The Hummingbird Vol. 11 No. 9

Report of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence to create public value in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

Caribbean governments need to proactively harness and adopt artificial intelligence technology in public sector organizations to create public value. Despite its numerous benefits, public sector organizations in the Caribbean are lagging in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. AI is a disruptive technology that has become increasingly ubiquitous and pervasive in modern societies. Extremely transformative, they have advanced rapidly, and affect virtually every aspect of our existence, including the way we interact with and transact within society. AI has provided many benefits, which were pre…

Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean Sustainable Development

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 10

Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 7

The Caribbean is Making Strides on the SDGS

Digital Public Goods: Driving the Development of Digital Public Infrastructure in the Caribbean

Revista CEPAL Nº 135

CEPAL Review no. 135

La contribución de la cultura al desarrollo económico en Iberoamérica

La cultura contribuye en todo el espectro de las políticas públicas, y el reconocimiento de este aporte la convierte en un poderoso facilitador para dar forma a las diversas vías para lograr el desarrollo sostenible. En ese sentido, juega un rol determinante en el logro de los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) consagrados en la Agenda 2030. El objetivo del presente documento, elaborado de manera conjunta por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI), es servir como uno de…

Apertura y uso de datos para hacer frente al COVID-19 en América Latina

La crisis ocasionada por la enfermedad por coronavirus ha golpeado fuertemente a la región en materia económica y social. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha llamado a abrir los datos referentes al COVID-19 para poder diseñar respuestas basadas en la evidencia. En este contexto, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) considera pertinente explorar la respuesta de los gobiernos latinoamericanos en materia de apertura y uso de datos frente a la pandemia. Este informe tiene como objetivo relevar la situación en los casos de la Argentina, el Brasil, Chile, Colombia, …

Selected online learning experiences in the Caribbean during COVID-19. Policy Brief

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 3

Caribbean in Brief: an information document for Caribbean Small Island Developing States

This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 12

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 11

The ECLA technique of programming and economists in Argentina in the mid-twentieth century

This article analyses the origin and development of the technique of programming of Jorge Ahumada, of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA),2 and its importance for economists and economic development planning institutions. To that end, it examines the circulation of the technique in various organizations in Argentina and shows how planning gained legitimacy alongside the main economic policy debates of the mid-twentieth century, while describing the institutional circulation of experts and their texts in the country. The ECLA contribution was found to have a direct impact on local …

La técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en la Argentina de mediados del siglo XX

En este artículo, se analizan el origen y el desarrollo de la técnica de programación de Jorge Ahumada, de la Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL)2, y su importancia para los economistas y las instituciones programadoras del desarrollo económico. Con este fin, se estudia la circulación de la técnica en diversos organismos en la Argentina y se muestra cómo la planificación logró legitimarse en sintonía con los principales debates de la economía política de mediados del siglo XX, al tiempo que se describe el proceso de circulación institucional de los expertos y sus textos en el país. …