La presente publicación es una contribución de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) al análisis sobre el potencial y las oportunidades de comercio, inversión y de asociaciones estratégicas entre Centroamérica, la República Dominicana y el Caribe. El estudio incluye a los 14 países de la CARICOM: Antigua y Barbuda, las Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Dominica, Granada, Guyana, Haití, Jamaica, Saint Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, San Vicente y las Granadinas, Suriname y Trinidad y Tabago. Por otra parte, se analizan los países de…
Este relatório apresenta os avanços e as brechas com relação ao desenvolvimento sustentável desde 1992. Ele descreve uma situação ambiental, social, econômica e institucional premente. Sobretudo, indica o enorme espaço de melhora da gestão econômica para torná-la mais integral e de acordo com um conceito de desenvolvimento inclusivo e sustentável. O objetivo das diretrizes propostas é aproveitar a oportunidade que Rio+20 representa de redefinir a visão do desenvolvimento futuro que os países querem alcançar.…
(12 August 2011) Authorities from various Latin American and Caribbean countries and high-level international experts called for the international cooperation system to provide a comprehensive answer to the challenges of development, which is not only aimed at meeting the needs of low-income countries, but which also considers the different needs and weaknesses of medium-income countries.
During the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Consultation on Financing for Development, which took place on 10 and 11 August at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, government representatives and dis…
(12 de agosto, 2011) Autoridades de varios países de América Latina y el Caribe y expertos internacionales de alto nivel hicieron un llamado para que el sistema de cooperación internacional provea una respuesta integral a los desafíos del desarrollo, que no sólo se oriente a las necesidades de los países de ingresos bajos, sino que también considere las diversas necesidades y vulnerabilidades de los países de renta media.
Durante la Consulta Regional de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Financiamiento del Desarrollo, que se llevó a cabo los días 10 y 11 de agosto en la sede de la CEPAL en Santi…
The economies of China and of the Latin American and Caribbean region are the current global growth poles and, over the coming years, will grow twice or three times as quickly as the industrialized economies, which will have to adjust to slower growth and higher unemployment. The present juncture offers an opportunity to rethink global and regional partnership strategies and to put greater emphasis on South- South ties in trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and cooperation. In this document, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) posits that China and the Latin …
(27 March 2012) New technologies allow for the economic integration of Latin American countries. This is one of the conclusions reached during the fifth meeting of the Regional Dialogue on Broadband, where ECLAC gathered public servants from nine out of the ten countries taking part in the Dialogue (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay), joined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
At the meeting, which took place today at the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) headquarters, representatives from these countries stated …
(27 de marzo, 2012) Las nuevas tecnologías abren una ventana para la integración económica de los países de América Latina. Esta fue una de las conclusiones a las que se llegó durante la quinta reunión del Diálogo Regional de Banda Ancha, en la que la CEPAL reunió a funcionarios de nueve de los 10 países integrantes del Diálogo (Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú y Uruguay) y a la que se incorporó la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT).
En la reunión, que tuvo lugar hoy en la sede de la Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) de Espa…
Las economías de China y de América Latina y el Caribe -que crecerán en los próximos años entre dos y tres veces más rápido que las economías industrializadas- son los polos de crecimiento mundial del momento, ya que en los próximos años las economías industrializadas deberán ajustarse a un contexto de menor crecimiento y mayor desempleo.
Por lo tanto, nos encontramos ante una coyuntura internacional que invita a repensar las estrategias globales y regionales de alianzas, y a conceder una mayor relevancia a los vínculos Sur-Sur en el comercio, la inversión extranjera directa (IED) y la coopera…
For Social Panorama of Latin America, the main challenge is to foster a more in-depth examination of social gaps and the mechanisms that reproduce or decrease them. The previous edition of Social Panorama homed in on inequality gaps and their intergenerational reproduction and paid particular attention to the formative years of individuals, their transition to adult life and the role of social expenditure and transfers in meeting the needs of new generations during their early years. It showed how the life cycle path is determined by differences in skill development and how inequality and pove…
In December 2009 the General Assembly adopted resolution 64/236 and agreed to convene the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in June 2012. This Conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro 20 years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or the Earth Summit, represents a historic opportunity to take stock of developments over the past two decades, assess the progress made and the difficulties encountered and explore new forms of cooperation capable of expediting the transition towards sustainable development. The Member States have al…
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