13 Mayo 2025, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:20
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Publicación
El presente documento constituye una contribución de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) a los debates de la Cuarta Reunión Ministerial del Foro China-Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC). En él se describen áreas de oportunidad para avanzar hacia una agenda conjunta de cooperación que promueva un desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible. Para ello, se basa en el diagnóstico de la CEPAL sobre las trampas del desarrollo que enfrenta la región y en las estrategias para superarlas mediante un conjunto de transformaciones indispensables y un…
What: Twenty-ninth (29) session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.
When: 14 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 9 am).
Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Background Information
Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Member Countries and Associate Members will convene for the 29th Session. Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the CDCC was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countrie…
26 Jun 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:20
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Noticias
“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 26 June, during which Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the…
1 Oct 2001, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Publicación
This publication is a result of a Regional Consultative Meeting on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean held at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, 19-21 January 2000. The partners in the organization of this meeting were ECLAC, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Organization of American States (OAS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Fifty-four participants, representing governments from the region at the senior policy-m…
Abstract
This paper attempts to estimate the effect of trade liberalization on the industrial structure and pattern of pollution emissions in Brazil. An input-output approach is used to estimate the value of production and potential pollution intensity estimates are undertaken using the industrial pollution projection system. We find that the aggregate intensity of pollutant emission has decreased for the whole industrial sector, but for the export sector, the pollution intensity has been increasing after trade liberalization.…
13 Oct 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:27
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Noticias
La cooperación entre China y América Latina y el Caribe ofrece una oportunidad para reducir las asimetrías globales y apoyar una recuperación económica transformadora inclusiva que promueva el desarrollo sostenible en línea con la Agenda 2030, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en la clausura del II Foro Académico de Alto Nivel CELAC-China y el VI Foro de Think Tanks China-América Latina y el Caribe.
“La crisis del COVID-19 ha agudizado las asimetrías globales entre los países desarrollados y los en vías de desarrol…
18 Oct 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Comunicado de prensa
“Debemos trabajar seriamente para que América Latina y el Caribe, de la mano de China, avance hacia la revolución digital, la economía verde y en políticas sociales que estén conectadas con las políticas industriales para generar empleo y combatir la desigualdad”, declaró hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en el cierre del Primer Foro Académico de Alto Nivel CELAC-China, que se efectuó en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile.
El evento, que incluyó también el Cuarto Foro de Think Tanks de América Latina y el Caribe y China, reunió durante dos días …
La sexta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, en la que autoridades y representantes de los gobiernos, del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas, organismos internacionales, sector privado, academia y sociedad civil revisarán los avances y desafíos de la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región, se realizará del 25 al 28 de abril en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
El Foro regional -que se realiza anualmente desde 2017- busca proporcionar a los responsables de la implementación de la Agenda 2030 en los p…
13 Jul 2018, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:22
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Columna de opinión
El Foro Político de Alto Nivel que se desarrolla en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, entre el 9 y el 18 de julio, invita a los países miembros a presentar sus avances en la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, adoptada en 2015, e intercambiar experiencias en la construcción de sociedades más resilientes. Con este objetivo, el Foro este año se enfoca principalmente en cinco de los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) cuya implementación contribuye a fortalecer la resiliencia económica, social y ambiental.
Avanzar hacia sociedades más resilientes e…
6 Ago 2004, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Publicación
This study examines the options for Caribbean countries in pursuing development of their agricultural sectors given the changes taking place in the international economy. The most significant of these changes is the liberalization of the trading regimes for primary agricultural products, in particular banana, by the European Union. This has serious implications for small Caribbean countries that rely on exports of one or a few commodities and are unable to compete in free markets. However,
countries could reposition their agricultural sectors to take advantage of
export niche markets and/or g…
4 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Comunicado de prensa
En el marco de su visita oficial al país, el Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, se reunió hoy en Ciudad de Guatemala con el Presidente de la República de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, encuentro en el que dialogaron sobre la agenda actual de cooperación entre el Gobierno y el organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas y exploraron áreas de colaboración para el desarrollo de esta nación centroamericana.
La CEPAL ha enfatizado la importancia de que los países de América Latina y el Caribe dinamicen su crecimi…
21 Jun 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Comunicado de prensa
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, concluded this Friday, June 21, a two-day visit to Spain, where she participated in two high-level events and held bilateral meetings with government authorities and officials from international cooperation bodies.
During these activities, the senior United Nations official insisted on the necessity of carrying out a new, inclusive cooperation model in which middle income countries can fully participate.
On Thursday, June 20, Bárcena led the presentation of the report Latin American …
4 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:22
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Comunicado de prensa
No contexto de sua visita oficial ao país, o Secretário Executivo da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, se reuniu hoje na Cidade da Guatemala com o Presidente da República da Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León; nesse encontro dialogaram sobre a agenda atual de cooperação entre o governo e o organismo regional das Nações Unidas e exploraram áreas de colaboração para o desenvolvimento dessa nação centro-americana.
A CEPAL enfatizou a importância de que os países da América Latina e do Caribe dinamizem seu crescimento e o tornem mais inclu…
7 Nov 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:19
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Comunicado de prensa
In the framework of his official visit to Chile, the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, gave a keynote lecture today at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, urging the region’s countries to dialogue in a context of mutual respect, putting the interests that unite them first and offering a continent of peace in a troubled world, plagued by conflicts that have affected all countries due to their magnitude.
The Paraguayan leader – who took office on August 15, 2023 – was received by the United Nation…
Liu Zhenmin, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), met today with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the directors of all the Commission’s divisions, in the framework of his visit to Chile.
During the meeting, both UN entities reaffirmed the cooperation ties that unite them and renewed their pledge to continue working together to help the global organization’s member countries to advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Dev…
15 Nov 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:22
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Comunicado de prensa
The Government of Peru and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen cooperation on distinct matters related to economic, social and environmental development, during an official visit lasting 24 hours that Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, made today to that country.
The senior United Nations authority led an official ECLAC mission to Lima, the first since President Pedro Castillo was sworn into office on July 28 of this year, with the aim of reaffirming the organization’s willingness to work jointly on those ar…
4 Mar 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Comunicado de prensa
In the framework of his official visit to the country, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, met today in Guatemala City with the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, where they discussed the current cooperation agenda between the Government and the United Nations regional organization and explored areas of collaboration for the Central American nation’s development.
ECLAC has stressed the importance of Latin American and Caribbean countries invigorating their growth and making…
6 Oct 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Comunicado de prensa
San José, Costa Rica, October 6, 2023 (IICA). The strengthening of regional cooperation is vital today to address the challenges and opportunities created by the confluence of crises around the world, and to be able to promote sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
The point is emphasized in the latest edition of The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2024, a report prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food an…
The President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in the framework of his state visit to Chile.
The Argentine leader will deliver a virtual keynote lecture starting at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00), speaking from the United Nations organization’s central headquarters, where he will be received by Alicia Bárcena, the regional commission’s Executive Secretary.
Also participating in the event, to be inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, will be Ennio Vivald…
7 Nov 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:19
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Comunicado de prensa
En el marco de su visita oficial a Chile, el Presidente de la República del Paraguay, Santiago Peña, realizó hoy una conferencia magistral en la sede central de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Santiago, en la cual hizo un llamado a los países de la región a dialogar en el marco del respeto mutuo, anteponiendo los intereses que los unen, ofreciendo un continente de paz en un mundo conturbado, asolado por conflictos que debido a su magnitud han impactado a todos los países del mundo.
El Mandatario paraguayo, quien asumió el cargo el pasado 15 de agosto de 2023, …