The Latin American and Caribbean region recorded GDP growth of 2.6% in 2013, down from 3.1% in 2012, testifying to the continuation of the economic slowdown apparent in the region since 2011. The countries’ growth rates differed significantly, however.
In 2014 the global economy will present opportunities and threats for Latin America and the Caribbean. The currency depreciation seen in several countries in the region in recent months, possibly strengthened by a shift in future financial flows towards developed countries, could, if sustained, increase incentives for investment in tradable sect…
O escasso dinamismo da economia internacional e a volatilidade financeira caracterizaram a economia mundial em 2013. A maior demanda externa e um crescimento modesto do consumo contribuirão para a recuperação do crescimento da América Latina e do Caribe em 2014.…
El Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2013 analiza el desempeño macroeconómico regional y los efectos de la volatilidad financiera internacional en las naciones latinoamericanas y caribeñas. Asimismo, examina el comportamiento de la inversión, las exportaciones y el consumo y entrega recomendaciones de política pública.…
This survey posits that improving global prospects especially in the United States and Europe will mean opportunities for positive growth in the Caribbean due to increasing exports and renewed inflows from foregin direct investment and remittances. It points out that the response of the Caribbean economies to the global crisis has been asymmetric with the goods1 producing economies doing better than the service producing economies with respect to growth and their public finances. On the latter issue the region faces severe challenges as debt to GDP ratios in some countries are in excess of 100…
A edição número 65 do Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe corresponde ao biênio 2012 2013. Tal como as edições anteriores, na primeira parte se analisa o desempenho recente das economias da região e suas perspectivas para o ano, e na segunda se discutem aspectos de longo prazo do desenvolvimento econômico da América Latina e do Caribe. Finalmente, na página web da CEPAL (www.cepal.org) podem-se consultar as notas de países, onde se analisa a conjuntura das economias da América Latina e do Caribe durante 2012 e o primeiro semestre de 2013, bem como o anexo estatístico, em que se most…
The sixty-fifth edition of Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean covers the two-year period 2012 2013. As in previous editions, the first part examines the recent performance of the economies of the region and the outlook for the current year. The second part discusses long-term aspects of the economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Country notes, which look at the economic situation of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean during 2012 and the first half of 2013, may be viewed on the ECLAC webpage (www.eclac.org). These notes are published along with a …
La presente edición del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe corresponde al bienio 2012-2013. Al igual que en ediciones previas, en la primera parte se analiza el desempeño reciente de las economías de la región y sus perspectivas para el año, y en la segunda se discuten aspectos de largo plazo del desarrollo económico de América Latina y el Caribe. En la página web de la CEPAL pueden consultarse las notas de países, donde se analiza la coyuntura económica de las economías de América Latina y del Caribe durante 2012 y el primer semestre de 2013, así como el anexo estadístico, en el …
(28 June 2013) In recent years, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has strengthened its electronic dissemination platform to facilitate and extend access by Member States and the public to the intellectual assets of this United Nations regional commission, thereby boosting user feedback and reducing the economic and environmental costs of using paper.
Since it was created over 60 years ago, this think tank for economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced a large amount of information and knowledge in many formats, from statist…
(28 de junio, 2013) En los últimos años, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ha reforzado su plataforma de difusión electrónica para facilitar y ampliar el acceso de los Estados miembros y la población al patrimonio intelectual de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas, potenciando la retroalimentación de parte de los usuarios y reduciendo los costos económicos y ambientales asociados al uso del papel.
En sus más de 60 años de existencia, este centro de pensamiento enfocado en el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe ha producido, en diver…
The current survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2011 and the outlook for 2012 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, and of the eight member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla and Montserrat. The introduction summarizes the economic performance of the Caribbean in 2011 and the growth outcomes for 2012. Section A examines the current global economic difficulties and the challenges p…
(10 January 2013) In Latin America and the Caribbean, 94% of primary-school age children were enrolled at school, but the figure was just 75% for the secondary level of education. Also, the average number of people on technical or university courses was three times higher in the richest quintile than in the poorest quintile, according to data reproduced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The new edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2012, which is now available online, includes information on gaps in the population's educat…
(10 de enero, 2013) En América Latina y el Caribe, 94% de los niños en edad de cursar la educación primaria se encontraban matriculados en ese nivel educativo, pero el porcentaje llegó solo a 75% para el caso de la matrícula en el segundo nivel de enseñanza. Asimismo, el número de personas que cursaron estudios técnicos o universitarios en el quintil más rico fue, en promedio, tres veces más alto que en el quintil más pobre, según datos reproducidos por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
En la nueva edición del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2012,…
This study analyzes the patterns of development in the Caribbean and gives particular focus to the challenges to and opportunities for sustainable development. The study is divided into two parts. The first part of the study examines trajectories for development in the Caribbean, while the second addresses the relationship between competition and integration.1
The significant development gains attained since independence have been threatened in the last decade. Slowing productivity growth, rising debt, increasing crime and social dislocation in recent years have adversely affected growth in pe…
El presente documento es una contribución de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB) al proceso de preparación de la XXII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno (Cádiz, España, 16 y 17 de noviembre de 2012). El objetivo principal de este documento es brindar a los gobiernos una perspectiva amplia e informada de algunas dimensiones relevantes del desarrollo de los países que integran el espacio iberoamericano. La inversión es una variable clave para generar un proceso de desarrollo orientado al cambio estructur…