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5 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Economies Will Maintain Low Growth Levels in 2023 and 2024
In a new flagship annual report, ECLAC indicates that the region’s countries will continue to face an economic scenario of low growth. It is expected that regional Gross Domestic Product will grow 1.5% in 2024, slightly below the 1.7% estimated for the current year.
9 November 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC: It is Time for Transformational Changes, Like the One Proposed by the Care Society
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented today the main document of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place through Friday in Buenos Aires.
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.
19 de December de 2019 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL analiza la competitividad en los países en desarrollo y las oportunidades para avanzar en una agenda ambiental y social
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre precariedad laboral en Chile, disparidades fiscales regionales en Uruguay y una exploración empírica de la calidad de vida del adulto mayor, entre otros temas.
6 May 2018 | Press Release

Inequality is Inefficient, Since it Constitutes an Impediment to Growth, Development and Sustainability
In the framework of its 37th session to be held in Cuba, ECLAC will present a new institutional document with its development proposal for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
8 September 2016 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: The Region is at a Crossroads that Offers the Possibility of Progressive Structural Change
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the XX Annual CAF Conference, in Washington.
8 May 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Advocates for Equality as the Driving Force for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena attended the 10th Meeting of the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancun, Mexico.
10 March 2015 | Press Release

Tax Reforms Must Pursue Equality of Rights in the Region, Officials Say at ECLAC
Chilean Finance Minister Alberto Arenas and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, inaugurated the XXVII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy in Santiago, Chile.
30 January 2015 | Press Release

The Costa Rican Government and ECLAC Will Strengthen Mutual Cooperation to Boost the Country’s Development
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, met with Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís as well as other national authorities.
15 January 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Reaffirms Commitment to Equality during Visit by Thomas Piketty
Renowned French economist held a meeting with officials from the Commission and special guests.
13 November 2013 | Press Release

Germany and ECLAC Sign a Protocol for Structural Change Based on Equality and Sustainability
During her two-day visit to the European country, Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, described the development challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean.
5 December 2012 | Press Release

ICC and ECLAC Promote Debate on Sustainable Environmental Taxation
In the context of the eighteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
25 January 2012 | Press Release

"Investment in Latin America Is Not Enough to Achieve Development"
While average investment in the region is 20% of GDP, in some countries in Asia Pacific it is 40%, stated Alicia Bárcena.
11 January 2012 | Press Release

"Tax Reforms With a Vision of Sustainable Development Are Needed in Latin America"
Alicia Bárcena and the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Dirk Niebel, took part in a roundtable on climate change.
4 August 2003 | Press Release

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Former Brazilian President Gives the Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture Series
On the occasion of the Third Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture Series, nextFriday 8 August 2003 the former president of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, will deliver a magisterial lecture entitled Beyond the economy: interactions between policy and economic development, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).