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Argentina’s President Advocates for Uniting Latin America and the Caribbean and Strengthening Multilateralism to Build Fairer and More Egalitarian Societies

The President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, delivered a virtual keynote lecture this Wednesday, January 27, from the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, in which he advocated for the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean and for strengthening multilateralism to build fairer and more egalitarian societies. The Argentine leader spoke during a high-level event in which Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, also participated along with Ennio Vivaldi, Rector of the University of Chile. Attending the lectur…

Presidente de Argentina aboga por la unidad de América Latina y el Caribe y el fortalecimiento del multilateralismo para construir sociedades más justas e igualitarias

El Presidente de la República Argentina, Alberto Fernández, dictó este miércoles 27 de enero una conferencia magistral virtual desde la sede la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde abogó por la unidad de América Latina y el Caribe y el fortalecimiento del multilateralismo para construir sociedades más justas e igualitarias. El Mandatario argentino expuso en un evento de alto nivel en el que intervinieron también Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, y Ennio Vivaldi, Rector de la Universidad de Chile. Asistieron a la conferencia los…

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Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

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Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

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CEPAL Review no. 128

Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…

Revista CEPAL no. 128

Alicia Bárcena: The Conversation Must Change between Governments, the Private Sector and Civil Society to Meet the SDGs

“The conversation between governments, business and civil society must change. All actors must have a dialogue about what sectors and economic activities can take us more quickly toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda,” sustained Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday, July 18 in New York. Bárcena offered closing remarks at the event Global Compact Network: Making global goals global business, organized by the United Nations Global Compact and the permanent missions of Argentina and Lebanon to the United Nations, on…

La conversación entre gobiernos, sector privado y sociedad civil debe cambiar para lograr los ODS: Alicia Bárcena

“La conversación entre los gobiernos nacionales, las empresas y la sociedad civil debe cambiar. Todos los actores deben dialogar sobre cuáles son los sectores y las actividades económicas que pueden llevarnos más rápidamente al cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030”, sostuvo este jueves 18 de julio en Nueva York Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Bárcena ofreció palabras de cierre en el evento Redes del Pacto Mundial: Haciendo de las metas globales negocios locales, organizado por el Pacto Mundial de las Naciones Unidas y las misione…

Mainstreaming youth in sustainable development

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Sustainable Development Goals implementation in the Caribbean

Third International Course "Territory as an educational space" highlighted the 2030 Agenda and access rights in environmental matters

The technical secretariat of the Principle 10 regional process participated in the Third International Course "Territory as an educational space", held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago between 11 and 29 January 2016, where it delivered a presentation on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and access rights in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Tercer Curso Internacional "El territorio como un espacio educativo" destaca la Agenda 2030 y los derechos de acceso en materia ambiental

El Tercer Curso Internacional “El territorio como un espacio educativo”, realizado en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago entre el 11 y 29 de enero de 2016, contó con la participación de la Secretaría Técnica del proceso regional sobre el Principio 10 la cual expuso sobre la Agenda de Desarrollo 2030 y los derechos de acceso en materia ambiental en América Latina y el Caribe.…

The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda

This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development. The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…