20 December 2021 | Briefing note
Economic growth in the United States slowed to a 2.1% annual rate in the third quarter of 2021, from a 6.7% annual rate in the second.
13 December 2021 | Insights
Despite the achievements of past decades, the future of children and adolescents today is more uncertain. The pandemic exposed inequities —tolerated by our societies until now— not only in terms of health, but also in social and economic areas, which have resulted in a greater impact on vulnerable populations.
10 December 2021 | Insights
The pandemic has had a critical impact on the educational trajectories of children and adolescents in Latin America. Video-call interviews with more than 150 students, teachers, and parents in eight countries in the region (namely, Argentina, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and Uruguay) in 2020 and 2021 reveal the challenges and opportunities faced in the transition to remote and online education during lockdown.
9 December 2021 | Briefing note
The Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) - Population Division of ECLAC has joined the Secretary-General’s UNITE campaign to put an end to violence against women, which this year adopted the slogan “Ya es Ya” in Spanish (Now is now) within the United Nations system in the region.
30 November 2021 | Briefing note
In the first nine months of 2021, total Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond issuance in international markets reached US$ 124 billion, up 6% from the same period in 2020.
24 November 2021 | Briefing note
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participates in the Training Program on Women and Trade in the Americas, organized by the Program of Chairs of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in particular, the Chairs of the University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (Barbados), the University of Chile, and the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).
24 November 2021 | Briefing note
Femicide is a problem that continues to affect thousands of women and girls every year in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite its increased visibility and the pressure exerted by women’s mass movements that have expressed their rejection of gender violence in different countries
23 November 2021 | Briefing note
Starting on the 24 November 2021 and in support of the 16 days of activism, the Division of Gender Affairs and the ECLAC Library highlight resources on themes related to women and girls.
9 November 2021 | Briefing note
At a parallel event at the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change (COP 26), in a hybrid form (in-person at the COP 26 venue at Glasgow and virtual by means of a digital platform), on 9 November, over ten Parliamentary leaders from Latin-American and Caribbean countries, jointly with Parliamentarians from Spain and the United Kingdom, announced the creation of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC).
6 November 2021 | Briefing note
7 October 2021 | Briefing note
The growth in the first half of 2021, the fastest pace in 37 years, was sufficient to push the United States economy above its pre-pandemic level.
6 October 2021 | Briefing note
Speakers from the Utrecht University present a new vision on recognition and rewards and its commitment to open science
5 October 2021 | Briefing note
The side event entitled “The burden of unpaid care work on Caribbean women in the time of COVID-19”, which took place within the context of the 61st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Caribbean women with particular focus on the increasing burden of unpaid care work. It also showcased experiences and progress in the development of time use measurements in the subregion. The event was moderated by Malaka Parker and included interventions from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, ECLAC’s Division for Gender Affairs, the OECS Commission, and showcased country experiences from Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, and Grenada.
22 September 2021 | Briefing note
The UN World Food Systems Summit (FSS) 2021 aims to deliver healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive food systems and to progress globally across all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report was prepared to provide harmonized pathways and game changing solutions to overcome common and regional challenges that limit the transformation of the food system into an inclusive, healthy, sustainable, and resilient systems.
31 August 2021 | Briefing note
Organized by ECLAC -in its capacity as Technical Secretariat of the Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of the older persons in Latin America and the Caribbean- with the support of UNFPA-LACRO, the regional meeting was held on August 26 to initiate the process for the preparation of country reports on the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), within the framework of the fourth review and evaluation of its implementation.
27 August 2021 | Briefing note
30 July 2021 | Briefing note
14 July 2021 | Briefing note
Maintaining our community of ECLAC staff and library users during the COVID-19 pandemic
8 July 2021 | Briefing note
The virtual event was developed within the framework of the Development of a Hydrological Platform and Simulation Model of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for the Amazon Basin.
8 July 2021 | Briefing note