Effects of COVID-19 On Exports and Port Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean

In the last few months, the world has witnessed and continue to witness a drastic change in our daily lives, which has also caused great impacts on business, trade, and shipping. The outbreak of a pandemic changed all economic and trade expectations for 2020. From a forecast of 3.6% growth in container trade worldwide in the last quarter of 2019, to 2.5% in January 2020, new projections have lowered down expectations to -4.9%. This drop is partially explained, apart from the pandemic, by the continuing increase of blank sails[1] and labour restrictions. Several countries have been implementing…

Inclusão financeira para inserção produtiva de empresas de menor porte na América Latina: inovações, determinantes e práticas de instituições financeiras do desenvolvimento

On the effects of decentralization of Natural Resource Revenues on local service provision in Peru∗

A subnational resource curse? Revenue Windfalls and the Quality of Public Spending in Colombian municipalities

A subnational resource curse? Revenue windfalls and the quality of public spending in Colombian municipalities_Presentacion

700(XXXVI) MEXICO RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORUM OF THE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Resolution approved during the Thirty-sixth session of ECLAC -which took place in Mexico City on 23-27 May 2016- for the creation of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development…

MISSION REPORT ON ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EFFECTIVE UNEMPLOYMENT PROTECTION SCHEME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Under the auspices of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), two important initiatives were undertaken to assist the Philippines to develop, design and implement an effective unemployment protection scheme. These initiatives included: 1) a study tour for officials and policy makers from the Philippines on Viet Nam’s Unemployment Insurance Scheme and 2) a workshop on implementing reforms on the Philippines’ protection from unemployment schemes.…

Redatam Webserver - Red7 Web

The main objective of the Redatam Webserver module is to assist the National Statistical Institutes (NSOs) in their task to publish data - whether it is from censuses, surveys, vital statistics or other sources – in a safe way and without extra costs. The Redatam Webserver module allows for the online processing of Redatam databases stored on a server (through Intranet or Internet) without the users having direct access to them. It enables the user to perform tabulations that are carried out from the server through an application via predefined pages. This processing “simulates” the functions …

Processing, analysis and indicators generation - Red7 Process

Database Creation - Red7 Create