Monetary metrics are inadequate for reflecting dimensions of well-being that are not directly related to income because they overlook inequalities in the distribution of well-being among different social groups, they fail to capture governance difficulties that erode the quality of democracy and they do not take into account the impacts of environmentally unsustainable practices that endanger the life prospects of present and future generations, according to the authorities and specialists gathered at the Seminar on the Measurement of Development and its Relationship to International Cooperati…
Las métricas monetarias no son adecuadas para reflejar dimensiones del bienestar que no están relacionadas directamente con el ingreso, pasan por alto las desigualdades en la distribución del bienestar entre los diferentes grupos sociales, no captan las dificultades de gobernabilidad que erosionan la calidad democrática y no consideran los impactos de las prácticas ambientalmente insostenibles que ponen en riesgo las perspectivas vitales de las generaciones presentes y futuras, coincidieron autoridades y especialistas reunidos en el Seminario sobre la medición del desarrollo y su relación con …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed its proposal for economic and social transformation to hasten implementation of the 2030 Agenda, during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which is taking place through Thursday, July 18 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, actively participated in several of the global forum’s plenary sessions and side events, where he shared his vision for moving towards a more productive, inclusive and sustai…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmó su propuesta de transformación económica y social para acelerar la implementación de la Agenda 2030, durante el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (FPAN), que se celebra hasta el jueves 18 de julio en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo del organismo regional, tuvo una activa participación en varias sesiones plenarias y eventos paralelos del foro mundial, en los que compartió su visión para avanzar hacia un modelo de desarrollo más product…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmou sua proposta de transformação econômica e social para acelerar a implementação da Agenda 2030 durante o Fórum Político de Alto Nível sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (FPAN), realizado na sede das Nações Unidas em Nova York.
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretário Executivo do organismo regional, teve uma ativa participação em várias sessões plenárias e eventos paralelos do fórum mundial, nos quais compartilhou sua visão para avançar rumo a um modelo de desenvolvimento mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável na América L…
Dear Chair, Excellencies, all protocols observed.
Middle-income countries, or MICs, comprise 107 states worldwide.
They constitute a large share of countries in the Arab Region, Asia Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean, and thirty out of 54 African countries are middle-income.
They represent over 75% of the world’s population and are home to 62% of the world’s poor.
They account for a third of global GDP, 45% of total investment, and 30% of total exports.
These figures speak for themselves about the importance of the MICs in the world and for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda…
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (2008–2009), the external financing needs of Latin America and the Caribbean increased significantly, reflecting a process of external debt accumulation in all developing regions, exacerbated by the impacts of COVID-19. The region is now the most indebted in the developing world, with a debt profile that makes it highly vulnerable to changes in international lending conditions and to perceptions of risk. This has placed a major constraint on government responses to the COVID-19 emergency and undermines their capacity to build forward better. This…
Este estudo analisa as estratégicas de catching-up e leapfrogging implementadas na China, como mecanismo de superar a armadilha da renda média. Utiliza-se o arcabouço teórico e metodológico do sistema setorial de inovação (SSI – em inglês, sectoral systems of innovation) e estratégia de catch-up de acordo com o ciclo de vida tecnológico do produto, como estratégia viável de inserir-se em fronteiras tecnológicas mais avançadas, assim como romper com os limites do desenvolvimento. Nesse sentido, analisou-se o setor de semicondutores como estudo de caso, principalmente por ser um setor que está n…
Latin American economies need higher productivity to escape from the middle-income trap. This article analyses the drivers of innovation at the firm level, which is a critical driver of productivity growth. The article estimates a two-stepmodel where firm characteristics affect firm engagement with innovation inputs, and such engagement then generates innovation outputs. We use World Bank Enterprise Survey data to analyse this two-stage process for a pooled panel of matched firms in 2006, 2010 and 2017 for five Latin American economies (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay). The find…
América Latina necesita una productividad más alta para escapar de la trampa del ingreso medio. En este artículo, se analizan los factores que promueven la innovación a nivel de las empresas, un factor clave para aumentar la productividad. Se estima un modelo de dos etapas en que las características de la empresa afectan su uso de los insumos para la innovación; un uso que, a su vez, genera resultados de innovación. Utilizando datos de las Encuestas de Empresas del Banco Mundial de 2006, 2010 y 2017 de cinco economías latinoamericanas, se concluye que las deficiencias de innovación a nivel agr…
Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…
A renewal of international cooperation is essential if more inclusive and sustainable development is to be attained for all the inhabitants of the region. In accordance with the concept of development in transition, elaborated by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean together with the European Commission and the Development Centre of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), this cooperation should be tailored to the specific needs of countries and seek to address structural development gaps, contributing to the generation of regional and global pu…
Renovar la cooperación internacional es fundamental para lograr un desarrollo más inclusivo y sostenible para todos los habitantes de nuestra región. De acuerdo con el concepto de desarrollo en transición, elaborado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), junto con la Comisión Europea y el Centro de Desarrollo de la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), esta cooperación debe orientarse a las necesidades específicas de los países y a abordar las brechas estructurales del desarrollo, contribuyendo a la generación de bienes públicos regionales y gl…
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