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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC eller CEPAL, spanska)
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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - was established in 1948 by the ECOSOC. It was founded for the purposes of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, and, later, the scope of its work was extended to include the countries of the Caribbean. The Commission is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
ECLAC has 44 member states - this comprises all the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and several countries in other parts of the world with historical, cultural and economic ties to the region.
Documentation
ECLAC documents usually carry the following symbols:
E/ Economic and Social Council |
-/LC = Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
-/type of document or year of publication |
Ex. E/LC/818 Economic and Social Council, ECLAC, document no 818 |
Information about the structure and work of the Commission, full text documents and reports and news can be accessed from the official web page of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Several regional economic surveys are published by ECLAC: Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean ; Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean ; Social panorama of Latin America ; Latin America and the Caribbean in the world economy.
The journal CEPAL review with debate articles and analyses issued twice a year.
All these publications are available online for recent years at the official web page of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The ECLAC submits annual reports in the documentary series Supplements to the Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. A complete collection of these supplements in print will be found in the UN Collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
Recent supplements are posted as ECOSOC reports on the official web site of the Economic and Social Council.
ECLAC documents are given individual symbols - for the period 1948-1974: E/CN.12, for the period; 1975-1984: E/CEPAL, and for the period after 1984 E/LC. Documents before 1993 can be accessed through the UN Archives of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and through the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
Databases and Indexes
Documents are published electronically from 1993- in the United Nations Document System - ODS.
References to documents with links to full texts for recent years can be retrieved through the UNBISnet - the online catalogue of the UN Libraries in New York and Geneva.