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25 March 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents New Opportunities for Growth, Collaboration and Sustainable Development to Ibero-America’s Heads of State and Government
The document seeks to contribute to the debates of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit, which concludes today in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
24 March 2022 | News

Alicia Bárcena: The Hallmark of Equality and its Key Impact on Development in the Region Distinguish ECLAC’s Legacy in the Last Decade
The Executive Secretary of the regional Commission participated today in the launch of a special issue of El Trimestre Económico dedicated to reviewing the organization’s work over the last ten years.
17 March 2022 | Press Release

“Inequality Conspires Against Recovery and Development”: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary delivered a keynote speech at FAO’s regional headquarters, where tribute was paid to her distinguished trajectory at the United Nations.
Photo of the opening panel of the SDG 2022 Business Forum.
8 March 2022 | News

Experts Reiterate the Importance of Innovation, Technological Development and Public-Private Cooperation for a Green, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery in the Region
The SDG Business Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 was held today in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place in San José, Costa Rica.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary.
4 February 2022 | News

Regional Integration and Solidarity are Essential to Confront Growing Global Asymmetries and Disparities Between Developed and Developing Countries
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Coordination Segment, addressing the causality and linkages between variables to build back better with an integrated policy strategy.
2 December 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Reforms to Address Long-Standing Challenges, Says New Report
The Development Centre of the OECD, ECLAC, CAF and the European Commission launch today their joint report Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2021.
15 November 2021 | Press Release

Peru and ECLAC Reaffirm the Strengthening of Cooperation on Economic, Social and Environmental Development
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, made an official visit to Lima today, where she met with President Pedro Castillo and members of his Cabinet.
8 July 2021 | Press Release

Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021 Will Not Manage to Reverse the Adverse Effects of the Pandemic

In a new report, ECLAC raised its regional growth estimate for this year to 5.2% based on an economic rebound but that does not ensure sustained expansion. It warns that the social impacts of the crisis are worsening and will continue during the recovery.
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
6 July 2021 | Announcement

ECLAC Report Will Present New Economic Projections for the Region’s Countries, More Than a Year After the COVID-19 Pandemic First Appeared
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will unveil the document during a virtual press conference on Thursday, July 8, held from the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
28 May 2021 | News

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Highlights Joint Work with the OECD to Support the Sustainable Development of Latin American and Caribbean Countries
During the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the OECD Programme for the region, Alicia Bárcena reaffirmed the importance of addressing current challenges with renewed partnerships and international cooperation based on common interests.
29 April 2021 | Press Release

Economic Reactivation Needs Productive, Fiscal and Institutional Structural Reforms to Move Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Development Pattern in Latin America and the Caribbean
A special issue of the CEPAL Review on COVID-19’s economic and social effects in the region was presented during a webinar led by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary.
16 March 2021 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Stress the Urgency of Equitable Vaccination and a Transformative Recovery to Build a Better World in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda
The fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development was inaugurated today by high-level authorities who called urgently for reinvigorating the regional response to the pandemic.
Meeting panel.
9 September 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Forging a Political, Social and Economic Compact, and a Fair, Inclusive and Progressive Social Contract
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the 24th Annual CAF Conference, where she urged for driving a transformation to elevate productivity, with innovation but also with equality and sustainability at the center.
4 August 2020 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Urge for a Paradigm Shift in International Financing and for Strengthening Multilateralism
Representatives of ECLAC’s member countries met today at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole, in which Costa Rica assumed the regional organization’s Presidency Pro Tempore for the next two years.
23 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Urgent Regional Cooperation beyond the Pandemic to Foster More Integration and Avert a Food Crisis
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, participated today in a conference organized by CELAC and FAO’s regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
22 July 2020 | News

The Region Requires a New Political Compact that Ensures Universal Social Protection and Resolves Structural Problems in the World of Work
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated today in the book launch of The future of work: Trade unions in transformation, published by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
22 July 2020 | Press Release

Equality Reinforces Economic Efficiency, Fostering Productivity, Growth and Diversification: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary highlighted the positive effects of equality for a better recovery in the wake of the pandemic, during a high-level event organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
15 July 2020 | Press Release

Contraction of Economic Activity in the Region Intensifies Due to the Pandemic: It Will Fall -9.1% in 2020
ECLAC updated its growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries today. It underscores that both the external and domestic shocks have been stronger than what was foreseen last April, which led to a downward revision of the figures.
Banner annoucemente Special Report COVID-19 No. 5 Alicia Bárcena
14 July 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update Its Economic Growth Estimates for the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, a new Special Report COVID-19 that will include revised forecasts on employment, poverty and inequality levels in the region in 2020.
13 July 2020 | Press Release

It is Crucial to Propose a Social Compact Based on a Broad and Participatory Dialogue to Face the Present Contingency and Rethink the Post COVID-19 Reactivation
In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based social policies to confront the crisis.

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