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30 de January de 2025 | Press Release

Revista CEPAL rinde homenaje a la vida y obra de Maria da Conceição Tavares, destacada economista heterodoxa y figura central en el pensamiento económico de América Latina
En su edición N⁰ 144, la reconocida publicación académica incluye además artículos de especialistas sobre los sistemas de metas de inflación y tipos de cambio, y los factores que impulsan las salidas de capital del sector privado no financiero en la región, entre otros temas.
27 January 2025 | Press Release

Authorities Stress the Urgency of Moving Towards a Development Measurement that Goes Beyond GDP
An international seminar, organized with a special focus on the needs of Latin American and Caribbean countries, was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Chile.
18 December 2024 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Continue with Low Growth and Will Expand 2.2% in 2024 and 2.4% in 2025: ECLAC
In its last economic report of the year, the United Nations regional commission proposes a series of policies for the region to be able to escape the trap of low growth capacity in which it is caught.
9 December 2024 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Need Better Fiscal Policies to Finance their Development
The OECD, ECLAC, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the European Commission launched their joint report "Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2024."
5 December 2024 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Committed to Accelerating the Effective Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Regional Gender Agenda
Today the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean came to a close at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
4 December 2024 | Press Release

It is Time for Strategic Investments and Public Policies to Advance Towards Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is taking place on December 4-5 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
28 de November de 2024 | Press Release

El BID, la CEPAL y el Grupo Banco Mundial estiman que una actuación oportuna evitó un impacto de 1,1 puntos porcentuales del PIB en el Rio Grande do Sul
El estudio conjunto estima en R$ 88.9 mil millones de reales los efectos de las inundaciones en el estado brasileño de Rio Grande do Sul en 2024 y propone medidas estratégicas para la recuperación del estado.
28 November 2024 | Press Release

Population Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Falls Below Expectations and Region’s Total Population Reaches 663 Million in 2024
ECLAC’s 2024 Demographic Observatory report, launched today, examines the acceleration of demographic changes in the first quarter of the 21st century in the region, along with the implications of ageing for the labor force and care.
27 November 2024 | Press Release

To Build a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future, Latin America and the Caribbean Must Overcome the Trap of Low Institutional Capacities and Ineffective Governance
Today marked the inauguration of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP) of ILPES-ECLAC in Chile.
26 November 2024 | Press Release

Clustering the Productive Economy: A Strategy for Competitiveness, Well-Being, Prosperity and Inclusive Development
A prominent Spanish scholar specialized in clusters, Jon Azúa, delivered the eighteenth Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
22 November 2024 | Press Release

At Least 11 Women Are Victims of Femicide Every Day in Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC calls for urgent action to prevent and eliminate gendered violence in the region.
21 November 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Strengthens its Cooperation with Brazil to Contribute to More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the Country and Region
During his visit to Brasilia, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, signed agreements with BNDES and the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services, celebrated 53 years of cooperation with IPEA, and presented a document with recommendations for a national plan of electric buses, among other activities.
18 de November de 2024 | Press Release

El desarrollo económico de Colombia, la sostenibilidad de los municipios del estado de Paraná y el vínculo entre la IED y las exportaciones en los países en desarrollo, son analizados en nuevo número de Revista CEPAL
Además de esos temas, la edición N⁰ 143 de la reconocida publicación académica incluye también artículos sobre el rol de la Amazonía en el modelo primario-exportador de Brasil y el bienestar subjetivo de las personas al ingresar al mercado laboral, entre otras investigaciones.
12 November 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC: The Regional Poverty Rate, which Rose with the Pandemic, Has Declined to a Level Similar to 2014 and in 2023 Reached the Lowest Figure on Record, but Income Inequality Remains High
Despite this progress, 172 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean still do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 66 million of them cannot buy a basic food basket, according to the report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: The challenges of non-contributory social protection in advancing towards inclusive social development.
8 November 2024 | Press Release

eLAC Begins a New Stage Centered on Concrete Actions and Projects, with the Approval of the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean 2026
Today marked the conclusion in Santiago of the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will now be called the Ministerial Conference on the Information Society and Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean, prioritizing concrete actions.
7 November 2024 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Advocated for Deepening Regional Cooperation on Digital Transformation through Concrete Actions and Projects
Today marked the inauguration of the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held through Friday, November 8 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
6 November 2024 | Press Release

A Real and Effective Digital Transformation Can Help Latin America and the Caribbean Overcome the Traps Hindering its Development
ECLAC is presenting a new document with recommendations in the framework of the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held this Thursday and Friday, November 7-8, in Chile.
31 October 2024 | Press Release

Social Inequality is a Trap for Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development and Inhibits the Exercise of Rights
Authorities participated on Thursday in Barbados in the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the framework of the XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
31 October 2024 | Press Release

Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean Meet to Discuss Policies to Navigate Uncertainty and Strengthen Resilience in the Region
A strategic opportunity to build resilience against future shocks that continue to challenge development in the region.
23 October 2024 | Press Release

The Value of Goods Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow by 4% in 2024: New Report by ECLAC
In the latest edition of the document entitled “International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean,” the United Nations regional commission also indicates that services exports will increase at a double-digit rate for the fourth straight year.

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