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Cover Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2024
25 March 2024 | News

In 2023, Latin American and Caribbean International Bond Activity Rebounded from the 2022 Lows
The region's issuers placed US$ 89 billion of bonds in international markets in 2023. This total was 40% higher than in 2022 but 35% lower than the average issuance in the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.
Banner XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
11 May 2023 | Announcement

XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy will Analyze Challenges of Fiscal Policy to Boost Growth and Productive Transformation in a Complex Macro-financial Context
The traditional meeting will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, May 15-17, and will be attended by authorities from the Ministries of Finance of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Portada documento Corporate governance
30 March 2022 | News

Issuance of Sustainability-linked Bonds by Latin American Companies in International Markets Grows Exponentially in 2021
The region’s top three SLB issuers were Brazil (60%), Mexico (28%) and Chile (8%), and the top three sectors transportation (26%), forestry and paper (23%) and food and beverage (22%).
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
12 July 2021 | News

It is Necessary to Rethink and Recreate Financial and International Cooperation Systems Altogether: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, insisted on the importance of reforming the international financial architecture to address the debt problem, during an event held in the framework of the UN High-level Political Forum.
Banner XXXIII Regional Seminar of Fiscal Policy
23 April 2021 | News

Experts Stress the Need to Create a New Financing Model, at the Conclusion of the Thirty-Third Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
The event came to an end this Friday, April 23, with three webinars on financing for development, tax evasion and illicit flows, and climate finance.
Banner media advisory Preliminary Overview 2020 ENG
11 December 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Update its Economic Growth Estimates for the Region’s Countries in 2020 and Provide New Projections for 2021
The annual report “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” will be released during a virtual press conference offered by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Wednesday, December 16.
Banner Economic Survey 2020 ENG
1 October 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020
The organization’s main annual economic report will be unveiled during a virtual press conference by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, on Tuesday, October 6.
Cover Capital Flows to LAC 2019
19 March 2020 | News

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean Picked Up in 2019, but Credit Quality Declined
In 2019, international bond issuance from the region increased and bond spreads tightened. Credit quality continued to deteriorate, however, although at a slower pace relative to 2018.
De izquierda a derecha: Margarita Ducci, Directora Ejecutiva de la Red Pacto Global Chile; Daniel Titelman, Director de la División de Desarrollo Económico de la CEPAL; y Angus Rennie, Directivo Superior para Alianzas y Relaciones con las Naciones Unidas del Pacto Mundial de las Naciones Unidas.
22 April 2019 | News

The Private Sector Has the Opportunity to Contribute to Mobilizing Resources for Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Region
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, concluded the Business Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019, held in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
From left to right: Jamie Bowden, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Chile; Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary; Mario Marcel, President of the Central Bank of Chile; and Ravi Vig, from the University of Cambridge
26 March 2019 | News

ECLAC and Cambridge University Launched a Fintech Collaboration Network

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, the President of Chile’s Central Bank, Mario Marcel, and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Jamie Bowden, inaugurated a seminar in Santiago where the joint initiative was presented.
Portada capital flows to Latin America 2018
15 March 2019 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Saw the Best and Worst Conditions for Tapping International Capital Markets in 2018
Over the course of last year, bond issuance from the LAC region slowed, spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated.
Group photo of the seminar's participants
10 January 2019 | News

Authorities and Experts at ECLAC Analyze the Regional Challenges Posed by the International Financial Crisis

Seminar held at the UN regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with special participation by the host country’s Central Bank Governor, Mario Marcel.
Foto de Wall Street
4 September 2017 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Issued US$ 74 Billion in International Bonds in the First Half of 2017

ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.
Foto de una bolsa de comercio
14 June 2017 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Issued International Bonds at a Record Pace in the First Quarter of 2017

ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.
21 June 2016 | News

New bond issuance in LAC region reached almost 14 billion dollars in March, the highest monthly issuance since June 2014
ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows.
13 May 2016 | News

ECLAC to enhance member states’ ability to forecast public expenditure
A high level ECLAC mission that included the Director of the subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, Diane Quarless, visited Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados, to inform project stakeholders about the upcoming activities of the ongoing ECLAC Development Account project, “Strengthening the technical capacity of public finance managers in select Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”. The project will also be introduced to policy makers in Belize.
9 September 2015 | News

Experts Address Local Finance Challenges in Ibero-American Countries
During the gathering held at ECLAC, participants presented research papers on fiscal and financial ties between different levels of government.
dollars
1 September 2014 | News

Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean Surged in the First Half of 2014
The region’s international bond sales reached a half-year record of US$ 84 billion in the first six months of the year, according to a new report by ECLAC’s Office in Washington D.C.
money
5 March 2014 | News

Thirty Years after the Debt Crisis, the Region Has Better and Cheaper Access to International Bond Markets
ECLAC study reviews the evolution of external financing of Latin America and the Caribbean since 1982.
dollars
5 March 2014 | News

Study Analyzes the Viability of Expanding the Latin American Reserve Fund to Other Countries in the Region
This kind of institution provides financing to manage external shocks and currency crises, thereby contributing to financial stability, ECLAC says.