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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.
3 August 2017 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Record a Positive, Though Still Low, Growth Rate in 2017
ECLAC holds its projection for average regional growth at 1.1% and stresses the importance of macroeconomic policies to regain economic dynamism.
11 May 2017 | Press Release

Labour Conditions Seen Continuing to Weaken in 2017 and Urban Unemployment Could Exceed 9% in the Region
New ECLAC-ILO report indicates that the increase in average regional unemployment in 2016 was the biggest annual rise in two decades. It also includes an analysis regarding the characteristics of immigrants’ insertion in the world of work.
24 April 2017 | Press Release

Economic Activity in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Expand 1.1% in 2017
ECLAC updated its growth projections for the region’s countries.
6 April 2017 | Press Release

At World Economic Forum on Latin America Alicia Bárcena Called for Forging New Compacts in the Region to Resume Growth and Reduce Inequality
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary is participating in the annual gathering being held through Friday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
20 February 2017 | Press Release

GDP of Central America and the Dominican Republic to Grow by an Average of 4.5% in 2017: ECLAC
The subregion will continue to enjoy the highest growth rate in Latin America and the Caribbean, in spite of uncertain international conditions and a slowdown in private consumption and investment.
17 January 2017 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean to return to positive growth in 2017: UN report
The region’s recovery will however be shallow amid persistent external and internal headwinds.
20 de December de 2016 | Press Release

Nuevo capítulo de “Horizontes CEPAL” repasa evolución y proyecciones de crecimiento económico de la región
El Director de la División de Desarrollo Económico, Daniel Titelman, es entrevistado en la tercera entrega del nuevo programa audiovisual del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas.
14 December 2016 | Press Release

Latin American and the Caribbean Will Resume Subdued Growth in 2017 Amid Uncertainty about Global Economy

After two consecutive years of decline, the region will grow by 1.3% in the upcoming year in a complex international scenario, according to ECLAC’s new projections.
28 October 2016 | Press Release

Empowering the 40% of Young Latin Americans Not in Formal Jobs, Education or Training could Spark New Growth Engines
OECD, ECLAC and CAF launched the latest Latin American Economic Outlook report.
19 October 2016 | Press Release

Labor Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean Continue to Deteriorate Amid Regional Economic Contraction
ECLAC/ILO report indicates that urban unemployment rose during the first half of 2016 and could average 8.6% this year, with notable heterogeneity among countries and subregions.
12 October 2016 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economy to Contract by -0.9% in 2016 and Grow 1.5% in 2017
ECLAC has updated its growth projections for the countries of the region.
26 July 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC: Recovery of Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Depends on Invigorating Public and Private Investment
The UN organization presented today its 2016 annual economic report, in which it forecasts that the region will contract -0.8% this year.
28 April 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Highlights the Priorities for Implementing the 2030 Agenda and SDGs in the Region
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in New York in a meeting of the United Nations Development Group for Latin America and the Caribbean.
8 April 2016 | Press Release

Economic Activity of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Contract -0.6% in 2016

ECLAC updated its growth projections for the region’s countries.
17 December 2015 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Grow Just 0.2% in 2016 in a Complex Global Scenario
ECLAC updated its growth projections for 2015 and next year. The fall in commodities prices and declining investment are some of the factors behind the slow regional expansion.
5 October 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Forecasts Region’s Economies Will Contract -0.3% in 2015 and Grow 0.7% in 2016
The regional economic dynamic shows a marked diversity. The economies of the South will be the most affected by the impact of a less favorable external context, the organization said.
7 April 2015 | Press Release

Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean to Grow Around 1% in 2015, According to ECLAC’s Latest Forecast
This downward revision by the United Nations organization reflects a global environment characterized by less economic dynamism than was expected in late 2014.
9 March 2015 | Press Release

Fiscal Policies Must Promote Productive Investment, ECLAC Says
In the report Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, the United Nations organization highlights that in the last 25 years, the external public debt has fallen from 70% to 16% of the region’s GDP.
13 February 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Diversifying the Region’s Productive Structure and Focusing on Technological Development
Alicia Bárcena participated in two events at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): a globalization debate and the Ricardo Torres Gaitán Lecture.

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