Expertos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) participaron del 8 al 11 de marzo en Nueva York en el 47 período de sesiones de la Comisión Estadística de las Naciones Unidas, donde se aprobaron los 231 indicadores que permitirán medir el cumplimiento de los 17 Objetivos incluidos en la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
En vísperas de esta reunión, la delegación de la CEPAL, encabezada por el Director de la División de Estadísticas, Pascual Gerstenfeld, y por el Oficial a Cargo de la Secretaría de la Comisión, Luis F. Yáñez, sostuvo el 7 de marzo dos encuentr…
Information generated from mobile phones can be successfully used to contain the spread of non-communicable diseases, as was recently done to stem the spread of the Chikungunya virus in the Caribbean. This opportunity was explained in the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently published report titled “An assessment of big data for official statistics in the Caribbean”.
The report notes that the use of big data through geospatial (or location) information was used to support healthcare, and to design social intervention measures to address …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, available on the Internet, which gives a statistical overview of the social, economic and environmental development processes in the region’s countries.
This annual publication contributes to generating knowledge on Latin America and the Caribbean and, therefore, it is an essential reference report for the comparative analysis of countries with descriptive statistical data. This edition contains information that was available until mid-December 2…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) difundió hoy el Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2015, disponible en internet, en el que se ofrece un panorama estadístico que da cuenta del desarrollo social, económico y ambiental de los países de la región.
Esta publicación anual contribuye a la generación de conocimiento sobre América Latina y el Caribe y por lo tanto constituye una referencia esencial para el análisis comparado entre países con datos estadísticos descriptivos. Esta edición contiene información que se encontraba disponible hasta mediados de dici…
The data revolution for sustainable development has triggered interest in the use of big data for official statistics such that theUnited Nations Economic and Social Council considers it to be almost an obligation for statistical organizations to explore big data. Big data has been promoted as a more timely and cheaper alternative to traditional sources of official data, and one that offers great potential for monitoring the sustainable development goals. However, privacy concerns, technology and capacity remain significant obstacles to the use of big data. This study makes a case for incor…
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