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Business in America - Institutions
Economic Commission for Latin America / COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA
Summary
ECLA CEPAL (COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA): economic development of Latin America. Headquartered in Santiago, Chile
ECLA (CEPAL in Spanish) was established by Economic and Social Council
resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. It
was founded for the purposes of contributing to the economic development of
Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing
economic relationships among the countries and with the other nations of the
world. The promotion of the region's social development
was later included among its primary objectives.
ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional
commissions of the United Nations. It was founded for the purposes of
contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions
directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic relationships among the
countries and with the other nations of the world.
In June 1951 the Commission established the ECLAC subregional headquarters in
Mexico City, which serves the needs of the Central
American subregion, and in December 1966, the ECLAC subregional headquarters for
the Caribbean was founded in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition,
ECLAC maintains country offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and
Bogotá, as well as a liaison office in Washington, D.C.
Member States:
Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina,
Bahamas,
Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia,
Brazil,
Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
France,
Germany,
Grenada, Guatemala,
Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras,
Italy,
Jamaica,
Japan, Mexico,
Netherlands, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay,
Peru,
Portugal,
Republic of Korea,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Granadines, Spain,
Suriname,
Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom,
United States of America,
Uruguay and
Venezuela.
Associate members:
Anguilla,
Aruba,
British Virgin Islands,
Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico,
Turks and Caicos Islands,
United States Virgin Islands.
ECLA, Economic Commission for Latin America, CEPAL, COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA, economic development, Latin America, Headquartered, Santiago, Chile, Master, International Business
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