It is also less than the 3.7% that ECLAC predicted in June.

BBC: Latin America growth to slow in 2012, UN report says

The Conference is jointly organized by: UNW-DPAC and the Ebro River Basin Authority, UNESCO, UNW-DPC, World Bank, UNEP, OECD, ILO, ECLAC, ESCWA, and UN-Habitat.

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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) forecast the whole area would slow to 3.2% in 2012, down from 4.3% last year.

BBC: Latin America growth to slow in 2012, UN report says

The government says it simply had a misunderstanding with ECLAC.

ECONOMIST: Re-crunching the numbers��whatever they might be

In the study, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) foresees the increase of poverty in the region by 1.1%, and of extreme poverty by 0.8%, compared to 2008.

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Potential partners and participants such as youth representatives, NGOs, the Caribbean Community and Common Market Secretariat (CARICOM), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and numerous UN agencies also participated in the debates.

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It presents figures for 19 countries gathered over the 1998 (or 1998 - 1999) school year from national and other sources including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and covers access and participation of pupils and students from early childhood to tertiary level in both public and private education, teaching staff and education expenditure.

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