La Revolución de los Datos y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible: desafíos y oportunidades para los SNE de América Latina y el Caribe

ECLAC and Ecuador Call for Placing Statistics at the Service of Development with Equality and Environmental Sustainability

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, today made a call to the different social actors to improve the quantity and quality of statistics in order to place them at the service of development with equality in the framework of the 2030 Agenda, during the inauguration of the eighth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) in Quito. A total of 36 delegations from ECLAC’s member and associated states and representatives from 18 United Nations organizations will pa…

CEPAL y Ecuador llaman a poner las estadísticas al servicio del desarrollo con igualdad y sostenibilidad ambiental

El Presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, y la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, llamaron hoy a los diferentes actores sociales a mejorar la cantidad y calidad de las estadísticas para ponerlas al servicio del desarrollo con igualdad en el marco de la agenda 2030, durante la inauguración en Quito de la octava reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA). Un total de 36 delegaciones de países miembros y asociados de la CEPAL y representantes de 18 organismos de las Naciones Unidas participarán hasta el 19 de novi…

Heads of Statistics Will Analyze the Challenges of 2030 Agenda in Quito

Representatives of national statistics offices in American countries and experts from international organizations will attend the Eight Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (SCA-ECLAC), in Quito, Ecuador, on November 17-19, 2015, where they will analyze the statistical challenges of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, will open this event, which will be held in the Presidents’ Room at the Union of South American …

Jefes de estadísticas de América analizarán en Quito desafíos de la agenda 2030

Representantes de las oficinas nacionales de estadística de los países de América y expertos de organismos internacionales asistirán del 17 al 19 de noviembre en Quito a la octava reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEA-CEPAL), donde analizarán los desafíos que plantea la agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible. El Presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, y la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, inaugurarán el evento, que se realizará en la Sala de Presidentes del Edificio de la Unión de Naciones Surameric…

2030 Agenda for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean: The territory matters

Agenda de desarrollo 2030 para América Latina y el Caribe: el territorio importa

América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos coyunturales y estructurales

Evaluation of the strategic plan 2005-2015. Eighth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Evaluación del plan estratégico 2005-2015. Octava Reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

Review of operational guidelines for the working groups. Eighth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Revisión de directrices para el funcionamiento de los grupos de trabajo. Octava Reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

World Statistics Day

Good data and statistics are indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society. This was explicitly acknowledged in 2014, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics to promote citizen’s entitlement to public information. As countries and organizations embark on implementing the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, reliable and timely statistics and indicators are more important than ever. For that reason, World Statistics Day this year is being observed under the theme “Better data, better lives.” We …

Convocatoria Programa de Pasantías 2016

Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) - Oficina en Buenos Aires…

Report of the fourteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Puerto Rico: Fiscal and economic growth challenges

The objective of this paper is to assess the challenges that Puerto Rico’s economy is currently facing. Puerto Rico’s development experience in the postwar period is briefly discussed in order to understand the nature of the island’s current situation. Puerto Rico’s recent economic performance, credit position, debt situation and fiscal conditions, including its complex capital structure and recently released fiscal and economic growth plan are also analyzed.…

Provisional agenda. Eighth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional. Octava Reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

High Level Launch of the Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data

Statement by Alicia Bárcena Executive Secretary, ECLAC, United Nations High Level Launch of the Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data Hosted by the Governments of the United States, Kenya, Mexico, and Colombia New York, 28 September 2015 Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD Mahmoud Mohieldin, Corporate Secretary and President’s Special Envoy on Millennium Development Goals, World Bank Group Amina J.Mohammed, Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Dev…

Informe de la decimocuarta reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe