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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.
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.
17 de May de 2023 | Speech

Clausura del XXXV Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal
Palabras de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
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

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 de May de 2023 | Speech

Inauguración del XXXV Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal
Palabras de inauguración de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
15 de May de 2023 | Speech

Reunión de Ministras y Ministros de Finanzas de América Latina y el Caribe de la CELAC
Palabras de inauguración de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, en la Reunión de Ministras y Ministros de Finanzas de América Latina y el Caribe de la CELAC.
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.
Banner XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
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.
12 January 2022 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean’s Growth Will Slow to 2.1% in 2022 amid Significant Asymmetries between Developed and Emerging Countries
In its annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies 2021, ECLAC emphasizes that 2022 will be a year of major challenges for growth, job creation and tackling the pandemic’s social toll.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
28 September 2021 | News

Fighting Illicit Flows and Tax Non-Compliance and Alleviating Debt are Key to Expanding Developing Countries’ Fiscal Space: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, stressed the importance of international cooperation to redistribute concessional funding to the nations most affected by the crisis, at a high-level event held in the framework of the UN General Assembly.
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.
1 June 2021 | Press Release

Reform on the Multilateral Tax Debate is Needed in the Framework of the United Nations: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a session on a new global tax agenda as part of the Jobs Reset Summit organized by the World Economic Forum.
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23 April 2021 | News

Experts Stress the Need to Create a New Financing Model, at the Conclusion of the Thirty-Third Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
The event came to an end this Friday, April 23, with three webinars on financing for development, tax evasion and illicit flows, and climate finance.
21 April 2021 | Press Release

To Drive the Economic Reactivation and Mitigate the Pandemic’s Negative Effects, It is Essential that the Region Maintain Expansionary Fiscal Policy
In its Fiscal Panorama 2021, ECLAC indicates that a transformative recovery post-COVID-19 necessitates a new strategic orientation for public spending and revenue.
16 December 2020 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Have Positive Growth in 2021, but It Will Not Be Enough to Recover Pre-Pandemic Levels of Economic Activity
In its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of the region, ECLAC forecasts an average contraction of -7.7% for 2020 – the largest in 120 years – and a rebound of 3.7% in 2021.
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11 December 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update its Economic Growth Estimates for the Region’s Countries in 2020 and Provide New Projections for 2021
The annual report “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” will be released during a virtual press conference offered by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Wednesday, December 16.
6 October 2020 | Press Release

For the Recovery and a Transformation towards Sustainable Economies and Inclusive Societies, Active Macroeconomic Policies must be Maintained and Deepened
ECLAC launched its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, an annual report in which it reaffirms that international cooperation, through better distribution of global liquidity, must underpin the expansion of policy space in the region.
8 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents Five Proposals to Increase Fiscal Space in Caribbean Countries
In a special session of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Small Island Developing States, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called for urgently providing concessional funds to address these countries’ vulnerabilities, regardless of their per capita income.

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