For the fifth time, the countries of the region are convening in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. On each occasion, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Since 2020, efforts to assess progress towards meeting the 2030 Agenda have had to be undertaken amid the constraints imposed by measures to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
In this difficult context, EC…
Por quinto año, los países de la región se reúnen en el marco del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible. En cada ocasión, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ha presentado un informe sobre el progreso y los desafíos regionales de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. A partir de 2020, los esfuerzos para evaluar el avance hacia el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 se han debido realizar en el contexto de las limitaciones impuestas por las medidas para enfrentar la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19).
En este …
The aim of this report is to study, from the governance perspective, the growing use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds, and in particular sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), by Latin American and Caribbean corporate issuers in international markets. Focusing on corporate sector sustainability performance, the report examines the potential of these instruments as a source of financing for investment projects and their role in strengthening companies’ governance structures. It also analyses how these instruments can contribute to sustainable recovery in the region, taking into…
More than 70 international authorities, experts and stakeholders from all over Latin America and the Caribbean met at the Second Regional Technical Workshop for Vaccine Manufacturing in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a follow-up to the First Workshop held at the end of October 2021. This virtual event was co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
In the course of the two days of the meeting, govern…
El 24 y 25 de febrero de 2022, más de 70 autoridades, expertos internacionales y actores relevantes de toda América Latina y el Caribe participaron de manera virtual en un segundo Taller Técnico Regional para la Manufactura de Vacunas en América Latina y el Caribe (TTR). El taller, seguimiento del primero realizado a finales de octubre de 2021, fue coorganizado por la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (SRE), la Coalición para las Innovaciones en Preparación para Epidemias (CEPI), la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organiza…
Caribbean economies have been grappling with high debt, low growth and structural challenges which have been exacerbated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is, therefore, an urgent need to reduce debt and promote resilience building for these economies. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has proposed the establishment of the Caribbean Resilience Fund (CRF) as a mechanism to contribute to the achievement of these critical development goals. The CRF is a special purpose financing vehicle intended to leverage long-term low-cost development financing f…
Regional integration and solidarity are essential to confront the growing global asymmetries and disparities between developed countries and developing countries, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), emphasized today during the Coordination Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), where she referred to the causality and linkages between variables to build back better with an integrated policy strategy.
“Even as recoveries continue, divergence in growth rates, vaccination rates, fiscal stimulus, ac…
La integración y la solidaridad regional son esenciales para hacer frente a las crecientes asimetrías y disparidades mundiales entre los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo, subrayó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el Segmento de Coordinación del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas, donde se refirió a las causales y los vínculos entre las variables para reconstruir mejor con una estrategia política integrada.
“Aun cuando la recuperación continúa, la divergencia en las tasas de crecimient…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to promote new fiscal strategies and greater international cooperation amid growing asymmetries in order to finance a big push for sustainability, during the Forum of Ministers of Environment that is taking place today in Costa Rica.
Alicia Bárcena was the keynote speaker during a High-level Dialogue on “Accelerating Finance,” in which the other participants included Sonia Muñoz, Division Chief in the Caribbean for the International Monetary Fund (IMF); A…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, instó hoy a los países de la región a impulsar nuevas estrategias fiscales y una mayor cooperación internacional ante las asimetrías crecientes para financiar un gran impulso para la sostenibilidad, durante el Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente que se realiza en Costa Rica.
Alicia Bárcena fue la ponente principal del Diálogo de Alto Nivel “Acelerando las Finanzas”, que contó con las ponencias de Sonia Muñoz, Jefa de la División del Caribe del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI); Andrew St…
Presentation by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena (PDF).
The Latin America and Caribbean region will see its pace of growth decelerate in 2022 to 2.1%, after reaching 6.2% on average last year, according to new projections released today by ECLAC. This slowdown takes place in a context of significant asymmetries between developed, emerging and developing countries with regard to the capacity to implement fiscal, social, monetary, and health and vaccination policies for a sustainable recovery from the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is according to the annual report b…
Presentación de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena (PDF).
La región de América Latina y el Caribe desacelerará su ritmo de crecimiento en 2022 a 2,1%, luego de crecer 6,2% promedio el año pasado, según nuevas proyecciones entregadas hoy por la CEPAL. Esta desaceleración sucede en un contexto de importantes asimetrías entre los países desarrollados, emergentes y en desarrollo sobre la capacidad de implementar políticas fiscales, sociales, monetarias, de salud y vacunación para una recuperación sostenible de la crisis desatada por la pandemia de COVID-19.
Así lo señala la Comi…
A região da América Latina e Caribe desacelerará seu ritmo de crescimento em 2022 para 2,1%, após crescer 6,2% em média no ano passado, segundo novas projeções divulgadas hoje pela CEPAL. Essa desaceleração ocorre em um contexto de importantes assimetrias entre os países desenvolvidos, emergentes e em desenvolvimento na capacidade de implementar políticas fiscais, sociais, monetárias, de saúde e de vacinação para uma recuperação sustentável da crise desencadeada pela pandemia da COVID-19.
Assim afirma a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em seu relatório anual Balanço …
Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…