Online Course: "Use and interpretation of trade indicators, including Input-Output analysis"

On Friday, December 17th, 2021, the ECLAC Headquarter in Santiago in conjunction with the Caribbean ECLAC Headquarter in Port of Spain gave the Online Course: "Use and interpretation of trade indicators, including Input-Output analysis" for Central Bank economists and trade ministry officials from five Caribbean countries: Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Grenada and Dominica. The workshop was conducted by José Durán Lima, Ira Ronzheimer, Daniel Díaz and Carlos Ludeña of the Regional Integration Unit of the International Trade and Integration …

Industrial Ecology and Green Transformation

The goal of the meeting is to improve discussions about how the transformation of physical resources in modern society can contribute to address opportunities and challenges for sustainable development in Latin America. It also will contribute to strengthen an institutional network for the industrial ecology society.…

Launch of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2015.…

Launch of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

On Monday 4 August, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region's countries this year. The annual report, which is one of the flagship documents of this United Nations regional commission, will be launched at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, by its Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference scheduled for 11.00 a.m. The Economic Survey 2014 analyses the economic performance of Latin America and the Caribbean during…

Workshop: "Indicators of Foreign Trade and Trade Policy"

Regional workshop: "Databases to identify and characterize exporting SMEs"

The objetives of the seminar were as follows: a) To present experiences microdata crossing customs with other data sources (such as domestic tax, social security, census, directories and surveys) in some countries in the region to improve the classification by size and exporting deepen characterization of exporting SMEs; b) Meet the databases in some countries in the region that could be used to explore their potential. …