{"id":454,"date":"2018-09-26T09:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T09:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/?p=454"},"modified":"2018-10-02T22:21:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T22:21:01","slug":"english-version-secretaria-ejecutiva-de-la-cepal-cita-principales-desafios-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/english-version-secretaria-ejecutiva-de-la-cepal-cita-principales-desafios-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe\/","title":{"rendered":"ECLAC Executive Secretary Highlights Main Challenges Faced by Latin America and the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2013 <\/strong>The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia B\u00e1rcena, considered that it is urgent to strengthen the confidence in international organizations which are called upon to create the proper environment so that the nations in the region \u2013 as well as in the rest of the world \u2013 are able to continue forward in their goals to reach development and prosperity.<\/p>\n

B\u00e1rcena expressed her views during a keynote address delivered at the Global Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean which is being held in New York City since this past Tuesday with the support of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, the Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo<\/em><\/strong> (Funglode), headed by former Dominican President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, and by IDEA Internacional;<\/em><\/strong> the Latin American Studies Institute\/Columbia University, and the ECLAC.<\/p>\n

In the two work sessions scheduled for Wednesday, B\u00e1rcena and other international economic and political experts discussed the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and its relationship to the global context.\u00a0 They also highlighted the principal challenges faced by the region in relation to economic growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently facing a highly volatile financial situation,\u201d explained ECLAC\u2019s Executive Secretary.\u00a0 She also mentioned other important challenges faced by Latin American and the Caribbean such as the risk to sovereignty, the instability of the exchange rate, inflation, economic slowdown, foreign debt, tax evasion, and a drop in direct foreign investment.<\/p>\n

B\u00e1rcena also highlighted the solid growth of the Dominican economy, which \u2013 she stated \u2013 leads the region in this particular area.\u00a0 Once she concluded her keynote speech \u2013 titled \u201cEconomic Perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean\u201d \u2013 experts Daniel Titelman, Francisco Rodr\u00edguez and Humberto L\u00f3pez commented on her remarks.\u00a0 Panel moderator was Luis Manuel Piantini, former Dominican Ambassador to various international organizations.<\/p>\n

The second session of the Forum concentrated on the \u201cPanorama of the Global Economy,” a keynote address delivered by economist Dawn Holland.\u00a0 The panel that commented the keynote address was headed by Mario B\u00e1ez, economist of the United Nations, and integrated by Robert Wood and Adam Posen, both well-known international experts in their particular fields.<\/p>\n

Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD, also participated in Wednesday\u2019s session.\u00a0 In her presentation she highlighted the importance of the Global Forum and the contributions made by former President Fern\u00e1ndez to strengthen the region\u2019s political, social and economic growth.<\/p>\n

Former President Fern\u00e1ndez followed with an explanation of the Forum\u2019s work methodology and thanked the supporting institutions that made possible the initiative.<\/p>\n

During his presentation, the former Dominican President presented a brief summary of the political panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, indicating that there is currently a tendency in the region, in political matters, to consolidate the democratic rights of nations.<\/p>\n

Former President Fern\u00e1ndez also briefly discussed the region\u2019s political situation and recalled the 2008 financial crisis that has yet to be completely overcome.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia B\u00e1rcena, considered that it is urgent to strengthen the confidence in international organizations which are called upon to create the proper environment so that the nations in the region \u2013 as well as in the rest of the world \u2013 are able to continue forward in their goals to reach development and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalforumlac.org\/2018\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}