Financial inclusion, risk aversion and women’s entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean: a survey of the literature

Access to credit is a key component for business development. Yet, for women in Latin America and the Caribbean, there are barriers which hinder this access, hamper women’s entrepreneurship and slow economic empowerment efforts in the region. One of these barriers is risk aversion, both as supply and demand constraint. On the supply side, financial institutions may exhibit inherent gender bias by providing lower levels of financing and higher interest rates to women entrepreneurs. On the demand side, women entrepreneurs may refrain from approaching financial institutions for fear of rejection …

ECLAC Reaffirms the Importance of Investment to Recover Growth in the Region

To promote public investment is crucial for sustaining economic growth in the region, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in Lima, Peru, where she participated in several high-level events. Alicia Bárcena held a series of interviews with authorities of the Ministries of Economy and Finance of several countries of the region and will accompany the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, during his visit to Peru to attend the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) being he…

Argentina’s President Will Deliver a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

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…

CEPAL reafirma importancia de la inversión para recuperar el crecimiento en la región

Promover la inversión pública es crucial para sostener el crecimiento económico de la región, sostuvo la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, en Lima, Perú, donde participó en varios eventos de alto nivel. Alicia Bárcena sustuvo una serie de entrevistas con autoridades de los ministerios de economía y finanzas de varios países de la región y acompañará hoy al Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, Ban Ki-moon, en su visita al país para asistir a las reuniones anuales 2015 del Grupo Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internac…

Presidente de Argentina dictará conferencia magistral en la CEPAL

El Presidente de la República Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visitará la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el miércoles 27 de enero de 2021, en el marco de su visita oficial a Chile. El primer mandatario argentino ofrecerá a las 11:00 a.m. locales (UTC/GMT -3:00) una conferencia magistral virtual desde la sede central del organismo de las Naciones Unidas, donde será recibido por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión regional. En el evento, que será inaugurado por Alicia Bárcena, intervendrá también Ennio Vivaldi, Rector de la Universidad de Chil…

Report to the CDCC: Review of ECLAC/CDCC Programme of Activities for the 2002-2003 Biennium

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Kitts and Nevis

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Antigua and Barbuda

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…

Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…

Enhancing data for development: policy imperatives for tracking the implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

For small island developing States (SIDS), sustainable development is a delicate balance of pursuing economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship in the context of economic volatility, social challenges, climate change threats and global uncertainties while striving to build resilience. Recognized as a special case for development since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, SIDS remain highly vulnerable to external shocks due to their small economies, limited connectivity and reliance on external markets. Over the years, global frameworks such …