A new special report on the opportunities and challenges posed by the mineral’s extraction in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
Authorities and specialists inaugurated an international seminar entitled “Inequality Gaps in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean,” which is taking place through Wednesday, June 21 in San José, Costa Rica.
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, sent a message to the XII Meeting of Foreign Ministers of this group of countries, held in Buenos Aires, and signed two cooperation agreements with Argentina and Mexico.
Authorities from Antigua and Barbuda and Mexico along with representatives of ECLAC and UNDP participated in the inauguration of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually through Thursday, October 28.
A new publication by the subregional headquarters in Mexico includes a cross-cutting gender analysis and addresses the innovation capacity of rural companies in this sector.
The United Nations regional organization developed a proposal for achieving greater comprehension of the inequalities that hinder sustained, inclusive and sustainable long-term development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A document edited by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico indicates that intellectual property rules have increased the cost of access to some medicines and can jeopardize full enjoyment of the right to health, which is an especially relevant issue at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The document “Productive Links in North America” analyzes trade and investment between the three nations, without addressing migratory flows, although it recognizes their importance in terms of development.
From 1995 to 2015, the residential sector reduced its energy consumption by 45.9%, according to the National Report on Monitoring Energy Efficiency 2018, recently published by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in that country.
The subregion’s overall GDP will rebound thanks to greater exports of goods and services as well as to international remittance flows, despite a deceleration in private consumption and investment.
The subregion will continue to enjoy the highest growth rate in Latin America and the Caribbean, in spite of uncertain international conditions and a slowdown in private consumption and investment.
This new Forum, approved during ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, will be the regional mechanism for following up and reviewing the Agenda’s implementation in the region.
Authorities praised the proposals of the Commission’s document “Horizons 2030: Equality at the Centre of Sustainable Development,” and acclaimed the establishment of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
