Provisional agenda. Eleventh meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

A study on the capacity of statistical offices of the Caribbean to produce Environment, Social, Economic and Gender Statistics

Statistical organizations of the Caribbean countries continue to face serious challenges posed by the increased demand for more relevant, accurate and timely statistical data. Tangible progress has been made in delivering key products in the area of economic statistics. The central banks of the subregion have assisted greatly in this respect. However, even in this branch of statistics there are still several glaring gaps. The situation is even worse in other areas of statistics including social and environmental statistics. Even though all countries of the subregion have committed to the Mille…

Draft biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, 2012-2013

Progress report on the 2011 round of the international comparison programme in Latin America and the Caribbean

Programme of work of the Statistics and Economic Projections Division, 2012-2013

Proposed updating of the strategic plan 2005-2015. Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Progress report on the project to establish a regional statistical framework for directories of businesses and establishments

Provisional agenda. Tenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Compendium of practices on the implementation of ICT questions in households and businesses surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean 2010

The Compendium of practices on the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT); questions in households and businesses surveys has been prepared by the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC);, in cooperation with the working group on ICT measurement of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC with the following objectives: i); to collect and organize the main developments in the design and implementation of questions on access and use of ICT in the household and business surveys of the countries of the region, ii); …

Determinants of world manufacturing exports to China, 1990-2006

This paper studies the determinants of manufacturing exports toChina. Data from 79 countries for the 1990-2006 period and estimatesof gravity equations are used to analyse the effects of countries' factorendowment, geographical characteristics and degree of economicopenness. The results are consistent with the factor abundance modeland reveal that economies with a larger human capital endowment exporta greater volume of manufactures to China. Having a large economyand being geographically close to China also make a country morelikely to export manufactures to it. The results do not indica…

The global financial crisis: what happened and what’s next

Global economic conditions have been deteriorating sharply since mid- September 2008. Lending has dropped abruptly, credit spreads have widened sharply, stock markets have plunged and economies everywhere are stumbling. Governments around the world have undertaken unprecedented measures, including some coordinated intervention. However, global economic prospects remain troubled, and further policy action is required. In order to better understand the task before policy makers as they chart a new direction, this paper examines how the global economy arrived at its current predicament, looking b…

United States economic outlook: quarterly developments

United States economic outlook: quarterly developments

The macroeconomics of the Latin American economic boom

This paper argues that the recent boom in the Latin Americaneconomies can be explained by the conjunction of two external factorsnot found together since the 1970s: strong commodity prices (more sofor hydrocarbons and mining products than for agricultural commodities);and exceptional external financing conditions. Concerning the latter, thekey development was the massive influx of capital during two periods of exuberance in international financial markets (between mid-2004 and April2006, and between mid-2006 and mid-2007);, particularly the second. It alsoargues for the importance …

Draft programme of work on the dissemination of the European statistics code of practice in Latin America and the Caribbean

United States economic outlook: quarterly developments

Documentos presentados a la Tercera Reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe = Documents presented at the Third Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the...

Draft programme of regional statistical work for Latin America and the Caribbean, July 2005-June 2007

Draft programme of statistical work of the ECLAC system, 2006-2007

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2004 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2004

La edición 2004 del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe contiene una selección de las principales series estadísticas sobre la evolución económica y social de los países de la región. Representa un esfuerzo de la División de Estadística y Proyecciones Económicas de la CEPAL, orientado a homogeneizar las cifras y a hacerlas internacionalmente comparables. La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, proporciones o coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida de cada área de interés y que constituyen antecedentes para que la informac…