad de la Agenda 2030 está en riesgo por el dispar avance de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), particularmente ante la pandemia del COVID-19. Por ello, se requieren pactos en sectores estratégicos y prioritarios para avanzar hacia un gran impulso ambiental, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante un panel de alto nivel organizado por el Gobierno de México. En el evento Relevancia de la Agenda 2030 en tiempos de COVID-19, participaron también Martha Delgado, Subsecretaria de Relaciones Exte…

Informe sobre el impacto económico en América Latina y el Caribe de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19)

Investimentos transformadores para um estilo de desenvolvimento sustentável: Estudos de casos de grande impulso (Big Push) para a sustentabilidade no Brasil

O mundo no qual nos encontramos requer um novo estilo de desenvolvimento, orientado pela visão de que o desenvolvimento económico sustentável depende criticamente de um meio ambiente saudável e de uma sociedade construída sobre a base da igualdade. Nesse contexto, a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) vem desenvolvendo o Big Push para a Sustentabilidade, que é uma abordagem renovada para apoiar os países da região na construção de estilos de desenvolvimento mais sustentáveis, baseada na coordenação de políticas para promover investimentos transformadores do estilo de de…

Greater International Financial Cooperation is Crucial for Latin American and Caribbean Countries to be Able to Face the “Perfect Storm” Unleashed by the COVID-19 Crisis

Greater international financial cooperation is crucial for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to be able to expand their fiscal space to tackle the economic, social, productive and environmental vulnerability they have experienced for years, and which has been worsened by the crisis stemming from the coronavirus, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated today. The highest authority of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated this Tuesday, May 26, in a series of high-level virtual events in which she warned that the region’s co…