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COVID-19 Observatory

in Latin America and the Caribbean

Economic and social impact

The new global scenario in times of COVID-19 makes it necessary to take urgent measures and assess the impacts they will have. ECLAC has built this Observatory to support review and follow-up over the medium and long terms and at the request of CELAC. The Observatory tracks the public policies that the 33 countries of the Latin America and Caribbean region are implementing to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers analyses of the economic and social impacts that these policies will have at the national and sectoral levels.

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Social Panorama of Latin America 2021

Measures and actions at the national level

Information tools

How to finance sustainable development: Recovery from the effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
January 2022 | NU. CEPAL

How to finance sustainable development: Recovery from the effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Global asymmetries influence policies for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 30 years after the Earth Summit and the global adoption of an international development agenda, in...
How to finance sustainable development: Recovery...
International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Pursuing a resilient and sustainable recovery
December 2021 | NU. CEPAL

International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Pursuing a resilient and sustainable recovery

In its 2021 edition, this ECLAC annual report examines the foreign trade performance of the region’s economies during the current year, with the most recent figures available on the impact of COVID...
International Trade Outlook for Latin America and...
November 2021 | NU. CEPAL

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Policies to protect labour relations and hiring subsidies amid the COVID-19 pandemic

October 2021 | NU. CEPAL

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Labour dynamics and employment policies for sustainable and inclusive recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis

August 2021 | NU. CEPAL

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

July 2021 | NU. CEPAL

The recovery paradox in Latin America and the Caribbean Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity

April 2021 | NU. CEPAL

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Fiscal policy challenges for transformative recovery post-COVID-19

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News

  • Press Release 25/01/2022

    Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

    In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.

  • Press Release 12/01/2022

    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.

    12/01/2022
    Press Release 07/12/2021

    The Region’s Trade Will Increase Significantly in 2021, but the Recovery Will be Asymmetrical and Heterogeneous in a Context of Uncertainty

    In its annual report “International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean,” ECLAC forecasts that exports will grow by 25% this year, after falling 10% in 2020.

    07/12/2021
  • Press Release 14/10/2021

    ECLAC and PAHO Urge for Accelerating Vaccination Processes, Transforming Health Systems and Building Welfare States to Control the Pandemic and Further the Region’s Recovery

    Press Release 31/08/2021

    Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow 5.9% in 2021, Reflecting a Statistical Carry-over Effect that Will Moderate to 2.9% in 2022

    Press Release 05/08/2021

    Amid the COVID-19 Crisis, Latin America and the Caribbean Received in 2020 the Lowest Amount of Foreign Direct Investment in a Decade

    Press Release 08/07/2021

    Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021 Will Not Manage to Reverse the Adverse Effects of the Pandemic

    Press Release 21/04/2021

    To Drive the Economic Reactivation and Mitigate the Pandemic’s Negative Effects, It is Essential that the Region Maintain Expansionary Fiscal Policy

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Activities

policy-hackathon
Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies | 8 Jun-23 Jul 2020 , BANGKOK, Thailand

Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements

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Other events | 10 Jul 2020

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the new global and regional context: scenarios and projections in the current crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual meeting - Side event on the margins of the 2020 High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development
ReuniónComiteEjecutivo -CONFERENCIA DE CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y TEC-covid_y_tecnologias
Other events | 2 Jul 2020 , 10:30 Santiago time, Chile

Executive Committee Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation, Information and Communication Technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Evento Cerrado.
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Other events | 30 Jun 2020 , Santiago, Chile

Webinar: Retos para la innovación tecnológica en el sector portuario

Evento organizado por el Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe (SELA), Maritime Policy Bureau y la Red de Puertos Digitales y Colaborativos, con participacion de la Unidad de Servicios de...

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COVID-19 tracking

Ceremonia de entrega en el recinto de la ONU en Beijing para la donación de suministros médicos al Gobierno de China. Foto: PNUD China

COVID-19 response information from the United Nations System

Directorio de sitios oficiales sobre el COVID-19 en los países de América Latina y el Caribe

Directory of official sites on COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean countries

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Latest news from PAHO/WHO about Coronavirus in Latin America and the Caribbean

Social Development and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Social Development and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

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