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Population trends
12 October 2016 | News

ECLAC looks to expand access to data from 2010 and 2020 census

ECLAC will equip representatives from three national statistical offices with the skills necessary to develop web applications for the dissemination of national census data sets.
14 September 2016 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: The Region Must Respond to the Challenge of Sustainable Growth with a Big Environmental Push

In the framework of the inauguration of the Latin American Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary called on the region to plan investment and spending with sustainability.
20 July 2016 | Press Release

Worldwide Extraction of Materials Triples in Four Decades, Intensifying Climate Change and Air Pollution

Richest countries consume on average 10 times as many materials as world’s poorest, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme-hosted International Resource Panel (IRP).
14 June 2016 | Press Release

Countries from the Region Address at ECLAC Centrality of the Statistical Framework for Follow-Up to the 2030 Agenda
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, at the XV Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA).
XV Meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA.
13 June 2016 | Announcement

Countries in the Region Will Analyze Statistics Framework for Follow-Up to the 2030 Agenda
The Executive Committee of ECLAC’s Statistical Conference of the Americas Will Hold its Fifteenth Meeting at the regional organization’s headquarters June 14-16.
4 April 2016 | News

New skills for government statisticians in Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Government statisticians from three countries will learn how to use the REDATAM software (REtrieval of DATa for small Areas by Microcomputer) to develop online applications for the dissemination of national census data.
30 March 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Supports Region’s Countries in the Definition of the 2030 Agenda’s Indicators
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, inaugurated in Mexico the third meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group, which is in charge of proposing a framework of reference for measuring progress on compliance with the SDGs.
3 March 2016 | News

Mobile phone signals assist Caribbean in containing spread of Chikungunya
ECLAC has called on Caribbean countries to develop a Big Data Strategy to ensure that they take full advantage of the data revolution for sustainable development.
8 February 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC’s New Edition of Statistical Yearbook Compiles Relevant Data on the Region’s Situation
The 2015 edition updates a selected group of indicators of Latin America and the Caribbean countries.