Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2008: Fecundidad = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008: Fertility

This edition of the Demographic Observatory presents a series of fertility indicators estimated and projected by fiveyear periods. The indicators were formulated as input for the national population estimates and projections for the 20 countries of Latin America for the period 1950-2050.The figures in this publication constitute a revision of those presented in No. 68 of the Demographic Bulletin of July 2001.The methodological notes of this edition include a summary of the methodology used in the fertility estimates and projections, as well as a description of the data sources used for each co…

Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2007: Mortalidad = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2007: Mortality

El contenido de este Observatorio ha sido actualizado por el Observatorio Demográfico No. 9, el cual encontrará en Enlaces relacionadosEn este número del Observatorio demográfico se presenta un conjunto de tablas abreviadas de mortalidad por sexo, estimadas y proyectadas por quinquenios, que fueron elaboradas como insumos para las estimaciones y proyecciones de la población nacionales, desglosadas por sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, de los 20 países de América Latina, para el período 1980-2020.Las cifras de esta publicación constituyen una revisión de las presentadas en el Boletín demográf…

Ageing and Development Newsletter No. 5

Ageing and development in a society for all ages

IntroductionThis document was prepared by the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE); - Population Division of ECLAC, in pursuance of ECLAC resolution 616(XXXI); of 2006 requesting preparation of the relevant substantive documentation for the second Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing (Brasilia, Brazil, 4 to 6 December 2007);. Its purpose is to present and analyse the information available on the demographic ageing process, the situation of the older adult population and the progress made by the countries in applying the Regional Strategy for the Implementation in…

Socio-economic vulnerability to natural disasters in Mexico: rural poor, trade and public response

The increasing frequency and economic losses from natural disasters within the framework of decreasing agricultural prices is becoming crucial in increasing poverty in the Mexican rural economy. During the past two decades, the governmental withdrawal from supporting the agricultural sector with investments in physical, financial and logistic instruments continues to stress agricultural livelihoods, as current private mechanisms have not replaced them effectively. Natural disasters occurrence is increasingly producing severe damages to the so-called traditional agriculture, highly exposed to c…

Population ageing in the Caribbean: a four country study

The four countries studied show the classical symptoms of ageing societies in so far as they have experienced a significant decline in fertility and a considerable increase in life-expectancy. Consequently all countries analyzed are well on their way in their transition from young to increasingly older societies. The exercise found considerable gender discrepancies in all aspects, such as health, economic security, educational attainment and living arrangements. While men generally seem to be working longer years and also seem to have easier access to pension schemes, elderly women are more of…

Migration: international organisation for migration/ ECLAC workshop on migration data collection, management and sharing in the caribbean

CEPAL Review no.92

Indigenous peoples and urban settlements: spatial distribution, internal migration and living conditions

By processing Census micro data from 10 countries in the region, we answer several questions that can be categorized under the following three main topics: a) spatial distribution trends of indigenous peoples in Latin America, with emphasis on the urbanization process and the spatial pattern of this population within selected cities; b) internal migration of indigenous peoples, with emphasis on rural to urban flows; and c) living conditions of indigenous peoples, with emphasis on inequalities between urban and rural areas.Our results confirm both an increasing proportion of the indigenous popu…

The millennium development goals and the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean in making progress towards higher levels of well-being, better human capital and more equal opportunities

This document takes up a number of the points raised in the 2005 report by ECLAC and other UN agencies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides further discussion on the type of problems and challenges facing the region in five areas that are either included in the MDGs or closely related to them (poverty, hunger and child malnutrition, education, health and children). The document makes recommendations for the region's governments and countries in these five areas.…

Freeing the Americas of Poverty and Hunger

Hispanics in the United States

During the past three decades, the Hispanic population has experienced rapid growth throughout the United States. According to national estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 1 July 2004, the Hispanic population reached 41.3 million, comprising 14.2% of the population and making it the most numerous and fastest growing minority group in the United States.The rapid increase in the Hispanic population has profound socioeconomic and cultural effects. For instance, the rise in the Hispanic population has had a deep impact in the U.S. corporate sector. In 2002, there were 1.6 million H…

Some considerations on the possible effects of the failure of the United States Congress to renew the ATPDEA

This brief note presents some thoughts about the possible effects of the failure to renew the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA); and its possible expiration this coming December 31. United States President, George W. Bush, asked his country's Congress to extend the validity of the trade preferences granted to the Andean countries under the ATPDEA. That news was welcomed and applauded by the Andean countries, which hailed this measure and promptly thanked the U.S. leader for his gesture. Even so, it is evident that there are Congressmen in the United States who do …

Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2007: Proyección de población = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2007: Population projection

En este número del Observatorio demográfico se presentan las estimaciones y proyecciones nacionales de la población de los 20 países de América Latina, desglosada por sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, para el período 1950-2050. Las cifras que figuran en esta publicación constituyen una revisión de las presentadas en el Boletín demográfico No. 73, de enero de 2004.En las notas metodológicas de este Observatorio, además de una breve descripción de la metodología utilizada en las estimaciones y proyecciones aquí presentadas, se hace una relación por país de las fuentes de datos consideradas.Com…

Changing population age structures and their implications on socio-economic development in the Caribbean

Social protection was the core of the Thirty-first Session of the economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, held in Montevideo in March 2006The discussions focused on the need for a new approach to social protection, given the structural changes the region is experiencing. It was suggested that this approach should be the result of a new rights-based social covenant, in which social rights are seen as the normative horizon, and existing inequalities and budgetary restrictions are the limiting factors to be addressed (ECLAC, 2006a);.…

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2006 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2006

En la presente edición del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2006 se mantienen los cambios de contenido y de diseño introducidos en el año 2005. El propósito es responder a las nuevas exigencias de los investigadores que analizan la situación económica y social de la región e incorporar los avances tecnológicos que modifi can la difusión y el uso de la información estadística. El Anuario cuenta con cuatro capítulos. En el primer capítulo se presentan los indicadores demográfi cos y sociales, que refl ejan el esfuerzo especial realizado para incluir la dimensión de género en la…

Social Panorama of Latin America 2006

In the last four years (2003-2006), Latin America has turned in its best performance in 25 years in economic and social terms. Progress with poverty reduction, falling unemployment, improving income distribution in several countries and a strong upswing in numbers of jobs are the main factors underlying the positive trend in a number of the region's countries. The first two chapters of Social Panorama of Latin America 2006 look at the way the main social indicators have behaved in the last few years. These indicators track the evolution of poverty and extreme poverty, inequality in incom…

Migration in the Caribbean: brain-drain, remittances, diaspora

Changing population age structures and their implications on socio-economic development in the Caribbean

Fertility and female labour supply in Latin America: new causal evidence

Abstract We study the effect of fertility on maternal labour supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a source of exogenous variability in family size first introduced by Angrist and Evans (1998) for the United States. We find that the estimates for the US can be generalized both qualitatively and quantitatively to the populations of two developing countries where, compared to the US, fertility is known to be higher, female education levels are much lower and there are fewer formal facilities for childcare.…