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14 December 2023 | Infographic

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
In 2024, it is expected that the GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean will maintain the dynamic of low growth.
14 December 2023 | Press Release

Economic Activity in Latin America and the Caribbean Continues to Exhibit a Low Growth Trajectory: ECLAC
The United Nations regional organization released today its last economic report for the current year, indicating that the region will grow 2.2% in 2023 and 1.9% in 2024.
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7 December 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present its Flagship Report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
The document, which offers updated economic growth estimates for the region’s countries in 2023 and 2024, will be released at a press conference by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, on Thursday, December 14.
5 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Maintain Low Growth Levels in 2023 and 2024
In a new flagship annual report, ECLAC indicates that the region’s countries will continue to face an economic scenario of low growth. It is expected that regional Gross Domestic Product will grow 1.5% in 2024, slightly below the 1.7% estimated for the current year.
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30 August 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Presents its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, with New Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries
The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will lead a press conference to unveil the report next Tuesday, September 5 in Santiago, Chile.
27 July 2023 | Press Release

Authorities from 16 Countries Approve the Creation of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean
Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials gathered in Colombia at the First Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order signed a joint declaration in which they support this new forum for dialogue and exchange, for which ECLAC will act as technical secretariat.
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26 July 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Supports First Regional Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order
The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean will serve as technical secretariat of the platform that will be launched in Colombia and seeks to coordinate joint action between the region’s countries on tax matters.
Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPALdurante la clausura del XXXV Seminario de Política Fiscal
17 May 2023 | News

Fiscal Policy should Foster the Transformation of Development Models, Including Aspects of Growth and the Reduction of Inequalities
ECLAC Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented the conclusions of the XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, which ended at the organization's headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
16 May 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean: Economic Recovery and Higher Commodity Prices Drive Rebound in Tax Revenues

CIAT, ECLAC, the IDB and the OECD launched a new edition of their joint publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 in the framework of the 35th Regional Fiscal Seminar being held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
16 May 2023 | Press Release

Reducing Constraints on Growth and Development Imposed by Debt Service is Essential for Fiscal Policy Favorable to Economic and Social Development
The XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy began at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with the participation of authorities from the Ministries of Finance of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
15 May 2023 | Press Release

Ministers of Finance of CELAC meet to discuss the design of a common regional agenda in response to the global economic crisis

The meeting, held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, was attended by authorities from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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11 May 2023 | Announcement

XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy will Analyze Challenges of Fiscal Policy to Boost Growth and Productive Transformation in a Complex Macro-financial Context
The traditional meeting will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, May 15-17, and will be attended by authorities from the Ministries of Finance of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
20 April 2023 | Press Release

Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow by 1.2% in 2023 in a Context of Growing Uncertainties
New projections released today by ECLAC estimate that all the subregions will experience lower growth this year compared with 2022.
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19 April 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update Its Economic Growth Projections for 2023
This Thursday, April 20, the United Nations regional organization will provide new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for each of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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1 March 2023 | Announcement

CAF and ECLAC Extend an Invitation to Discuss Fiscal Decentralisation and Cooperation for Gender Equality in Latin America
On Monday, March 6, two high-level events will be held in person at ECLAC's regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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23 December 2022 | News

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on Uruguay’s Economy
A publication by ECLAC’s Office in Montevideo points up effects on inflation, the terms of trade and interest rates, which could jeopardize the economy’s dynamism next year.
9 November 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC: It is Time for Transformational Changes, Like the One Proposed by the Care Society
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented today the main document of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place through Friday in Buenos Aires.
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19 October 2022 | Announcement

Professor Mariana Mazzucato Will Present Policy Document for Transformational Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
The report, commissioned by ECLAC, will be launched at a side event of the regional organization’s thirty-ninth session, which will take place in Argentina.
23 August 2022 | Press Release

In 2022 the Region is Expected to Resume the Path of Low Growth Seen Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Growing 2.7% on Average
In a new edition of its flagship annual report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean,” the United Nations organization underlines the challenges of reactivating investment and growth in a context of growing external and domestic restrictions.
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16 August 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update its Growth Projections for Latin American and Caribbean Economies in the Current Year
The United Nations regional organization will provide the new figures next Tuesday, August 23, during the launch of its annual report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022.”

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