Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2006: Población económicamente activa = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2006: Economically active population

En este número del Observatorio Demográfico se presentan las estimaciones y proyecciones de la población económicamente activa, desglosadas por área de residencia urbana y rural, sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, de los 20 países de América Latina, para el período 1990-2030.Las cifras de esta publicación constituyen una revisión de las presentadas en el Boletín demográfico, No 64 de julio de 1999. En las nuevas estimaciones y proyecciones de la población económicamente activa se ha tenido en cuenta la revisión 2006 de las estimaciones y proyecciones de la población total, urbana y rural, que…

The international mobility of talent and its impact on global development: an overview

Human talent is a key economic resource and a source of creative power in science, technology, business, arts and culture and other activities. Talent has a large economic value and its mobility has increased with globalization, the spread of new information technologies and lower transportation costs. Well educated and/or talented people are often more internationally mobile than unskilled workers. Immigrants with high human capital face more favorable immigration policies in receiving countries, typically high per capita income economies short of information technology experts, scientists, m…

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2005 = Statistical Yearbook of Latin America and the Caribbean 2005

En la presente edición del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2005 se incluye una serie de cambios importantes, tanto en lo que respecta al contenido como al diseño. El propósito ha sido 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 ahora con cuatro capítulos. En el primer capítulo se cubren los indicadores demográfi cos y sociales, que refl ejan el esfuerzo especial que se hizo para inclui…

Demographic models for projections of social sector demand

Abstract This paper presents three demographic models useful for projections of social sector demand. The first model is a probabilistic national population forecast based on the collective experience of UN member states. It offers a set of probabilistic forecasts as a complement to the official UN scenario forecasts. The second model forecasts the population by age and educational level using data from a single census. Forecasts are presented for Chile which show dramatic changes in the educational composition of the elderly population and in the working-age population in the near future. The…

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Social Panorama of Latin America 2005

The 2005 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America analyses recent poverty trends and the increase in migrant remittances, together with their impact on the well-being of the region's population. Short- and long-term trends in social spending, the distribution of such expenditures among the various socio-economic strata and their effects in terms of income deconcentration and increased well-being are also reviewed. The analysis seeks to explore the question as to whether the demographic transition taking place in the Latin American countries over the past 15 years has helped to narr…

Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2006: Migración internacional = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2006: International migration

Presentación En 1968 el Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE) - División de Población de la CEPAL inició la publicación de un Boletín demográfico con el objeto de difundir periódicamente información elaborada por el CELADE, con la colaboración de instituciones nacionales de estadística, sobre las estimaciones y proyecciones de la población nacional, la urbana y la rural, la económicamente activa, así como de la fecundidad, de la mortalidad y de la migración internacional, entre otros temas. Con la entrega del Boletín demográfico Nº 76, 1 de julio de 2005, se completaron 38 a…

Ageing and Development Newsletter No. 3

Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity

Since the early 1990s, ECLAC has been advocating a new development paradigm that is better suited to a globalized world of open economies. While retaining the Commission's longstanding focus on seeking out positive synergies between economic growth and social equity as part of a productive modernization process, this paradigm also underscores the importance of enhancing competitiveness, preserving macroeconomic balances and strengthening a participatory and inclusive democratic political system. The idea at the core of this proposal is that the Lati…

Social Security in the United States: Overview and Outlook

This document was prepared by Helvia Velloso, consultant of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, Washington Office. Prepared as a support to the document Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity presented in the XXXI ECLAC Session Period carried out in Montevideo, Uruguay during March, 20 to 24, 2006. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization. Introduction In response to …

ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

Gender review and assessment of HIV

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean in collaboration with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Caribbean Office is reviewing gender issues in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) programmes and projects being developed or implemented in the Caribbean subregion. The main objective of this review, of which this report is one component, is to assist in developing a programme for combating HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean within the context of their mandate to provide technic…

Migration in the Caribbean- What do we know?: an overview of data, politics and programmes at the international and regional levels to address critical issues

Labour market trends and implications of regional integration

Labour markets represent the backbone of economic functioning, providing the means of survival to populations, with labour income ensuring the livelihood of workers and families alike. Labour is also an essential input into production - in many cases it is the main input, especially in service sectors which are dominant sectors in the Caribbean. As such, labour markets define economic well-being: in competitive economies labour is paid its marginal product. This implies that only productive labour prospers as higher productivity implies higher earnings, which in turn allows for higher consumpt…

Social Panorama of Latin America 2004

The 2004 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America analyses the major demographic changes that have occurred in the region over the past few decades, examines the socioeconomic status of Latin American youth, looks at institutional and programmatic guidelines for youth policies and describes how household structures and family roles have changed. As in past years, recent trends in poverty and income distribution in the Latin American countries are also reviewed. The first chapter presents projections of poverty and indigence rates for 2003 and 2004. The conclusion drawn from these projec…

CEPAL Review no.86

Latin American South-South integration and cooperation: from a regional public goods perspective

The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…

International migration, capital flows and the global economy: a long run view

Historically, periods of increased trade and capital mobility have been also accompanied by more intense labor mobility across national borders. Conversely, in periods of global instability, stagnation, nationalism and more restrictive policies toward migration and capital mobility we observed less action in global factor markets. The first wave of globalization from around 1870 to 1913 was a period in which capital and labor were both free to move internationally. The interwar period with its economic turbulence, political disarray and rising nationalism witnessed both a movement towards redu…

Hunger and malnutrition in the countries of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

Gender, pensions and social citizenship in Latin America

A major part of the problem of providing high-quality welfare and social protection to the members of a society lies in the issue of how to distribute the responsibility for these services within the society -a problem referred to in this paper as the care dilemma . Different historical junctures and forms of social organization have witnessed different responses to this dilemma. Strictly speaking, the solution is a variable that depends on culture, level of institutional development, the distribution of the resources of power in a society and the ability of the different relevant s…