The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 9

Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Annotated provisional agenda. Extraordinary meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation: opportunities for renewed international development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

This document examines the global and regional evolution of FDI and offers recommendations so these flows can contribute to the region’s productive development processes. The first chapter of the publication analyzes, among other things, the trends observed in the context of the international crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, detailing the amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) received by each country in 2020 and providing a regional projection for 2021. The second chapter offers a historic and current overview of China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean, placing thes…

Analysis of policies to support SMEs in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America

The institutions that support micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America have demonstrated their capacity to react to the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, making unprecedented efforts to adapt support instruments and adjust their management modalities to new needs. This document summarizes the experiences of nine countries in the region (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Uruguay), highlighting good practices and methodological lessons learned that can be leveraged to improve the performance of t…

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 8

Report of the Executive meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Sixtieth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Extraordinary meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation: opportunities for renewed international development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The recovery paradox in Latin America and the Caribbean Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity

This Special Report examines the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a year after it first appeared, providing new growth projections for the region’s countries. The document, entitled The recovery paradox in Latin America and the Caribbean. Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity, analyzes the performance of the region’s main economic and social indicators and presents policy proposals for achieving a transformative recovery based on the forging of a new development pattern.…

2020 Port Report: the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the shipping trade, trans-shipment and throughput of container ports in Latin America and the Caribbean

This Bulletin on the Facilitation of Trade and Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAL Bulletin) outlines how activity in container terminals and ports in Latin America and the Caribbean has changed in 2020 compared to 2019, with a view to analysing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international shipping trade in the region.…

Report of the Tenth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 7

United Nations survey on Latin American and Caribbean youth within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

In the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the entities of the United Nations system in Latin America and the Caribbean that are members of the Working Group on Youth of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean launched an online survey. The aim was to learn about how young people are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and their concerns regarding the present and the future. The survey was conducted between May and June 2020 among young people aged 15–29, with more than 7,700 respondents from 39 countries and territories in the region. Th…

Committee on South-South Cooperation of ECLAC: Compendium of resolutions and agreements, 2004–2021

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Decent work for platform workers in Latin America

The crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic had severe repercussions on the region’s economy and labour markets in 2020. The year ended with a 7.1% decline in GDP, which translated into a sharp drop in employment and an increase in the unemployment rate, to 10.5%. Unlike in previous crises, withdrawal from the labour market was high, primarily in the second quarter of 2020, and the contraction in informal employment was greater than that of formal employment. With the gradual easing of lockdown measures, labour force participation has picked up and employment is recovering…

Environmental Big Push in the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 6

Multilateral development banks in Latin America: Recent trends, the response to the pandemic, and the forthcoming role

The COVID-19 crisis has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than any other developing region. In 2020 the regional GDP will experience its greatest decline in 120 years. The pandemic represents a formidable social challenge, exposing all the regions’ endemic problems. Against this backdrop, this paper analyses the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) response to the COVID-19 crisis and their post-pandemic role and prospects in LAC. Some basic information is presented on the major MDBs that serve the region and their main trends during the last decade to provide an adequate context.…

Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 18: Digitalising agriculture for an inclusive transformation of rural societies

The digitalisation of agrifood systems has made progress; still, it remains a pending topic in the region, especially among smaller producers and traders in rural areas. Accelerating the digitalisation process is not an easy task. To begin with, there is an urgent need to improve the environment in which these technologies are developed and implemented. This requires a state policy that fosters dialogue and collaboration between civil organisations and the public and private sectors, with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the benefits of digitalisation reach everyone, in particular smaller pro…