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Cover Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2024
25 March 2024 | News

In 2023, Latin American and Caribbean International Bond Activity Rebounded from the 2022 Lows
The region's issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.
5 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Maintain Low Growth Levels in 2023 and 2024
In a new flagship annual report, ECLAC indicates that the region’s countries will continue to face an economic scenario of low growth. It is expected that regional Gross Domestic Product will grow 1.5% in 2024, slightly below the 1.7% estimated for the current year.
18 de August de 2023 | Speech

Conferencia magistral de José Antonio Ocampo: “Reformas al sistema financiero internacional”
Palabras de bienvenida del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
16 May 2023 | Press Release

Reducing Constraints on Growth and Development Imposed by Debt Service is Essential for Fiscal Policy Favorable to Economic and Social Development
The XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy began at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with the participation of authorities from the Ministries of Finance of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
15 de May de 2023 | Speech

Inauguración del XXXV Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal
Palabras de inauguración de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
Banner XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
11 May 2023 | Announcement

XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy will Analyze Challenges of Fiscal Policy to Boost Growth and Productive Transformation in a Complex Macro-financial Context
The traditional meeting will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, May 15-17, and will be attended by authorities from the Ministries of Finance of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Portada documento Corporate governance
30 March 2022 | News

Issuance of Sustainability-linked Bonds by Latin American Companies in International Markets Grows Exponentially in 2021
The region’s top three SLB issuers were Brazil (60%), Mexico (28%) and Chile (8%), and the top three sectors transportation (26%), forestry and paper (23%) and food and beverage (22%).
12 January 2022 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean’s Growth Will Slow to 2.1% in 2022 amid Significant Asymmetries between Developed and Emerging Countries
In its annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies 2021, ECLAC emphasizes that 2022 will be a year of major challenges for growth, job creation and tackling the pandemic’s social toll.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
12 July 2021 | News

It is Necessary to Rethink and Recreate Financial and International Cooperation Systems Altogether: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, insisted on the importance of reforming the international financial architecture to address the debt problem, during an event held in the framework of the UN High-level Political Forum.
17 June 2021 | Press Release

A Transformative Recovery after the COVID-19 Pandemic Requires a Global Covenant with Inclusion of Middle-Income Countries in All Forms of Cooperation and Finance
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, was one of the main speakers at the High-level Meeting on Middle-Income Countries, convened by the President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Banner XXXIII Regional Seminar of Fiscal Policy
23 April 2021 | News

Experts Stress the Need to Create a New Financing Model, at the Conclusion of the Thirty-Third Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
The event came to an end this Friday, April 23, with three webinars on financing for development, tax evasion and illicit flows, and climate finance.
26 March 2021 | Op-ed

A development allocation of SDRs should benefit all developing countries irrespective of their income levels
By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
16 December 2020 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Have Positive Growth in 2021, but It Will Not Be Enough to Recover Pre-Pandemic Levels of Economic Activity
In its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of the region, ECLAC forecasts an average contraction of -7.7% for 2020 – the largest in 120 years – and a rebound of 3.7% in 2021.
Banner media advisory Preliminary Overview 2020 ENG
11 December 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update its Economic Growth Estimates for the Region’s Countries in 2020 and Provide New Projections for 2021
The annual report “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” will be released during a virtual press conference offered by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Wednesday, December 16.
6 October 2020 | Press Release

For the Recovery and a Transformation towards Sustainable Economies and Inclusive Societies, Active Macroeconomic Policies must be Maintained and Deepened
ECLAC launched its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, an annual report in which it reaffirms that international cooperation, through better distribution of global liquidity, must underpin the expansion of policy space in the region.
11 June 2020 | Press Release

At Event for CAF’s 50th Anniversary, ECLAC Highlights the Role of Regional Development Banks in Supporting Countries as They Face the COVID-19 Crisis
The UN Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke along with Luis Carranza, Joseph Stiglitz, Ángel Gurría and Enrique Iglesias in the framework of CAF’s commemoration.
9 April 2020 | Press Release

60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
Full copy of the report at: http://bit.ly/fsdr2020.
De izquierda a derecha: Margarita Ducci, Directora Ejecutiva de la Red Pacto Global Chile; Daniel Titelman, Director de la División de Desarrollo Económico de la CEPAL; y Angus Rennie, Directivo Superior para Alianzas y Relaciones con las Naciones Unidas del Pacto Mundial de las Naciones Unidas.
22 April 2019 | News

The Private Sector Has the Opportunity to Contribute to Mobilizing Resources for Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Region
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, concluded the Business Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019, held in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
Seminario sobre Finanzas Sostenibles en la CEPAL
24 de May de 2018 | News

Representantes del mundo financiero y expertos internacionales analizan el avance de las finanzas sostenibles
Durante seminario realizado en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, participantes dialogaron sobre la promoción de un desarrollo más sostenible en Chile y la región.
9 de December de 2015 | Fact sheet

Una interpretación institucionalista de la política macroprudencial
Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 117, diciembre de 2015. Autores: Gustavo Chagas Goudard y Fábio Henrique Bittes Terra.

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