Tag: ECLAC

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:55 UTC

  Chinese PM Wen Jibao to visit Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile

  

  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is to attend the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio De Janeiro, and pay official visits to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile from June 20 to 26, it was announced in Beijing the Foreign Ministry

• Saturday, June 16th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  UN Economic commission forecasts 3.7% growth in Latam and Caribbean this year

  

  The latest ECLAC report, “Macroeconomic report on Latin America and the Caribbean, Jun 2012” shows that activity in the first months of this year has been stronger tan in the second half of 2011 despite considerable global uncertainty and volatility.
  The report estimates Latam and Caribbean growth for this year at 3.7% compared to 4.3% in 2011.

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:48 UTC

  World Bank chief economist warns Latam of the “middle-income trap”

  

  In what would be his last speech as part of the organization, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank Justin Lin held a conference at the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago de Chile.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 23:23 UTC

  FDI in several Latam countries during 2011 marked a historic record

  

  Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2011 reached 153.448 billion dollars, which represents 10% of the global total flows according to a report presented on Thursday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 18:51 UTC

  Forum to promote trade and investment relations Latam-India

  

  The potential of India for Latinamerican exports and investment opportunities was underscored during the presentation of a report “India and Latin America and the Caribbean, opportunities and challenges in trade and investment relations” sponsored by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 04:22 UTC

  Latam forecasted to expand 4.4% this year and 3.5% in 2012

  

  The Executive Secretary from the UN Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, ECLAC, Alicia Barcena said that the European crisis is beginning to be felt but nevertheless growth in the region will continue this year and in the coming twelve months at levels above 3.5%.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Poverty in Latam at lowest level in 20 years; but 174 million are still below the line

  

  Poverty and indigence in Latin America and the Caribbean are at their lowest in twenty years according to the latest report from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, released on Tuesday in Chile.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 21:32 UTC

  FDI in Latam expands 41% in 2011 first half; strong support from ‘trans-Latins’

  

  In spite of global financial volatility during the first half of 2011, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean continued to grow maintaining the 2010 trend, according to a Tuesday release from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, in Santiago de Chile.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 00:29 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean exports forecasted to expand 27% this year, says ECLAC

  

  The value of goods exported from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 27% in 2011, which is similar to that of last year according to a report presented in Santiago, Chile, by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  ECLAC anticipates mild global recession with slower growth impact in Latam

  

  The United Nations Economic Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC warned on Tuesday that markets’ volatility will “persist” particularly because of the default-threat from several European countries.