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Economic Reactivation Needs Productive, Fiscal and Institutional Structural Reforms to Move Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable
A special issue of the CEPAL Review on COVID-19’s economic and social effects in the region was presented during a webinar led by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary.
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has been the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most harmed in economic and social terms. This is due to longstanding structural factors that have portended its dysfunctional development pattern. That is why the economic reactivation must pursue, at the same time, significant productive, fiscal and institutional structural reforms, in order to move forward on configuring a new, inclusive and sustainable development pattern.
Costa Rica champions multilateralism to tackle global challenges
Costa Rica champions multilateralism to tackle global challenges
San Jose, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) The only way to address global challenges comprehensively and inclusively is through strong and effective multilateralism, Christian Guillermet, Costa Rica´s deputy Foreign Minister, stated.
In this case, the United Nations constitutes such a multilateral forum par excellence and our best bet to address present and future challenges, said Guillermet, while attending the first annual report presentation on regional results of the new Platform for Regional Collaboration for Latin America and the Caribbean.
As part of the 4th Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during this report the Regional Knowledge Platform on the 2030 Agenda and the coalition topics and working groups of this new archite
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ECLAC’s Associate Member Countries Call for Cooperation and Support towards a Resilient COVID-19 Recovery and Readvancing 2030 Agenda
The “High-level meeting on the challenges faced by Associate Members of ECLAC in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held ahead of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021.
Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and sustainable development and identifying common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level meeting with Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Chair of the Commission, Costa Rica. United Nations’ Resident Coordinators and intergovernmental organizations serving the Caribbean also participated.