Internet & Jurisdiction and ECLAC Regional Status Report 2020

The Internet & Jurisdiction and ECLAC Regional Status Report 2020 is Latin America and the Caribbean’s first comprehensive exercise in mapping the different policy trends relating to the cross-border nature of the Internet and the way this affects different stakeholders such as governments, companies and civil society. How might differing regional and national regulations create barriers to cross-border e-commerce and investment in digital markets? What economic and social benefits could be realized by harmonizing frameworks throughout the region? A better understanding of this situation …

Provisional agenda. Seventh Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

The impact of COVID-19: An opportunity to reaffirm the central role of migrants’ human rights in sustainable development

In terms of migration, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has come at a time already characterized by involuntary migration and growing intraregional movements, resulting in a migrant population estimated at more than 40 million. This situation has been marked by increased emigration from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a new migration route from Haiti to South America, and various vulnerabilities associated with the route that crosses Central America, Mexico and the United States. During a pandemic, the vulnerabilities that pervade the migration cycle are heightened, such as th…

Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 1 July 2019-1 July 2020

Annotated provisional agenda. Seventh Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Employment trends in an unprecedented crisis: policy challenges

This edition of the Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean report, jointly prepared twice-yearly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America of the International Labour Organization (ILO) analyses the labour market trends in Latin America and the Caribbean amid the COVID-19 health crisis.…

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Report on the status of the Regular System of Government Financing for the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Provisional agenda. Twenty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: First Nine Months of 2020 in Times of COVID-19

This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first nine months of 2020 in times of COVID-19) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Economic implications of the ban on single-use plastics in the Caribbean: A case study of Trinidad and Tobago

Over the past 50 years, the global annual production of plastics has increased dramatically, from 15 million tons in 1964 to roughly 311 million tons by 2014. This spectacular growth has occurred due to its unrivalled physical properties, which allow it to be widely applied in diverse economic production processes, at low cost. One of its main appplications has been in the packaging industry where roughly 26% of the global volume of plastics is used. More importantly, as much as 95% of plastic packaging – estimated at USD 80 – 120 billion annually - is for single-use, either as packaging or as…

Creating an enabling environment for e-government and the protection of privacy rights in the Caribbean: A review of data protection legislation for alignment with the General Data Protection Regulation

This study examines the data protection laws of six Caribbean countries with a view to identifying gaps and weaknesses and making targeted recommendations for revision of existing legislation or adoption of new legislation in order to bring it into compliance with regional and international standards, including the GDPR. Due to its extraterritorial scope and influence, the GDPR is prompting the harmonisation of data protection legislation around the world and a number of Caribbean countries aligned with the GDPR across the subregion will not only guarantee individual privacy rights but also he…

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 11

Planbarometer: manual

Demographic transition: Opportunities and challenges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

The region of Latin American and Caribbean has witnessed rapid demographic, social, economic and political transformations in the last 50 years. Despite the reduction in poverty, the progress made in the provision of essential services to the population and the improvements in education, health and gender equality, many problems remain. In particular, levels of both inter- and intragenerational inequality are high. Also, in most cases, the demographic transition has outpaced societies’ ability to create conditions for sustainable development. Well-being measures vary by age, gender and other d…

Resolution 740(XXXVIII) Support for the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Resolution 737(XXXVIII) San José Resolution

Resolution 743(XXXVIII) Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Resolution 745(XXXVIII) Review of the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024

Estimates of the cost of cash transfers under the National Policy on Social Protection and Promotion (PNPPS) in Haiti

This document presents costings for the cash transfers proposed as part of the National Policy on Social Protection and Promotion (Politique nationale de protection et de promotion sociales, PNPPS) in Haiti, adopted on 12 June 2020, which aims to sustainably roll back poverty, reduce inequalities and empower Haitian men and women. The exercise estimates the cost of 11 cash transfer mechanisms designed to address different situations (childhood, maternity, care work, old age, disability, shock situations and others) for different age groups and geographical areas, assuming a phase-in period fro…