Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2017 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

En el Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe de la CEPAL se presenta un conjunto de estadísticas básicas que caracterizan la situación económica, sociodemográfica y ambiental de la región referidas a un período particular. La presente edición del Anuario contiene datos que se encontraban disponibles hasta mediados de diciembre de 2017. Las versiones impresas y electrónica del Anuario no son exactamente iguales. En la primera se incluye una selección de cuadros y gráficos orientados a brindar un resumen de la información estadística desde la perspectiva regional. La versión electróni…

Disability, human rights and public policy in the Caribbean: A situation analysis

This study presents a situation analysis of persons with disability in the Caribbean. It includes a compilation and analysis of national census data from 16 countries including data from both the 2000 and the 2010 census rounds. The study also assesses national laws, policies and programmes in the context of relevant international treaties and agreements. The topics covered include health and rehabilitation, accessible buildings, transport, information and communications technology, education and labour market participation. In each of these areas, good practices, gaps, and priorities for acti…

Resolution 721(XXXVII). Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Proposal on a regional framework of indicators for monitoring the sustainable development goals in Latin America and the Caribbean (Document prepared by the technical secretariat for the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin Ameri...

CEPAL Review no. 123

Effects of internal migration on the human settlements system in Latin America and the Caribbean

The gradual abatement of rural-urban migration in Latin America and the Caribbean is leading to growing prevalence of migration between cities, a phenomenon about which little theory or empirical studies have been developed in the region. Accordingly, this work uses census microdata —the only source available in the region for estimating migration between cities— from a dozen countries to: (i) estimate the recent evolution of this migration using categories based on cities’ population size (including a residual category that groups municipalities without cities); (ii) estimate the effect of th…

Addressing capacity gaps in the production of the SDG indicators in the Caribbean

The Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicator Framework is endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission as the monitoring mechanism for the 169 targets and more than 230 indicators of the SDGs. Reporting of these indicators will pose a formidable challenge to the Caribbean given the statistical capacity of countries of the subregion. The results of an ECLAC survey show that only three of the eleven countries that participated reported having the capacity to produce at least 50 per cent of the indicators. The capacities of National Statistical Offices will need to be signif…

Impact of the Guaranteed Health Plan with a single community premium on the demand for private health insurance in Chile

In 2012, a Guaranteed Health Plan for the private health system was submitted to the Chilean National Congress, with the aim of offering a standardized flat-rate health-care plan. This paper evaluates the impact that the introduction of this plan would have on the demand for health insurance. The results suggest that the private insurance portfolio would shrink by 12.39%, which means that around 400,000 people would switch to the public system, thereby exacerbating the adverse-selection problem faced by the system and imposing an additional fiscal burden of US$ 200 million per year.…

Draft biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2018-2019, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Report on the implementation of the 2016-2017 biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean

Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean in the biennium 2016-2017

Annotated provisional agenda. Ninth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2017: Tablas de mortalidad = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2017: Life tables

El Observatorio Demográfico 2017, dedicado a la mortalidad, permite realizar un análisis de los diferenciales por sexo y edad de los países de América Latina entre 1950 y 2020. Las tablas presentadas se han obtenido mediante la interpolación de las tablas de mortalidad implícitas en las estimaciones y proyecciones de población elaboradas por el CELADE-División de Población de la CEPAL, conjuntamente o en consulta con los institutos nacionales de estadística, en su revisión de 2017. Como es habitual, se incluye un capítulo analítico en el que se presentan los diferenciales de la mortalidad por …

Provisional agenda. Ninth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Social Panorama of Latin America 2016

The central theme of this edition of Social Panorama of Latin America is social inequality, seen as a fundamental challenge and obstacle to sustainable development. Some of the axes and aspects of social inequality are addressed, drawing attention to how they intersect with and reinforce one another. The different chapters will examine inequalities in the distribution of income (personal and functional) and property; inequalities over the course of the life cycle; time-use inequalities between men and women; and the situation of Afrodescendent populations as an example of ethnic and racial ine…

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Developments

This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first half of 2017) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Report of the Sixteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent developments

This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first quarter of 2017) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean. The main highlights are: - 2017 started with the highest monthly issuance on record for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’s cross-border bond market, with total issuance reaching US$ 24.2 billion in January. Petrobras led the way, issuing a US$ 4 billion dual-tranche bond on January 9, encouraging other issuers to come to the market. - Although…

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Labour immigration in Latin America

Employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbeanis a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division of 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). The present edition analyzes the labour market performance in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2016 and labour immigration in Latin America.…