Latin America Needs Long-term State Policies to Attain Growth with Equality:ECLAC Executive Secretary:
ECLAC Executive Secretary:
Alicia Bárcena spoke during the XIV CAF Annual Conference on Trade and Investment in the Americas held in Washington, D.C.
Round table in Washington:
Two weeks before the United Nations MDG summit in New York, representatives discussed the progress made in Latin America and the Caribbean.
New ECLAC report:
According to the study Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2009-2010, the expansion of trade over the past decade was due more to prices than to value added.
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Seminar at ECLAC:
ECLAC will act as Technical Secretariat:
N° 101 is now available online:
In Summit of Heads of State held in San Juan, Argentina:
ECLAC Economic Survey 2009-2010:
At the eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women:
President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva:
ECLAC document presented in Brazil:
New United Nations report on the region:
ECLAC presents roadmap for the region:
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2009 - 2010:
The study makes a balance of the past decade and projects trade for this year.
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010:
This annual report from ECLAC reviews the situation of the region's economies and the outlook for the coming year.
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals with equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Progress and challenges:
This document sets out the main findings of a review of the countries' progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails:
Presented at ECLAC's Thirty-third session. Sets forth a comprehensive view on the future of Latin America and the Caribbean and suggests a broad array of State policies.
Foreign direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2009:
The publication includes data on investment flows of trans-latin companies and case studies on the automobile and iron and steel industries.
The reactions of the Governments of the Americas to the international crisis: an overview of policy measures up to 31 December 2009:
NEW - UPDATED. In this document ECLAC sums up the policies announced by governments of the region to address the global financial and economic crisis.
Opportunities for Convergence and Regional Cooperation:
Examines the main characteristics of the post-crisis scenario and identifies the ensuing demand for greater regional cooperation, presenting also several proposals to boost that cooperation.
Climate change: a regional perspective:
Jointly prepared by ECLAC and the IDB. Its purpose is to contribute to the ongoing discussion on the economic impact of climate change in light of the results of the latest session of the Conference on Climate Change, held in Copenhagen in December.
Millennium Development Goals: Advances in Environmentally Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Monitors the advances and difficulties in attaining the targets of the seventh MDG in the region.
Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009:
This annual publication is one of the leading sources of statistical information of the region, and contains social, economic and environmental data from the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is possible to access to the statistical chart in Excel format.
Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Summary 2009:
The study outlines the economic impact of climate change in the region. It was presented at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Copenhagen.
Social Panorama of Latin America 2009:
This 17th version of the report provides estimates for 2009 on poverty and indigence in the region and analyses social spending and government social protection policies

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