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17 October 2013 | Press Release

Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Latin America Rose by 6% in the First Half of 2013
The United Nations commission reiterates its call for the region's countries to devise strategies to attract FDI resources to sectors with high technology content.
17 October 2013 | Press Release

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
"Our impressive achievement in cutting poverty by half should not blind us to the fact that more than 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty worldwide", states the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in his message.
17 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Latin American and Caribbean Countries to Make Progress in Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Women
Document highlights the deep inequalities affecting over 23 million indigenous women.
16 October 2013 | Press Release

Opening of the Twelfth Session of the ECLAC Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, led the opening ceremony for the event, which closes on Friday.
15 October 2013 | Press Release

Women's Unequal Participation in the Digital Economy Affects the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
The twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America will be opened today in the Dominican Republic.
15 October 2013 | Press Release

President of the Dominican Republic Met with the Executive Secretary of ECLAC
Danilo Medina and Alicia Bárcena highlighted the twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held this week in the country's capital.
14 October 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Will Discuss Gender Equality Policies in the Dominican Republic
The twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC, will focus on the economic autonomy of women - particularly in the digital economy.
7 de October de 2013 | Press Release

CEPAL propone redefinir la ciudad como bien público orientado a la igualdad
Pese a la expansión de los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento, cerca de 24% de la población de América Latina y el Caribe aún vive en tugurios.
5 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Describes Regional Migration Challenges
The Commission's Deputy Executive Secretary represented the five United Nations regional commissions at the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
4 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Countries to Promote Social Covenants for Investment
Latin America and the Caribbean will have to adopt short- and long-term policies to tackle an international context characterized by fiscal uncertainty and financial volatility.
3 October 2013 | Press Release

Latin American Countries Analyse the Mass Use of Mobile Broadband Using the 450MHz Frequency
ECLAC, in its role as technical secretariat for the Dialogue, will carry out a study on the subject.
2 October 2013 | Press Release

Database Launched to Analyse Impact of Climate Change on the Region's Coasts
Initiative supported by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Cantabria and ECLAC.
2 October 2013 | Press Release

Dominican Republic Will Host the 12th Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
This meeting organized by ECLAC and the Government of the Dominican Republic will be attended by authorities, international officials, experts and civil-society representatives.
30 September 2013 | Press Release

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Calls for Promotion of Social Covenants for Equality in the Region
Alicia Bárcena presented the document Structural Change for Equality: An Integrated Approach to Development at a seminar at Columbia University.
26 September 2013 | Press Release

Family Farming Has a Key Role in Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
The three agencies presented an annual report on agriculture in the region at the 2013 Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas in Buenos Aires.
25 September 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Adopt Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
Delegates agreed a series of measures around the eight priority areas identified in the regional agenda to follow-up the Cairo Programme of Action beyond 2014.
24 September 2013 | Press Release

"Our Generation Can Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger in the Next Decade"
The Executive Secretary of ECLAC took part in an event held in the framework of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
23 September 2013 | Press Release

Peru Will Host the Thirty-fifth Session of ECLAC
Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eda Rivas, and the ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, signed an agreement to this effect in Lima.
16 September 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Predicts that the Region's Exports Will Grow by 1.5% and Imports by 4.5% in 2013
Document analyses the effect of the weak global economy and negotiations for mega-regional agreements.
12 September 2013 | Press Release

There Remains a Gender Gap in Digital Inclusion in the Region's Countries
Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, took part in the Government Leaders Forum in Brazil.

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