This set of policy briefs has the objective of profiling disaster risk management (DRM) policies in five selected member States of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The present publication is the second that ECLAC has released on the mainstreaming of DRM strategies on this topic area. In 2017, a similar document was published for the following countries: The Bahamas, Belize, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. It also aims at analysing these policies and their interactions with broader development issues an…
This study provides a comprehensive review and evaluation of the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development in the Caribbean. The Montevideo Consensus was adopted by the governments of the region in 2013 and includes more than one hundred priority actions covering themes including population policy and planning; children and youth; ageing; sexual and reproductive health; gender equality; international migration; territorial inequality; and indigenous peoples. This study was prepared to inform the first five-year review of the implementation of the Consensus which …
El Ministro de Desarrollo Social de Paraguay, Mario Varela, y la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, firmaron hoy un convenio de cooperación para fortalecer las actividades de asistencia técnica entre ambas partes.
La ceremonia de firma se realizó en la sede central de la comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago de Chile, y en ella participaron además el Director General de Políticas Sociales del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social paraguayo (MDS), Cayo Cáceres, el Encargado de Negocios a.i. de la Embajada de Paraguay e…
In 2018, bond issuance from Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) slowed, bond spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated. The region saw the best and the worst conditions for tapping international capital markets in 2018. In January 2018, issuers from the region placed their highest ever monthly volume of debt in international markets. On the other hand, December 2018, with no issuance recorded, was the worst December on record for LAC issuers. Bond activity in 2018 was affected by a heavy electoral calendar at the domestic level, and by U.S. interest rate hikes, withdrawal of dollar li…
En este documento se hace un análisis integral de la situación de la provincia de Formosa (Argentina) en materia de ingresos, desigualdad, empleo, pobreza, educación, salud, producción, infraestructura y medioambiente. Se sitúa a la provincia en perspectiva frente a las regiones específicas a la que pertenece y a la totalidad de la Nación. A partir de los resultados observados, se sugieren ciertas áreas de intervención estratégica para la agenda de políticas públicas de la provincia: el mejoramiento de la infraestructura energética y comunicacional, la integración de las cadenas productivas y …
This issue analyses data on investments in Latin American road infrastructure between 2007 and 2015, examines the subsector’s evolution and emphasizes the negative repercussions of accident fatalities and carbon emissions. It aims to raise awareness about the importance of this mode of transport in the region and to underscore the need for socioeconomic evaluations of road projects and for additional, better and more transparent data and information on the sector, using a cross-cutting approach in pursuit of sustainable development.…
This report offers a review of 14 non-monetary indicators of poverty to monitor progress towards the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) “End poverty in all its forms everywhere”. The reviewed indicators are housing materials, overcrowding, housing tenure, durable goods, access to safe water and improved sanitation, access to clean sources of energy, garbage collection and nearby sources of contamination, (public) transportation, child attendance to school and adult schooling, employment, social security and access to health care.…
Countries are increasingly interested in having an official multidimensional poverty index (MPI). This is the expression of a growing consensus regarding the limitations of income poverty measures as standalone indicator. This paper analyses the challenges in designing such indices. Specifically, it addresses the selection of the unit of identification, the selection of dimensions and indicators, including the issue of missing values and the debate on whether to include an indicator of monetary deprivation or not, the weighting structure and the poverty cutoff. In general, for all the reviewed…
Universal policies on education, health and social protection contribute not only to inclusion but also to the strengthening of human capacities, increased productivity and economic growth, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today.
ECLAC’s highest authority participated, via videoconference, in a dialogue with other senior officials of the United Nations system in the framework of the 57th session of the Commission for Social Development, which is being held on February 11-21 in New York and which is focused this yea…
Las políticas universales en educación, salud y protección social contribuyen no solo a la inclusión, sino también al fortalecimiento de las capacidades humanas, el aumento de la productividad y el crecimiento económico afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
La máxima funcionaria de la CEPAL intervino, vía videoconferencia, en un diálogo con altos funcionarios de las Naciones Unidas en el marco del 57º período de sesiones de la Comisión de Desarrollo Social, que se celebra entre el 11 y el 21 de febrero en Nueva York, y…
This report seeks to give an account of progress in the implementation of the priority measures of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development in the region, as well as the differences between countries in terms of the degree of implementation. By highlighting relevant national experiences, it also seeks to facilitate the exchange of good practices among countries so that they can benefit from each other in their efforts to advance the implementation of the actions of the Montevideo Consensus.…
El propósito de este informe es dar cuenta del avance en la implementación de las medidas prioritarias del Consenso de Montevideo sobre Población y Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe, observando asimismo las heterogeneidades que existen entre los países de la región en cuanto al grado de implementación. Al resaltar experiencias nacionales relevantes, se busca facilitar el intercambio de buenas prácticas entre países a fin de que puedan beneficiarse mutuamente en su esfuerzo para avanzar en el cumplimiento de las medidas del Consenso de Montevideo.…
57th Session of the Commission for Social Development
Panel Discussion: Interactive Dialogue with senior officials of the UN System on the priority theme “Addressing inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies”
United Nations Headquarters, New York, 13 February 2019
Highlights of the presentation of Ms Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
The world is currently facing a series of global disruptions which pose enormous challenges to sustainable development and people’s welfar…
57th Session of the Commission for Social Development
Panel Discussion: Interactive Dialogue with senior officials of the UN System on the priority theme “Addressing inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies”
United Nations Headquarters, New York, 13 February 2019
Highlights of the presentation of Ms Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
The world is currently facing a series of global disruptions which pose enormous challenges to sustainable development and people’s welfar…
A lo largo de los años, los avances tecnológicos han producido cambios fundamentales en el mercado laboral, algunas profesiones están desapareciendo, otras se están creando y la mayoría se está transformado. Esto implica que el desarrollo de habilidades laborales también se está transformado, tanto por el lado de la oferta como de la demanda. En este proceso, los desencuentros entre trabajadores y el sector productivo se intensifican. América Latina es una de las regiones con mayor brecha de habilidades.
El principal objetivo del estudio es presentar analíticamente los esfuerzos que se realiza…
El presente documento busca brindar antecedentes sobre el consumo energético en el sector transporte por carretera, además de las ventajas y desafíos que las nuevas tecnologías de propulsión representan para la actividad.…
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