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Digital Economy Represents 3.2% of GDP in Four of the Region's Countries:According to latest ECLAC report presented in Montevideo:
According to latest ECLAC report presented in Montevideo:
Today the President of Uruguay attended the opening of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Watch video ECLAC @LIS2: Dialogue for the information society Latin America - Europe
Follow the live transmission of the conference.
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22 March 2013:
"Water is a common resource. Let us use it more intelligently and waste less so all get a fair share", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
Close of conference in Bogotá, Colombia:
Latin American and Caribbean countries met to assess progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the Rio+20 agreements.
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Alicia Bárcena arrived in Caracas:
The most senior official of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean attended as representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
New report:
While uncertainties remain at the international level, the recovery of Argentina and Brazil and buoyant internal demand will enable the region to grow by around 3.8% next year.

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Watch video "Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012"
According to a new ECLAC report:
The rise in wages has been a determining factor in poverty reduction, according to the United Nations agency.
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Watch video "Social Panorama of Latin America 2012"

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