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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean rather than just read about it. In short: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC or ECLAC; Spanish: Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, CEPAL) is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 46 member states (20 in Latin America, 13 in the Caribbean and 13 from outside the region), and 14 associate members which are various non-independent territories, ass…

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Reference excerpt

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC or ECLAC; Spanish: Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, CEPAL) is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 46 member states (20 in Latin America, 13 in the Caribbean and 13 from outside the region), and 14 associate members which are various non-independent territories, associated island countries and a commonwealth in the Caribbean. ECLAC publishes statistics covering the countries of the region and makes cooperative agreements with non-profit institutions. The headquarters of ECLAC is in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC was established in 1948 as the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the name. It reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Executive secretaries

Themes and programmes

Implementing Sustainable Development Goals A mapping of ECLAC's activities to the Sustainable Development Goals (in 2023) shows that its current work emphasizes four SDGs; namely, SDG 17 on partnerships, SDG 8 on decent work, SDG 10 on reduced inequalities, and SDG 16 on peace and justice. In practice, ECLAC strives toward its own regional paradigm, called Global Environmental Keynesianism, which promotes multidimensional equality as the purpose of development. The commission seeks to balance the new SDGs with its earlier focus on equality and to better emphasize the environmental dimension of economic development. ECLAC has been working on a debt-swap strategy since 2016, titled the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap and Caribbean Resilience Fund. This fund aims to reduce the debt and fiscal constraints for investment in green industries, stimulate growth, promote economic transformation, and expand fiscal space for public investment such as for the SDGs.

Locations

Santiago, Chile (headquarters) Mexico City, Mexico (Central American subregional headquarters) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean subregional headquarters) Bogotá, Colombia (country office) Brasília, Brazil (country office) Buenos Aires, Argentina (country office) Montevideo, Uruguay (country office) Washington, DC, United States of America (liaison office)

Member states

The following are all member states of ECLAC:

Associate members The following are all associate members of ECLAC:

Former member states United States of America

Foreign investment A number of the political governments of the region maintain foreign direct investment promotion agencies in partnership with entities such as the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. Additionally ECLAC/CEPAL cooperates on regional annual conferences with CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the bloc overlaps with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States based in Uruguay.

See also List of currencies in the Americas List of stock exchanges in the Americas Library of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions United Nations System ELAC Action Plans – Intergovernmental strategy Association of Caribbean States Community of Latin American and Caribbean States

References

External links

Official website – UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (U.N. ECLAC)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

In research: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Development economics, Economy of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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