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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC or ECLAC; Spanish: Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, 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.

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean[1]
AbbreviationECLAC
Formation1948; 77 years ago (1948)
TypePrimary Organ – Regional Branch
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
Head
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs[2]
Parent organization
United Nations Economic and Social Council
WebsiteEnglish version
Map showing the member states of ECLAC

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).

Member states

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The following are all member states of ECLAC:[9]

Associate members

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The following are all associate members of ECLAC:[9]

Locations

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ECLAC headquarters in Santiago

Executive secretaries

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Name Country Served
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs   Costa Rica September 2022 –
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra   Mexico July 2008 – March 2022
José Luis Machinea   Argentina December 2003 – June 2008
José Antonio Ocampo   Colombia January 1998 – August 2003
Gert Rosenthal   Guatemala January 1988 – December 1997
Norberto González   Argentina March 1985 – December 1987
Enrique V. Iglesias   Uruguay April 1972 – February 1985
Carlos Quintana   Mexico January 1967 – March 1972
José Antonio Mayobre   Venezuela August 1963 – December 1966
Raúl Prebisch   Argentina May 1950 – July 1963
Gustavo Martínez Cabañas   Mexico December 1948 – April 1950

Themes and programmes

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Implementing Sustainable Development Goals

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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.[10]

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.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "United Nations Secretary-General appoints Mr. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs of Costa Rica as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean". un.org. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Member States and associate members". Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. ^ CEPALSTAT Archived May 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine page at official ECLAC site
  5. ^ ECLAC signed a cooperation agreement to promote science and technology in the region Archived 2013-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (with Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management) at ECLAC.org
  6. ^ Cypher, James M.; Dietz, James L. (2009). The process of economic development. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-77103-0.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Origins and creation of ECLAC". 75 years of ECLAC and ECLAC thinking. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  9. ^ a b 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.
  10. ^ a b 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.   Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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