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18 March 2024 | Press Release

Lant Pritchett, a Development Economist from the University of Oxford, Analyzed at ECLAC Education Policies for Achieving Transformative Growth
The renowned U.S. scholar was the ninth and final speaker to participate in the Keynote Lecture Series organized to commemorate the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
4 March 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
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.
4 December 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents at COP28 Report that Stresses Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its Fight Against Global Warming
The document entitled “The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023: Financing needs and policy tools for the transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies” was unveiled by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, during the global gathering that is taking place in Dubai.
30 October 2023 | Press Release

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD: The World Desperately Needs Solidarity, Fraternity and Multilateralism
The prominent economist and former Vice President of Costa Rica, delivered the seventeenth Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC.
26 September 2023 | Press Release

Official Statistics are an Indispensable Public Good for the Proper Functioning of Societies and Democracy
The Twelfth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
14 July 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Identifies Room and Areas of Opportunity for Cooperation and Investment Ahead of Summit Between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union
The new document analyzes 14 areas of opportunity for boosting growth and transforming development models.
5 June 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs a Reactivation with Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future
At the start of his official visit to Brazil, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated in the inauguration of a seminar on “Financing for the Big Push for Sustainability,” which was held in Rio de Janeiro.
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.
19 January 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Cluster Policies to Escape the Current Low-Growth Trap in Latin America and the Caribbean

At the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, emphasized that the root cause of the low growth the region is experiencing now in a second lost decade is low productivity and lack of production diversification.
15 December 2022 | Press Release

Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Decelerate in 2023 and Will Grow by 1.3%
In its annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC projects that regional growth next year will be a third of the rate forecast for 2022.
29 November 2022 | Press Release

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 40.7% in 2021, but Did Not Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
In a new report, ECLAC calls on the region’s countries to use FDI strategically to strengthen and develop capacities that would contribute to sustainable and inclusive development.
26 October 2022 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Approve ECLAC’s Proposals for Propelling a Change in the Region’s Development Pattern
The Commission’s thirty-ninth session, which is its most important biennial meeting, concluded today in Buenos Aires with a ceremony led by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero; and the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
24 October 2022 | Press Release

It is Time to Raise the Level of Ambition and Promote Transformative Actions for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
With the presence of Argentina’s President, Alberto Fernández, authorities inaugurated the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC today in Buenos Aires.
23 October 2022 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Redouble Efforts to Transform Development Models and Put Policies for Productive Transformation and Diversification at the Center
At its thirty-ninth session, which begins this Monday, October 24 in Buenos Aires, ECLAC will present the region’s countries with its proposal for driving higher, more sustained growth and sustainable and inclusive development.
1 April 2022 | Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Appoints Mario Cimoli as Acting Executive Secretary of ECLAC
The Argentine economist will replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena, who concluded her mandate on March 31 after nearly 14 years at the helm of ECLAC.
18 September 2021 | Press Release

Countries of CELAC Unanimously Approve Lines of Action and Proposals for Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean and Give ECLAC a Mandate to Further its Implementation
The initiative was presented by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, during the regional bloc’s 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government, which was held in Mexico City.
5 August 2021 | Press Release

Amid the COVID-19 Crisis, Latin America and the Caribbean Received in 2020 the Lowest Amount of Foreign Direct Investment in a Decade
In a new report, ECLAC calls on the region’s countries to channel FDI flows – which are expected to hold steady in 2021 – towards activities that generate greater productivity, innovation and technology.
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.
2 July 2020 | Press Release

The Pandemic’s Impacts on the Hardest-Hit Production Sectors Will Affect One Third of Employment in the Region and One Fourth of GDP
ECLAC released a new Special Report COVID-19, in which it offers proposals for confronting the effects of the crisis on businesses and production sectors. The organization estimates that 2.7 million companies will close, most of them microenterprises, which would entail the loss of 8.5 million jobs.

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