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A Real and Effective Digital Transformation Can Help Latin America and the Caribbean Overcome the Traps Hindering its Development

Making progress on the real and effective use of digital technologies can serve as a bridge that enables overcoming development traps in the region, by closing historical inequality gaps and fostering more productive, inclusive and sustainable growth, ECLAC sustains in the document Overcoming Development Traps in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Digital Age: The Transformative Potential of Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (Spanish only), released today. “The region has a historic opportunity to utilize digital tools to address the three traps that inhibit its develop…

Una transformación digital real y efectiva puede ayudar a América Latina y el Caribe a superar las trampas que impiden su desarrollo

Avanzar en un uso real y efectivo de las tecnologías digitales puede convertirse en el puente que permita superar las trampas del desarrollo en la región, al cerrar brechas históricas de desigualdad y promover un crecimiento más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible, sostiene la CEPAL en el documento Superar las trampas del desarrollo en la era digital: el potencial transformador de las tecnologías digitales y la IA en América Latina y el Caribe divulgado hoy. “La región tiene ante sí la oportunidad histórica de utilizar las herramientas digitales para abordar las tres trampas que inhiben su desa…

Uma transformação digital real e efetiva pode ajudar a América Latina e o Caribe a superar as armadilhas que impedem seu desenvolvimento

O avanço no uso real e efetivo das tecnologias digitais pode se converter na ponte que permitiria superar as armadilhas do desenvolvimento na região, ao fechar lacunas históricas de desigualdade e promover um crescimento mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável, afirma a CEPAL no documento Superar as armadilhas do desenvolvimento na era digital: o potencial transformador das tecnologias digitais e da IA na América Latina e no Caribe divulgado hoje. “A região tem a oportunidade histórica de utilizar as ferramentas digitais para abordar as três armadilhas que inibem seu desenvolvimento: a armadil…

Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean Ratified their Commitment to Multilateralism and Advocated for Urgent Reform of the International Financial Architecture at ECLAC’s Meeting in Peru

In a context of multiple global crises, foreign ministers and senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean and other member countries of ECLAC ratified today their commitment to multilateralism, regional cooperation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and they reiterated the urgent need to reform the multilateral system and the international financial architecture so that this eminently middle-income region can access adequate financing for moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The Dialogue of Ministers of Foreign Affa…

Cancilleres de América Latina y el Caribe ratificaron su compromiso con el multilateralismo y abogaron por una reforma urgente de la arquitectura financiera internacional en reunión de la CEPAL en Perú

En un contexto de múltiples crisis globales, Cancilleres y altas autoridades de América Latina y el Caribe y otros países miembros de la CEPAL ratificaron hoy su compromiso con el multilateralismo, la cooperación regional y la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, y reiteraron la urgente necesidad de reformar el sistema multilateral y la arquitectura financiera internacional para que la región -eminentemente de renta media- pueda acceder a financiamiento adecuado para avanzar hacia un desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible. El Diálogo de cancilleres y altas…

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CEPAL Review Nº 143

Revista CEPAL Nº 143

Revista CEPAL Nº 143

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ECLAC Reaffirms its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation to Hasten Implementation of the 2030 Agenda at High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed its proposal for economic and social transformation to hasten implementation of the 2030 Agenda, during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which is taking place through Thursday, July 18 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, actively participated in several of the global forum’s plenary sessions and side events, where he shared his vision for moving towards a more productive, inclusive and sustai…

CEPAL reafirma su propuesta de transformación económica y social para acelerar la implementación de la Agenda 2030 durante Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmó su propuesta de transformación económica y social para acelerar la implementación de la Agenda 2030, durante el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (FPAN), que se celebra hasta el jueves 18 de julio en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo del organismo regional, tuvo una activa participación en varias sesiones plenarias y eventos paralelos del foro mundial, en los que compartió su visión para avanzar hacia un modelo de desarrollo más product…

A CEPAL reafirma sua proposta de transformação econômica e social para acelerar a implementação da Agenda 2030 durante o Fórum Político de Alto Nível sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmou sua proposta de transformação econômica e social para acelerar a implementação da Agenda 2030 durante o Fórum Político de Alto Nível sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (FPAN), realizado na sede das Nações Unidas em Nova York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretário Executivo do organismo regional, teve uma ativa participação em várias sessões plenárias e eventos paralelos do fórum mundial, nos quais compartilhou sua visão para avançar rumo a um modelo de desenvolvimento mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável na América L…

HLPF side-event Critical Energy Transition Minerals to accelerate progress towards the SDGs

Dear Executive Secretaries of the sister UN Regional Economic Commissions, Dear Selwin Hart, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (CAT) Dear Thilmeeza Hussain, Director of the Regional Commissions New York Office, Distinguished guests, colleagues, and participants, Welcome to this side-event on how Critical Energy Transition Minerals can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions. Today, we gather to address a defining challenge of our time: powering and enabling the…

Messages from the Regions: High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2024

In September 2024, world leaders will convene at the United Nations in New York to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. This once-in-a-generation opportunity serves as a moment to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively achieve agreed goals and tackle emerging threats and opportunities. The annual Regional Forums on Sustainable Development convened earlier this year by the five UN Regional Commissions all featured sessions dedicated to the Summit of the Future. These consultations captured voic…

Securing Greater and Sustained Access to Long-term, Low-cost Finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

The leadership of the United Nations and the wider international community, including over fifty Heads of Government and Heads of State, are focusing on the smallest and most vulnerable member countries this week with the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda. This meeting reviews the sustainable development progress of SIDS over the past decade and adopts a new action platform for the next ten years. Of the 57 countries identified as SIDS by the UN, 29 are in the Caribbean, comprising 16 member States and 13 territories. The Economic …

Clausura de la Séptima Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible

Estimada Sra. Laura Fernández Delgado, Ministra de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica de Costa Rica, en su calidad de Vicepresidenta del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible Distinguidos delegados, representantes de los países, Amigos y amigas de los organismos, fondos y programas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, Estimados y estimadas Coordinadores Residentes, Estimados Representantes de la sociedad civil, de los jóvenes, de la academia y el sector privado, Colegas de la CEPAL, Estamos terminando hoy nuestra cita anual en la q…

Eradicating Poverty and Hunger is an Indispensable Requirement for Achieving Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Authorities and delegates from 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries, from United Nations agencies and regional and multilateral organizations and from civil society participating in the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development ended the gathering today with the recognition that without eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, and hunger, it will not be possible to build more inclusive, productive and sustainable development in the region. They further stressed the need to implement comprehensive and cross-secto…

Erradicar la pobreza y el hambre es un requisito indispensable para lograr el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe

Autoridades y delegados de 29 países de América Latina y el Caribe, de agencias de las Naciones Unidas y organismos regionales, multilaterales y de la sociedad civil participantes en la séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, concluyeron hoy el encuentro con el reconocimiento de que sin la erradicación de la pobreza en todas sus formas y dimensiones, y del hambre, no será posible construir un desarrollo más inclusivo, productivo y sostenible en la región. Asimismo, enfatizaron la necesidad de implementar políticas públicas integrales…