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Imagen aérea de asentamientos de viviendas en Brasil.
31 March 2015 | News

ECLAC Recommends Improving Statistics to Measure Territorial Development
The scant coverage of sub-national indicators and differences in political-administrative structures limit data comparability between countries, according to a study by the regional United Nations organization.
31 March 2015 | News

ECLAC and IDLO Join Forces to Advise the Region’s Countries on Economic Policies Oriented towards Sustainable Development
Both institutions signed a cooperation agreement last January.
Photo of the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
31 March 2015 | News

Latin American Countries Are among the Main Complainants and Respondents at the WTO
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile are the countries from the region that most frequently turn to the global body that reviews trade disputes among its members.
Vista geral da cidade de Bogotá.
31 March 2015 | News

Study Proposes Public Policy Priorities for Colombian Cities in Accordance with their Social Development
Report classifies the country’s 23 main cities into six groups: elderly, mature, adult, big and young, adolescent and embryonic.
31 March 2015 | News

New ECLAC Study Analyzes Outcomes of the Trade Agreements Signed by CARICOM
The document recommends Caribbean economies to transform their production systems in order to take advantage of the market access opportunities.
Foto de monedas
31 March 2015 | News

Latin America Makes Progress on Tax System Reforms

Sixteen countries in the region have made changes to their tax systems in the past year. ECLAC’S Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015 presents a summary of the measures adopted.
Foto de persona frente a unos contenedores
30 March 2015 | News

Report Analyzes U.S. Trade and Investment Ties with the Region
Latin America and the Caribbean remains a major trading partner for the United States and one of the main destinations for foreign direct investment, ECLAC’s report says.
30 March 2015 | Op-ed

Road Safety Needs Integrated Public Policies
Ricardo Sánchez, Officer-in-Charge of ECLAC’s Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division, explains the path that the region’s countries will tread towards the global conference to be held on this issue in Brazil in November 2015 (published in ECLAC Notes Nº 83).
30 March 2015 | Press Release

Norway and ECLAC Call for Placing Equality at the Center of Development Policies
The results of a cooperation agreement signed in 2013 will be presented at the high-level seminar “Paths Towards Equality and Development: Latin America-Norway Dialogue.”
30 March 2015 | Speech

High-level seminar “Paths towards equality and development: dialogue between Latin America and Norway”
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
photo of children from Haiti
30 March 2015 | News

Haiti Needs to Strengthen Its Social Protection System for Childhood and Adolescence

A new publication by ECLAC and UNICEF analyzes Haiti’s public policies aimed at boys, girls and adolescents.
Maqueta del edificio de la CEPAL en el MoMA.
27 March 2015 | News

Iconic ECLAC Building, Protagonist at MoMA
The exhibit Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955 – 1980 will include a mock-up and several images of the headquarters of the United Nations organization.
26 March 2015 | News

ECLAC is assisting the subregion in identifying Caribbean SDGs
The international community will adopt new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a Special Summit of the United Nations on Sustainable Development scheduled for September 2015 in New York.
26 March 2015 | News

ECLAC is assisting the subregion in identifying Caribbean SDGs
The international community will adopt new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a Special Summit of the United Nations on Sustainable Development scheduled for September 2015 in New York.
26 March 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Meets with Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro
The regional United Nations organization will advise the government on the implementation of social policies.
26 March 2015 | Announcement

Latin American and Norwegian Perspective on Public Policies for Equality Will Be Analyzed in a Seminar
The high-level event “Paths Toward Equality and Development: Latin America-Norway Dialogue” will take place on March 30-31 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
25 March 2015 | Statement

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
“Slavery persists in many parts of the world in the form of forced labour, trafficking, sexual exploitation or captivity in slavery-like conditions,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his annual message.
photo of César Núñez, Regional Director of UNAIDS for Latin America, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
24 March 2015 | News

ECLAC and UNAIDS Sign Agreement to Support the Regional Response to HIV/AIDS
The memorandum of understanding was signed by Alicia Bárcena, the Commission’s Executive Secretary, and César Núñez, Regional Director of UNAIDS for Latin America.
23 March 2015 | Press Release

Tackling Health Inequality Requires New Global Political Governance
Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector of the University of Oslo, gave a keynote lecture at ECLAC and met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
23 March 2015 | Press Release

Latin America Needs More Integration in Light of the New Post-2015 Development Agenda
During a meeting of ECLAC’s Committee of the Whole in New York, Norway’s incorporation as a member of the Commission was accepted, along with other matters.

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