United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
La CEPAL es una de las cinco comisiones regionales de las Naciones Unidas y su sede está en Santiago de Chile. Se fundó para contribuir al desarrollo económico de América Latina, coordinar las acciones encaminadas a su promoción y reforzar las relaciones económicas de los países entre sí y con las demás naciones del mundo. Posteriormente, su labor se amplió a los países del Caribe y se incorporó el objetivo de promover el desarrollo social.
Primary web addresses
http://www.eclac.org/english/news/icepa10c.html
Email
dpisantiago@eclac.cl
Main Address
PO Box: Casilla 179-D
Santiago
Santiago
Country
Chile
Main Telephone
+ 56 2 210 2000
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Features
23.06.2005
In the past five years, Latin America and the Caribbean have continued to advance in the fight against hunger, to improve gender equity in education and access to drinking water, and to reduce infant mortality, but the region continues to lag behind in meeting some of the Millennium goals, such as halving extreme poverty, making primary education universal, and turning around the decline in the environment.
Read moreRelated topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [MDGs]
Image: © Fundació Pau i Solidaritat
06.08.2004
A study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Cuba's Nacional Institute for Economic Research (INIE) focuses on the recent social and economic development in this, the largest island within the Antilles.
Read moreRelated topics/regions: [Cuba] [Development] [Economy]
Image: © Julio Etchart / OneWorld UK
21.07.2004
The productive structure in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean is today more heterogeneous than it was in the past and than other developing economies, such as those of eastern Asia. The region has a model based on "three speeds", each of which requires different types of public policy to develop.
Read moreRelated topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Development] [Economy]
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