United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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| Abbreviation | ECLAC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1948 |
| Type | Primary Organ – Regional Branch |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
Head | Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Template:Flagdeco José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs[2] |
Parent organization | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| Website | English version |
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Template:United Nations series The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC or ECLAC; Template:Langx, 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.[3] ECLAC publishes statistics covering the countries of the region[4] and makes cooperative agreements with non-profit institutions.[5] The headquarters of ECLAC is in Santiago, Chile.
ECLAC was established in 1948 as the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA).[6][7] In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the name.[8] It reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Executive secretaries
| Name | Country | Served |
|---|---|---|
| José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs | Template:Flagcountry | September 2022 – |
| Alicia Bárcena Ibarra | Template:Flagcountry | July 2008 – March 2022 |
| José Luis Machinea | Template:Flagcountry | December 2003 – June 2008 |
| José Antonio Ocampo | Template:Flagcountry | January 1998 – August 2003 |
| Gert Rosenthal | Template:Flagcountry | January 1988 – December 1997 |
| Norberto González | Template:Flagcountry | March 1985 – December 1987 |
| Enrique V. Iglesias | Template:Flagcountry | April 1972 – February 1985 |
| Carlos Quintana | Template:Flagcountry | January 1967 – March 1972 |
| José Antonio Mayobre | Template:Flagcountry | August 1963 – December 1966 |
| Raúl Prebisch | Template:Flagcountry | May 1950 – July 1963 |
| Gustavo Martínez Cabañas | Template:Flagcountry | December 1948 – April 1950 |
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.[9]
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.[9]
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
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Associate members
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Former member states
See also
- Library of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- United Nations System
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- Association of Caribbean States
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff writer (2024). "United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Member States and associate members". Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cypher, James M.; Dietz, James L. (2009). The process of economic development. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-77103-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fajardo, Margarita (2023). "CEPAL, the "International Monetary Fund of the Left"?". The American Historical Review. 128 (2): 588–615. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhad226. ISSN 0002-8762.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Origins and creation of ECLAC". 75 years of ECLAC and ECLAC thinking. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.van Driel, Melanie; Biermann, Frank; Kim, Rakhyun E.; Vijge, Marjanneke J. (2023). "The UN Regional Commissions as Orchestrators for the Sustainable Development Goals". Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. 29 (4): 561–590. doi:10.1163/19426720-02904006. ISSN 1075-2846. File:CC-BY icon.svg Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (n.d.). "Date of Admission of Member States (46) and Associate Members (13) of ECLAC" (PDF). Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. United Nations. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
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External links
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- Official website – UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (U.N. ECLAC)
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