The external and internal imbalances that appeared in the early 1980s, together with the adjustment and stabilization policies applied throughout that decade in Latin America, juxtaposed the need to reduce the fiscal deficit with the need to make up for the loss of income sustained by the most vulnerable groups of the population as a consequence of the external debt crisis. This article examines patterns of social expenditure in a number of countries in the region, in an effort to determine how these policies affected the level and composition of social spending and, hence, influenced social p…
This document contains the Secretariat's considered point of view, as
perceived from a Latin American and Caribbean vantage point, on how the debt overhang could be dealt with constructively and consensually. In the absence of better and more equitable management of the problem, it is difficult to see how development can be put back on track in the present decade.…
13 - 14 April 2011
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Event (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
El programa del taller, organizado en el marco del proyecto "Implementación de reformas fiscales para el fortalecimiento de la Cohesión Social en América Latina y el Caribe" ejecutado conjuntamente por CEPAL y GIZ, consulto discusiones en torno a los siguientes principales ejes de interés: “Tendencias recientes del financiamiento externo en América Latina y el Caribe (1990-2010), nuevos y viejos desafíos”; “La integración a los mercados financieros internacionales: consecuencias para la estabilidad macroeconómica y el crecimiento” y “Consecuencias de la volatilidad de los precios de los …
10 September 2020, 06:00 - 09:00
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Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)
This year the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) takes stock of the progress so far made in persuading the international community to extend the financial support needed by Member States.…
10 September 2020, 06:00 - 09:00
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Event (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
This year the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) takes stock of the progress so far made in persuading the international community to extend the financial support needed by Member States.…
12 - 13 October 2022
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Event (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
Seventh meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable - The Caribbean: Recovery and Repositioning in the context of
COVID-19 and beyond
The Caribbean Development Roundtable will bring together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as other development partners. All are invited to contribute to the discussions.
(Meeting documen…
12 - 13 October 2022
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Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)
Seventh meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable - The Caribbean: Recovery and Repositioning in the context of
COVID-19 and beyond
The Caribbean Development Roundtable will bring together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as other development partners. All are invited to contribute to the discussions.
(Meeting documen…
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