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21 February 2024 | Press Release

2023 Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Offers a Set of Regional Statistics on the Three Pillars of Development
The 2023 version of this document includes select indicators on the economic, social and environmental situation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
9 January 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO: The Region’s Low Economic Growth Affected Labour Market Dynamism in 2023
According to a new joint publication by these two United Nations organizations, the increase in the regional employment rate, seen in 2022, slowed significantly in the first six months of 2023, while the participation rate declined.
28 September 2023 | Press Release

Statistical Conference of the Americas Successfully Concludes its Twelfth Meeting
At the end of the event, countries urged for generating and consolidating statistics and indicators on the environment, climate change and disasters.
26 September 2023 | Press Release

Official Statistics are an Indispensable Public Good for the Proper Functioning of Societies and Democracy
The Twelfth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
22 February 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents a Selection of Key Statistics on Development in the Region’s Countries
The 2022 version of the Statistical Yearbook includes selected indicators on Latin America and the Caribbean’s economic, social and environmental situation.
26 January 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Countries to Strengthen the Production, Analysis and Use of Statistics to Address the Causes of Migration with a Development and Human Rights Perspective
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional commission’s Executive Secretary, participated in the closing session of the Third International Forum on Migration Statistics, which was held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
24 August 2022 | Press Release

Authorities Urge for Deepening Regional Cooperation to Meet the Growing Demand for Timely, Quality Statistical Information
The twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
5 April 2022 | Press Release

New Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Presents Relevant Indicators on the Economic, Social and Environmental Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean
The 2021 version of this publication updates a selection of key statistics on the development of the region’s countries.
25 November 2021 | Press Release

Authorities Reaffirm their Commitment to Incorporating the Gender Perspective into Statistical Production and Urge for Breaking the Statistical Silence to Achieve Social Justice
The Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC concluded today with a call to strengthen knowledge dissemination and horizontal cooperation.
23 November 2021 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Reaffirm the Urgency of Measuring Gender Gaps and Quantifying the Loss of Natural Capital and Well-Being to Attain a Sustainable and Egalitarian Recovery
At the inauguration of the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, authorities stressed the relevance of consolidating the statistical institutional framework in Latin America and the Caribbean.
15 October 2021 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents the CEPALSTAT Portal’s New Interface Linking Regional Statistics and Geospatial Information on Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, led the launch of the revamped portal and stressed the importance of the interoperability of information through open data.
8 July 2021 | Press Release

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

In a new report, ECLAC raised its regional growth estimate for this year to 5.2% based on an economic rebound but that does not ensure sustained expansion. It warns that the social impacts of the crisis are worsening and will continue during the recovery.
7 April 2021 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stress the Importance of Producing Timely and Reliable Statistics for a Transformative Recovery with Equality
The twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was inaugurated today with a call to strengthen the role of national statistics offices in order to tackle the challenges of COVID-19.
24 March 2021 | Press Release

2020 Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Offers a Set of Statistics on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The latest version of this flagship publication by the United Nations regional commission presents a selection of indicators and statistics on the social, economic and environmental situation of the region’s countries.
25 August 2020 | Press Release

Countries Stress the Importance of Statistics for Raising the Visibility of the Vulnerabilities and Major Inequalities that Characterize the Region
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) was inaugurated today with a call to strengthen the role of national statistical offices in order to tackle the challenges of COVID-19.
19 de May de 2020 | Press Release

América Latina y el Caribe representa el 8% del PIB global y de la población mundial, según nuevo informe multilateral
El Programa de Comparación Internacional (PCI), del que la CEPAL forma parte, publicó hoy las nuevas paridades del poder adquisitivo (PPA) correspondientes al ciclo de 2017.
7 April 2020 | Press Release

New Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook Offers a Set of Regional Statistics on the Three Pillars of Development
The 2019 edition of the Commission’s annual report presents a select set of indicators on the social, economic and environmental situation in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
3 April 2020 | Press Release

The Only Strategic Option in the Medium Term to Mitigate COVID-19’s Effects in the Region is to Move Towards a New Development Model through Greater Integration
A new report by ECLAC warns that the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus illness could lead to a contraction of at least -1.8% in Latin America and the Caribbean’s GDP in 2020.
19 November 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Breaking Statistical Silences and Seeking More and Better Data to Move Towards Sustainable Development with Equality
The United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the Director of Chile’s National Institute of Statistics, Guillermo Patillo, inaugurated the Tenth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas today in Santiago.
24 April 2019 | Press Release

Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development Begins with a Call to Strengthen Multilateralism and Regional Cooperation
The third meeting of the gathering was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with the presence of representatives from all the region’s countries.

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