Reliable and Timely Statistics Are Essential for Making Public Policies to Deal with Crisis

(16 November 2011) The Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (SCA-ECLAC) was opened today with more than 60 delegates present from 28 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and representatives from international organizations. This meeting reaffirms the importance of having reliable and timely economic, social and environmental statistics in the countries in the region in order to deal with the international turmoil in the best way possible. During the meeting, which is being held in Bávaro, Dominican Republic, ministers, directors of national statistical o…

Estadísticas fiables y oportunas son indispensables para diseñar políticas públicas frente a crisis

(16 de noviembre, 2011) Con la presencia de más de 60 delegados de 28 países de América Latina y el Caribe y representantes de organismos internacionales dio inicio hoy la Sexta reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL (CEA-CEPAL) reafirmando la importancia de contar con datos estadísticos fiables y oportunos sobre la realidad económica, social y ambiental de los países de la región para enfrentar de mejor manera las turbulencias internacionales. En la reunión, que se realiza en Bávaro, República Dominicana, ministros, directores de oficinas nacionales de estadís…

Authorities and Experts Analyse Challenges of Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean

(14 November 2011) The Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (SCA-ECLAC) will talk place in Bávaro, Dominican Republic, from 16 to 18 November 2011 during which authorities and experts will analyse various issues relating to the development of statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean. During the meeting, ministers, directors of national statistical offices, officials from other public institutions and central banks, and specialists from international organizations will focus discussions on the development of environmental statistics, the 2010 round of popul…

Autoridades y expertos analizan desafíos de las estadísticas en América Latina y el Caribe

(14 de noviembre, 2011) Del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2011 se realizará en Bávaro, República Dominicana, la Sexta reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL (CEA-CEPAL), en la cual autoridades y expertos analizarán diversos temas relacionados al desarrollo de las estadísticas en América Latina y el Caribe. En la reunión, ministros, directores de oficinas nacionales de estadística, funcionarios de otras instituciones públicas y de bancos centrales y especialistas de organismos internacionales debatirán especialmente sobre el desarrollo de las estadísticas ambientales, los …

Sexta reunión de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Report on the coordination of international statistical activities in the area of the environment

This report presents the results of a regional study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico, in their respective roles as technical secretariat and coordinator, of the Working Group on Environmental Statistics of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. The objective was to carry out an in- depth study of the international statistical activities in the area of environmental statistics, with a view to strengthening coordination of those activities and optimizing their contribu…