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30 October 2017 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade Shows Signs of Recovery and Will Return to Growth in 2017

The value of the region’s goods exports is seen rising 10% this year, leaving behind the negative performance of the 2012-2016 period.

27 October 2017 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Recognize that Reducing the “Social Footprint” of the Current Model is Fundamental for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

The Second Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC, concluded today in Uruguay.

25 October 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC: Dual Social and Labor Inclusion is Indispensable for Avoiding Rollbacks

The Second Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated on Wednesday and will run through Friday, October 27.

24 October 2017 | Press Release

Criteria for Access to Concessional Financing Must Change to Support Caribbean Countries with their Reconstruction

ECLAC’s debt relief proposal for the countries most affected by recent hurricanes was presented by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, at a high-level ECOSOC meeting in New York.

23 October 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC: Despite progress, 7 out of every 10 households in Latin America do not reach minimum levels of simultaneous social and labor inclusion

The United Nations regional organization presents a new study in the framework of the Second Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development, which begins tomorrow in Montevideo, Uruguay.

23 October 2017 | Press Release

We Must Dismantle the Culture of Privilege to Be Able to Finance the 2030 Agenda: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in New York in a high-level debate on financing for development with other Executive Secretaries of the UN Regional Commissions.

19 October 2017 | Press Release

Urban Unemployment Will Keep Rising in Latin America and the Caribbean and is Seen Reaching 9.4% in 2017

In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist.

18 October 2017 | Press Release

China and Latin America and the Caribbean Must Advance Together Toward the Digital Revolution, the Green Economy, Job Creation and the Fight against Inequality: ECLAC

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at the conclusion of the debates of the First CELAC-China High-level Academic Forum, which was held in Santiago, Chile.

12 October 2017 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Reaffirms the Importance of Planning as a Means to Implement the 2030 Agenda

In the framework of the XVI Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, which took place in Peru, ECLAC launched the Regional Observatory on Planning and the Plan Barometer – two tools for improving planning in the region.

12 October 2017 | Press Release

Economic Activity in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Expand 1.2% in 2017 and 2.2% in 2018

ECLAC updated its growth projections for countries of the region.

11 October 2017 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Call for Thinking of Planning as a Space Where Equality and Sustainability Converge

ECLAC’s XV Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today in Lima, Peru.

10 October 2017 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena, Helen Clark, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Helle Thorning-Schmidt to Serve as Open Government Partnership Ambassadors

The Ambassadors were invited by the organization’s Steering Committee for their commitment to open government, as well as their storied careers and legacies fighting for citizen participation and empowerment.

5 October 2017 | Press Release

Commemoration in Havana of 40 Years of Advancement of Women’s Equality and Rights in the Region with a Focus on Pending Challenges

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, led the inauguration of the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women.

3 October 2017 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Urge Construction of Cities Centered on Equality, Sustainability and Productivity

In the context of the inauguration of the Cities Conference, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, presented the Regional Action Plan for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.