The ECLAC Magazinethe main academic publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will present next Thursday, April 11, a Special Issue entitled “75 Years of ECLAC: towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model”which includes 11 articles by leading specialists on the ten areas of structural gaps that this economic commission sees today as fundamental challenges for countries to advance in transforming development models.
In this edition of the Magazine the first article, written by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs and guest editor of this Special Issue, entitled “Rethink, reimagine, transform: the “what” and the “how” to move forward towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model”, presents the vision of the Executive Secretary, who perceives a region mired in three development traps: a trap of low growth, one of high inequality and low social mobility, and one of low institutional and governance capacity.
Furthermore, in order to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the region's development challenges, the Executive Secretary has identified a “decalogue” of structural gaps that constitutes a list of ten priority areas to promote major transformations in development models, that is, priority areas of action for public policy and collective transformation efforts.
To this decalogue, which defines a diagnosis and strategic directions on what to do? To close the gaps, a fundamental transversal area is added, which are the questions and challenges related to how to do it? That is, how to manage major transformations? This leads to issues of governance, institutional capacities for effective public policies, social dialogue and the political economy of reforms. In terms of institutional capabilities, these capabilities are seen in four main categories: technical, operational, political and prospective capabilities (TOPP capabilities), which are part of the conceptual framework proposed on how to manage the major necessary transformations.
The decalogue of gaps is the organizing principle of this special issue of the ECLAC Review. To this end, a group of renowned researchers and specialists from ECLAC, but also academics and officials from other institutions, were invited to analyze the ten gaps in regional development and also ask themselves the question of the “how”.
In this way, this special issue includes articles on the role of productive development policies to get out of the low growth trap and induce a new growth strategy that is not only more productive, but more inclusive and sustainable; macroeconomic policies for investment and sustained and sustainable growth; the permanent search for integration in the region; the contemporary challenges for ECLAC and Latin America and the Caribbean on the environment and sustainable development; the challenge of high inequality and low social mobility; gender equality and the caring society; universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality and move towards inclusive social development; the importance of improving education for inclusive and sustainable social and economic development; and a look at development and rights on international migration in the region.
In addition, this issue includes the text of the XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture of 2023, given on October 30 by Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), entitled “Dislocated globalization: Prebisch , trade imbalances and the future of the global economy.”
The launch event of the CEPAL Review will be exclusively virtual (online) and will take place at 11:00 am in Chile (UTC/GMT -4) at the organization's headquarters in Santiago de Chile, chaired by the Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, who will give a general presentation of the edition.
Subsequently, a round table discussion will be held moderated by the Editor of the CEPAL Review, Miguel Torres, and will be attended by three main commentators: Leonardo Lomelí, Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); Dorotea López Giral, Director of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile; and Cecilia Vera, Economic Affairs Officer of the Economic Development Division of ECLAC.
The media are invited to follow this launch online, which will take place at the ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The event will be broadcast live at the following link: https://live.cepal.org/
In addition, it will be broadcast online to the public on the Internet through the institution's website and on its social networks. x (formerly Twitter) @cepal_onu and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu).
The complete electronic version of the new special issue of the ECLAC Review, together with a press release, will be available on the ECLAC website on Thursday, April 11.
That: Online launch of Special Issue of the ECLAC Magazine titled “75 Years of ECLAC: towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model”.
Who is it:
- José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
- Leonardo Lomelí, Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
- Dorotea López Giral, Director of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile.
- Cecilia Vera, Economic Affairs Officer of the Economic Development Division of ECLAC.
- Moderator: Miguel Torres, Editor of CEPAL Magazine.
When: Thursday, April 11, 2024, 11:00 am Chile (UTC/GMT -04:00 hours).
Where: ECLAC main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Virtual connection through the ECLAC website and in https://live.cepal.org/.
For inquiries and to arrange interviews, contact the ECLAC Public Information Unit in Santiago, Chile.
Email: [email protected]; Telephone: +562 2210 2040.
