This report was prepared by Alicia Bárcena (Executive Secretary) and by Osvaldo Kacef (Director of the Economic Development Division).
The Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean is an annual publication prepared by the Economic Development Division in collaboration with the Statistics and Economic Projections Division, the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago, and the Commission’s country offices in Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Washington, D.C.
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