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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.

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.

25 June 2020 | News

ECLAC’s COVID-19 Observatory: An Instrument Supporting Latin America and the Caribbean in Times of Pandemic

In May 2020, this web tool created to support the region’s countries was among the 10 most viewed pages on ECLAC’s website, with more than 40,000 visits.

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.

2 April 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Implementing Universal, Redistributive and Solidarity-Based Policies to Avoid Another Lost Decade

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Social Development Ministries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized by Mexico’s Secretariat of Welfare and the UN Regional Commission.

31 March 2020 | Op-ed

Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic

Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary.

17 de December de 2018 | Fact sheet

Factores determinantes de la reducción de la desigualdad en la distribución de la renta en países de América Latina

Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 126, diciembre de 2018. Autoras: Carmen Ramos Carvajal, Mercedes Alvargonzález Rodríguez y Blanca Moreno Cuartas.

14 December 2017 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Show a Moderate Recovery in 2018 and Grow 2.2%

ECLAC released today new projections for the region’s countries. A more favorable external context along with greater dynamism in consumption and domestic investment will favor the expansion.

28 April 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Highlights the Priorities for Implementing the 2030 Agenda and SDGs in the Region

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in New York in a meeting of the United Nations Development Group for Latin America and the Caribbean.

13 February 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Diversifying the Region’s Productive Structure and Focusing on Technological Development

Alicia Bárcena participated in two events at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): a globalization debate and the Ricardo Torres Gaitán Lecture.

28 July 2010 | Press Release

"Social Responsibility Should Be Part of a Country's Overall Development Strategy"

Alicia Bárcena inaugurated a dialogue on the role of parties involved in the implementation of corporate social responsibility.

11 June 2010 | Press Release

Member States Approve ECLAC Proposals to Attain Greater Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

In their resolutions, delegates requested the Executive Secretariat to prepare new economic and social indicators that may reflect the reality of each country.

31 May 2010 | Fact sheet

Productive and Territorial Convergence for a More Equal Society

This fact sheet is based on Chapters III and IV of "Time for equality. Closing gaps, opening trails" collects data on the gaps in productivity of countries in the region.