Francisco J. Beiner, Operations and Institutional Management Director participated for the CIAT Executive Secretariat, who performed a joint presentation with ECLAC and OECD on Tax Statistics in Latin America.

As part of the seminar the Latin-American Fiscal Observatory (OFILAC in spanish) was launched, which seeks to contribute to the improvement of fiscal policy in the region through the dissemination of studies and debate among the various actors involved in the matter.

OFILAC is an ECLAC initiative that also includes the OECD, the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IEF in spanish).

The Observatory’s Internet website, includes news, activities, statistics and publications on the current fiscal situation of Latin America and the Caribbean, it is addressed mainly to economic authorities, international officials, academics and students.

In the picture from left to right: Juan Pablo Jiménez, ECLAC,
Christian Daude, OECD y Francisco J. Beiner,
Operations and Institutional Management Director