In 2022, the main labour indicators for the region —participation rate, unemployment rate, employment rate and number of employed— recovered and...
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This document of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 (ECLAC), presents the...
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly issued resolution 72/271 “Improving global road safety”, which established the United Nations Road...
Lithium is one of the key elements in the energy transition. Until now it has been an essential input in the production of lithium-ion batteries —...
The Caribbean is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, extreme weather events and other natural hazards. The subregion is also...
This study, prepared within the framework of cooperation between the GET.transform programme and ECLAC for the Regional Technical Forum of Energy...
ECLAC regularly compiles and harmonizes data from household surveys for Latin American countries. The harmonization of information allows the...
This publication analyses the state-of-the-art in international development cooperation, with a focus on South-South and triangular cooperation,...
The Executive summary of Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, accessible format, has four chapters. Chapter I presents the...
Unfavourable global macrofinancial conditions have given rise to concerns about public debt sustainability in developing economies, including...
This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990‑2021 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean economies. Based on the OECD...
In 2022, the fiscal situation in Latin America and the Caribbean was characterized by rising tax revenues and declining in public spending,...
In Latin America, approximately one in four people of working age are young, at 15–24 years old, the age at which most make the transition from...
The miniaturization of commodities can have an impact on international merchandise trade by affecting supply chains and transportation, which must...
The United States economy grew by 2.1% in 2022. Consumer spending was the main driver of growth. The economic outlook improved in the second half...
The institutional development of ministries of finance determines their capacities to achieve fiscal policy objectives (sustainability) and...
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are halfway through the time frame set for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are halfway through the time frame set for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
People of African descent suffer high levels of inequality and deprivation which, as the figures presented in this report show, have been...
The digitization of economy, and particularly the e-commerce can encourage innovation and contribute to the process of digital transformation of...