Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname

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…

Countries of the Region Urge for Rethinking the Financing Agenda for a Sustainable and Egalitarian Recovery

The current crisis must be harnessed as an opportunity for rethinking the financing agenda for the development of middle-income countries, such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is the time to achieve a broad social and political consensus that would enable implementing ambitious reforms with the aim of forging a process of sustainable and egalitarian construction for the future, the representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered at the thirty-sixth session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) c…

Países de la región urgen a repensar la agenda de financiamiento para una recuperación sostenible e igualitaria

La crisis actual debe ser aprovechada como una oportunidad para repensar la agenda de financiamiento para el desarrollo de los países de ingreso medio, como los de América Latina y el Caribe. Es una ocasión para alcanzar un amplio consenso social y político que permita aplicar reformas ambiciosas con el fin de emprender un proceso de construcción sostenible e igualitario hacia el futuro, coincidieron hoy representantes de los países de América Latina y el Caribe reunidos en el trigésimo sexto periodo de sesiones del Comité Plenario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPA…

Os países da região urgem que se repense a agenda de financiamento para uma recuperação sustentável e igualitária

A crise atual deve ser aproveitada como uma oportunidade para repensar a agenda de financiamento para o desenvolvimento dos países de renda média, como os da América Latina e do Caribe. É uma ocasião para alcançar um amplo consenso social e político que permita aplicar reformas ambiciosas com o fim de empreender um processo de construção sustentável e igualitário para o futuro, afirmaram representantes dos países da América Latina e do Caribe reunidos no Trigésimo Sexto Período de Sessões do Comitê Plenário da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL). Na reunião, realizada n…

Growing global asymmetries: challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Growing Global Asymmetries between Developed and Developing Countries Hinder a Post-Pandemic Recovery with Greater Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC

Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary (PDF). The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, participated today in a high-level dialogue between the United Nations Regional Commissions and the Second Committee (on economic and financial matters) of the global organization’s General Assembly, where she flagged the growing global asymmetries between developed countries and developing nations, above all in terms of access to vaccines and financing, as well as concentration of wealth, income and technolog…

Crecientes asimetrías globales entre países desarrollados y en desarrollo dificultan una recuperación pos pandemia con mayor igualdad y sostenibilidad: CEPAL

Presentación de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL (PDF en inglés). La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, participó hoy en un diálogo de alto nivel de las Comisiones Regionales de las Naciones Unidas con el Segundo Comité (sobre temas económicos y financieros) de la Asamblea General del organismo mundial, en donde advirtió sobre las crecientes asimetrías globales entre los países desarrollados y las naciones en desarrollo, sobre todo en materia de acceso a vacunas y financiamiento, así como en concentración de ri…

Countries of the Region Give Impetus to Creation of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Representatives of countries from the region that participated in the Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation: opportunities for renewed international development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean took the first step today to transform that subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) into the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, upon approving a resolution containing that recommendation, which will be submitted to the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC for consideration …

Países de la región impulsan la creación de la Conferencia Regional sobre Cooperación Sur-Sur de América Latina y el Caribe

Representantes de los países de la región que participaron en la Reunión Extraordinaria del Comité de Cooperación Sur-Sur: oportunidades para renovar la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe dieron hoy el primer paso para transformar este órgano subsidiario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en la Conferencia Regional sobre Cooperación Sur-Sur de América Latina y el Caribe, al aprobar una resolución con esa recomendación que será sometida a consideración del Comité Plenario de la CEPAL en noviembre. El cambio de nombre dotaría…

Países da região impulsionam a criação da Conferência Regional sobre a Cooperação Sul-Sul da América Latina e do Caribe

Representantes dos países da região que participaram da Reunião Extraordinária do Comitê de Cooperação Sul-Sul: oportunidades para renovar a cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento da América Latina e do Caribe deram hoje o primeiro passo para transformar este órgão subsidiário da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) na Conferência Regional sobre a Cooperação Sul-Sul da América Latina e do Caribe, ao aprovar uma resolução com essa recomendação, que será submetida à consideração do Comitê Plenário da CEPAL em novembro. A mudança de nome proporcionaria ao órgão ma…

Authorities from the Region Posed the Urgency of Renewed Cooperation with Development in Transition Countries Based on a Multidimensional Measurement of Sustainable Development

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean along with international officials posed the urgency of renewing international cooperation on the basis of a multidimensional measurement of development, which would take into account the structural gaps that middle-income countries face, during a virtual event organized by the Government of Costa Rica and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021. The virtual event entitled Multidimensional measurements of development: opportunities for …

Autoridades de la región plantearon la urgencia de una renovada cooperación con países de desarrollo en transición sobre la base de una medición multidimensional del desarrollo sostenible

Autoridades de América Latina y el Caribe y funcionarios internacionales plantearon la urgencia de renovar la cooperación internacional sobre la base de una medición multidimensional del desarrollo, que dé cuenta de las brechas estructurales que enfrentan los países de ingreso medio, durante evento virtual organizado por el Gobierno de Costa Rica y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) de forma paralela al Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2021. El encuentro virtual Mediciones multidimensionales del desarrollo: oportunidades para una cooperació…

Desarrollo en transición: un concepto y una medición en construcciónOportunidades para una cooperación renovada en América Latina y el Caribe

The Caribbean Needs Urgent International Support to Face High Indebtedness, Vulnerability to Climate Change and the Costs of the Pandemic: ECLAC

Caribbean countries, especially the small island States, need support from the international community to confront the “perfect storm” that is looming over them: heavy indebtedness and a liquidity crisis, vulnerability to climate change, and high expenditures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said on Tuesday 27 October during a panel on “Challenges for the Caribbean to build back better,” held in the framework of the thirty-eighth session, which is taking place virtually through Wednesday, O…

El Caribe necesita apoyo internacional urgente para enfrentar alto endeudamiento, vulnerabilidad al cambio climático y costos de la pandemia: CEPAL

Los países del Caribe, especialmente los pequeños Estados insulares, necesitan apoyo de la comunidad internacional para enfrentar la “tormenta perfecta” que se cierne sobre ellos: alto endeudamiento y crisis de liquidez, vulnerabilidad al cambio climático y elevados gastos producto de la pandemia del COVID-19, dijo el martes 27 de octubre Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el panel “Desafíos del Caribe para reconstruir mejor” realizado en el marco del trigésimo octavo período de sesiones, que se celebra hasta el miérco…

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

Financing for development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: Urgent considerations for the Caribbean

Caribbean Outlook 2.0: “Forging a people centred approach to Sustainable Development in the Caribbean post COVID-19”

Caribbean Countries Call for Implementing Urgent Solutions to Support Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond

Heads of State, ministers and other high-level authorities from more than 25 Caribbean countries, along with officials from international and multilateral organizations, stressed the importance of implementing urgent solutions to support financing for development for that subregion’s nations in the era of COVID-19 and beyond, during two important virtual meetings convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) this Thursday, September 10. The Sixth Meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) and the Twenty-eighth Session of the Caribbean Development an…