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30 September 2020 | Infographic

ECLAC contribution to integration in Central America
The proposal for development and integration in Central America put forward by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the basis of its considerable prior experience, is set out and updated in these infographics. The proposal emphasizes the need for a progressive structural change driven across various fronts: the social sector, energy, climate change challenges, infrastructure, fiscal coordination, trade, productive integration and innovation. It focuses on the importance of an environmental big push for equality and sustainability, supported by coordinated public policies capable of decoupling development from environmental externalities and improving the quality of life of the population.
25 September 2020 | Press Release

Costa Rica Presents a Proposal for a COVID-19 Economic Relief Fund
This solidarity initiative amid the recession caused by the pandemic was presented this Friday by the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, along with global leaders, in the framework of the United Nations General Assembly.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
14 de September de 2020 | News

La región requiere un amplio consenso social y político que permita implementar reformas ambiciosas para emprender un proceso de reconstrucción sostenible e igualitario
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, participó hoy en la Cuarta Reunión de Altas Autoridades del Grupo de Trabajo Conjunto de Cumbres sobre el Impacto del COVID-19 en las Américas, en la que subrayó la importancia de la integración regional para la recuperación de la crisis.
31 de August de 2020 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL analiza la macroeconomía, la cooperación financiera y la política fiscal con miras a una nueva estrategia de desarrollo regional
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre política fiscal, industria manufacturera en México y la técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en Argentina a mediados del siglo XX, entre otros temas.
4 August 2020 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Urge for a Paradigm Shift in International Financing and for Strengthening Multilateralism
Representatives of ECLAC’s member countries met today at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole, in which Costa Rica assumed the regional organization’s Presidency Pro Tempore for the next two years.
30 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC and PAHO: Controlling the pandemic requires convergence and coordination between health, economic, social and productive policies

New joint report states that economic recovery will only be possible by flattening the curve of contagion. It proposes three phases to control the pandemic, reactivate the economy with protection, and rebuild in an inclusive and sustainable way.
22 July 2020 | Press Release

Equality Reinforces Economic Efficiency, Fostering Productivity, Growth and Diversification: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary highlighted the positive effects of equality for a better recovery in the wake of the pandemic, during a high-level event organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
13 July 2020 | Press Release

It is Crucial to Propose a Social Compact Based on a Broad and Participatory Dialogue to Face the Present Contingency and Rethink the Post COVID-19 Reactivation
In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based social policies to confront the crisis.
10 July 2020 | Press Release

Event with Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stresses the Importance of Guaranteeing a Universal Social Protection System

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a side event at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on COVID-19’s socioeconomic impacts in the region and policy responses for building back better.
30 June 2020 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Putting Poverty Eradication at the Center of Debate and Building Back Better with Equality and Sustainability
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a high-level virtual meeting on “Trends, Options and Strategies in Poverty Eradication Across the World,” an event that marked the inauguration of the United Nations’ Alliance for Poverty Eradication.
27 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Calls on Us to Build a New Development Model and Strengthen Regional Integration to Confront the Crisis: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in an EU-LAC Foundation webinar, urging for a “new green deal” to be forged with Europe for a more democratic, less unequal and more sustainable world.
20 de April de 2020 | Press Release

Revista CEPAL ya está disponible en internet, con estudios sobre tecnología, empleo e innovación en América Latina

Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre determinantes de la productividad laboral en México, un enfoque regional para estudiar la diversidad industrial en Argentina y la anatomía de la clase media brasileña, entre otros temas.
3 April 2020 | Press Release

The Only Strategic Option in the Medium Term to Mitigate COVID-19’s Effects in the Region is to Move Towards a New Development Model through Greater Integration
A new report by ECLAC warns that the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus illness could lead to a contraction of at least -1.8% in Latin America and the Caribbean’s GDP in 2020.
31 March 2020 | Op-ed

Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
2 March 2020 | News

We Must Move Towards a New Vision of Development that is More Innovative, Diversified and Inclusive: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary spoke at a CAF seminar on the challenges of growth in Latin America.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, durante el evento
19 February 2020 | News

Latin America Must Move from the Capitalism of Shareholders to a Fairer and More Inclusive Capitalism of Stakeholders
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in Mexico City in a gathering with businesspeople focused on the debates at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland).
19 de December de 2019 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL analiza la competitividad en los países en desarrollo y las oportunidades para avanzar en una agenda ambiental y social
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre precariedad laboral en Chile, disparidades fiscales regionales en Uruguay y una exploración empírica de la calidad de vida del adulto mayor, entre otros temas.
foto de la visita a El Salvador
13 de September de 2019 | News

CEPAL presentó al Gobierno de El Salvador el Plan de Desarrollo Integral de Centroamérica y México
La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, Alicia Bárcena, se reunió en San Salvador con diversas autoridades del país centroamericano.
12 de September de 2019 | Press Release

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL presentó al Gobierno de Guatemala el Plan de Desarrollo Integral de Centroamérica y México
En el marco de una visita oficial, Alicia Bárcena se reunió con el Presidente del país, Jimmy Morales, y el Presidente electo para 2020-2024, Alejandro Giammattei, entre otras autoridades.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
26 de August de 2019 | News

“Desenredar las raíces de la desigualdad y mejorar su medición es clave para abordar los desafíos de los países en transición”: Alicia Bárcena
Durante seminario de la Escuela de Verano 2019, la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL reiteró que la igualdad es un instrumento de desarrollo, ya que es el sustento para una buena economía.

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