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Call for Papers: 6th Regional Meeting of Public Policy Analysis with CGE Models

23 May 2017 | Briefing note

The 6th Regional Meeting is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with the collaboration of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Universidad del Pacífico and will be held in Lima, Peru, November 7 and 8, 2017.…

The developments of the regional process on Principle 10 and its links with the 2030 Agenda are reported at the Forum of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

28 April 2017 | Briefing note

At the Forum of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development being held in Mexico City, from 26 to 28 April 2017, the Vice-Minister of Environment of Costa Rica, Patricia Madrigal, presented the developments of the negotiation process and highlighted its impacts on environmental governance and the protection of human rights.…

A gaming application that teaches players how to protect themselves against natural disasters: Tanah – The Tsunami & Earthquake Fighter

20 April 2017 | Briefing note

A free gaming app has been developed as part of the “More education, less risk” project implemented by UNESCO in partnership with Save the Children and Plan International, with the support of the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid Office. It aims to teach children how to protect themselves against natural disasters. Players have to help Tanah, the main character, advance through 21 levels of the game and overcome different adversities to save her family and her people. The first seven levels address prevention issues (recognition of emergency alarms, signage, existence of evacuation plans and p…

Chile: a children’s emergency support kit that is also fun

20 April 2017 | Briefing note

The Chile Crece Contigo (“Chile Grows with You”) subsystem of the Chilean Ministry of Social Development has put a number of measures in place to support people who lose all their belongings in a catastrophe. Measures implemented since 2016 include the provision of a special emergency kit for children under 9 years old. This kit was developed in the light of lessons learned after the wildfires of April 2014 in Valparaiso, the March 2015 floods in Atacama and the Coquimbo earthquake in September that same year. It is meant to supplement initial psychological support measures and reduce children…

The shipping cycle in the international container market: which will be the actual shipping cycle in the future of shipping, the traditional or a new one?

5 April 2017 | Briefing note

The economic cycle and the shipping cycle (the microeconomic side of both businesses) play a crucial role on the future of ports and shipping, as it has been in the past. Regarding the latter, the presence of the shipping (or maritime) cycle along the history of the shipping business for over 275 years. In this short article, I want to question the functioning of the shipping cycle, that is, I am arguing that while the maritime cycle persists, the mechanism that historically made it work has changed. For that, it is important to begin by discussing the shipping cycle. The latter is understood …

Financial Inclusion of SMEs in Colombia

5 April 2017 | Briefing note

The magazine Coyuntura Pyme from the National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) published the article “Financial Inclusion of SMEs in Colombia,” written by the economic and financial consultant for ECLAC, Luis Alberto Zuleta J.…

Caribbean economies

4 April 2017 | Briefing note

Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless…

Financial inclusion of SMEs in Mexico and innovative development bank policies

30 March 2017 | Briefing note

The council of journalists participated in an event on the financial inclusion of SMEs in Mexico and innovative development bank policies at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Anahuac University in Mexico. Results from ECLAC’s project on financial inclusion —the case study in Mexico— were presented at this event. …

Financial inclusion of SMEs in Mexico and development bank policies

30 March 2017 | Briefing note

At the XVII Seminar on Financial and Fiscal Economy, organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ramón Lecuona Valenzuela, the Director of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the Anáhuac University in México, analyzes the importance of financial inclusion of SMEs in Mexico and the role of development banks in promoting it.…

ECLAC analyzes the importance of financial inclusion for SMEs

15 March 2017 | Briefing note

Esteban Pérez-Caldentey, Chief of the Financing for Development Unit at ECLAC, analyzes the importance of financial inclusion of SMEs in an interview organized by ONE (The National Entrepreneur Observatory) in Mexico.…

REDATAM Informa, diciembre 2016

14 February 2017 | Briefing note

The 22nd newsletter of Redatam Informa, 2016, includes interesting articles related to Redatam Webserver applications for dissemination and online processing of socio-demographic information and presents a summary of technical assistance carried out by CELADE during the year 2016 in relation to the use, analysis and dissemination of socio-demographic information, as well as, the development of web applications with Redatam.…

News on the LEARN project

29 December 2016 | Briefing note

About investigation data management in the LEARN project and results of the Third Mini Workshop in the Caribbean.…

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