For the fifth time, the countries of the region are convening in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. On each occasion, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a report on regional...

Global asymmetries influence policies for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 30 years after the Earth Summit and the global adoption of an international development agenda, in practical terms the environmental pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has not been...

Este libro forma parte de las actividades conmemorativas del quincuagésimo aniversario de la fundación del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la CEPAL. Para su elaboración se han reunido las contribuciones de antiguos funcionarios, expertos...

This paper assesses the scope and impact of innovative development finance (IDF) in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries in the 2000s. It also reports the views from the region’s relevant actors regarding IDF. The paper finds that very little IDF flowed to LAC in the 2000s,...

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are an innovative institutional model to channel financing and knowledge to developing countries. In Latin America, the balance of forces between competition and collaboration among MDBs and other sources of development finance have formed a system that is...

Desde 2020, el mundo vio multiplicadas a gran velocidad sus necesidades de financiamiento ante los efectos de una crisis sistémica, considerada como la peor crisis global desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial: la desatada por la pandemia del COVID-19. Adicionalmente, los flujos de financiamiento de...