Revista CEPAL no.104

New State Architecture Needed to Achieve Equality

(25 July 2011) Government authorities from several Latin American and Caribbean countries and senior officials from regional and international agencies met today in ECLAC to discuss the new role of the State in the region's development. The International Seminar on State and Development was held in honour of Enrique V. Iglesias, Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB) and former Executive Secretary of ECLAC, for his renowned contribution to Latin American thinking on development and the role of the State. Participants at the meeting agreed on the need to rethink the role of…

Nueva arquitectura estatal es necesaria para conseguir la igualdad

(25 de julio, 2011) Autoridades de gobierno de varios países de América Latina y el Caribe y altos funcionarios de organismos internacionales y regionales se reunieron hoy en la CEPAL para debatir sobre el nuevo rol del Estado en el desarrollo de la región. El Seminario internacional Estado y desarrollo se realizó en homenaje a Enrique V. Iglesias, Secretario General de la Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB) y ex Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, por su destacada contribución al pensamiento latinoamericano sobre el desarrollo y el papel del Estado. Los participantes del encuentro coincid…

Economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2011

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Estudio económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2010-2011

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Structural Changes and New Production Patterns Are Vital for Sustainable Growth with Equality

(15 June 2011) The most senior officials of the five United Nations regional commissions met on Tuesday in Geneva as part of a high-level panel, in order to analyse the importance of decent work in the context of greener and more sustainable globalization. The meeting was held as part of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), in response to an invitation made by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavía, in January at the ECLAC headquarters during the first 2011 coordination meeting for heads of the UN regional commissions, a group…

Cambios estructurales y transformaciones productivas son necesarios para un crecimiento sostenible y con igualdad

(15 de junio, 2011) Las principales autoridades de las cinco comisiones regionales de las Naciones Unidas se reunieron este martes en Ginebra en un panel de alto nivel para analizar la importancia del trabajo decente en el contexto de una globalización más verde y sostenible. La reunión se efectuó en el marco de la Sesión N° 100 de la Conferencia de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) en respuesta a una invitación realizada en la sede de la CEPAL en enero pasado por el Director General del oganismo, Juan Somavía, durante la primera reunión 2011 de coordinación de los jefes de…

High Level Segment, Panel 3, of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILO)

Video: The Role of Decent Work in a Fairer, Greener and More Sustainable Globalization …

Panel de Alto Nivel, Sesión N° 100 de la Conferencia de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)

Video: El rol del trabajo decente en una globalización más justa, verde y sostenible (en inglés) …

Threshold effects in the relationship between inward foreign direct investment and import productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

In the extensive literature on the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries, some studies have found (see Blalock and Gertler 2004, Todo and Miyamoto 2002) that the impact of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows on growth was positive and significant. Apart from contributing to domestic investment and employment, FDI enhanced local technology capacity, assisted in promoting innovation through technology transfers and, generally, strengthened the competitive environment in a host country. While it is the case that FDI has been important to the development of many …

America Latina en el umbral del desarrollo: un ejercicio de convergencia productiva

Seminario Internacional de UNASUR "De la Integración Política a la Integración Económica y Financiera". Panel: América Latina, la institucionalidad regional y los foros internacionales: la UNASUR, el G-20, el G-24, el G-77, el G-192

Presentación del libro de Edgard J. Dosman sobre la vida y época de Raúl Prebisch

Time for Equality: Message by ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena

La hora de la igualdad: Mensaje de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena

Latin America Needs Long-term State Policies to Attain Growth with Equality

(9 September 2010) "The region needs a long-term approach to attain growth with equality, State policies not with a view towards the next elections, but towards the next generations," stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Washington today. Bárcena was one of the leading speakers of the session "The Future of Latin America: Economic and Social Challenges over the Next 10 Years" of the XIV Annual Conference on Trade and Investment in the Americas of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) held in the United States …

América Latina necesita políticas de Estado de largo plazo para lograr crecimiento con igualdad

(9 de septiembre, 2010) "La región necesita una visión de largo plazo para lograr crecimiento con igualdad, necesita políticas de Estado que no miren a la próxima elección, sino que apunten a la siguiente generación", dijo hoy en Washington Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas fue una de las oradoras de la sesión titulada "El futuro de América Latina: Desafíos económicos y sociales en los próximos 10 años" de la XIV Conferencia Anual sobre Comercio e Inversión de las Américas, de …

Investimento nos setores industriais brasileiros: determinantes microeconômicos e requisitos para o crescimento

A elevação da taxa de investimento é um dos requisitos fundamentais para a retomada do crescimento sustenta-do da economia brasileira. Menos mencionada, mas igualmente relevante, é a constatação de que outro requisito fundamental é o aumento da produtividade. Evidências menos nítidas, mas igualmente verdadeiras, são as de que os ganhos de produtividade também estão associados à expansão do investimento em capital fixo, em inovação e ao próprio crescimento do produto interno bruto (PIB) -, pois se sabe que a produtividade é pró-cíclica. O objetivo central deste texto, no entanto, não é o …

Panorama social da América Latina 2011: documento informativo

A versão anterior do Panorama social enfatizaram-se as brechas de desigualdade e sua reprodu ção intergeracional, e prestou-se especial aten ção às etapas formativas dos indivíduos e sua transi ção à vida adulta, bem como ao comportamento do gasto social e das transferências em fun ção dos requerimentos das novas gera ções em suas primeiras etapas. Mostrou-se a forma como o trânsito no ciclo vital marca trajetórias diferenciadas pelo desenvolvimento de capacidades, enquistando a desigualdade e a pobreza na passagem de uma etapa a outra da vida das pessoas. No Panorama social da América Latina …

The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2011-2012

Just as the world economy was showing signs of a recovery, a new global recession and a financial crisis in Europe are looming on the horizon. The economies of the great majority of countries grew in 2010, albeit at different speeds. While growth in the most developed countries was sluggish and in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) averaged a little over 4%, the production of the developing economies rose by more than 6.5%, with China and India, the new engines of the world economy, leading the way. Paradoxically, the specter of recession has appeared when the global economy is also showing…