The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 2

Conceptualizing a circular economy in the Caribbean: perspectives and possibilities. Policy Brief

Although the notion of a circular economy (CE) has been conceived and debated for more than half a century (Henrysson and Nuur, 2021), it has gained considerable popularity in the lexicon of economists, ecologists and other development thinkers over the past two decades. The increasing evidence of the existential threat of human-induced climate change and the related imperatives of decarbonizing the global economy, have led to greater focus on strategies for a more sustainable use of the natural and environmental resource base.…

Strategies for Post COVID-19 Recovery in the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 6

Caribbean in Brief: an information document for Caribbean Small Island Developing States

This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 12

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 13: Financing measures to overcome the crisis

This edition of the newsletter provides to its users a summary of the main sources and objectives of financing that are being implemented and discussed in the world and the region.…

Sistemas alimentarios y COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe N° 13: medidas de financiamiento para superar la crisis

Esta edición del boletín pone a disposición de sus usuarios un resumen de las principales fuentes y objetivos del financiamiento que se están implementando y discutiendo en el mundo y la región.…

CEPAL Review no. 131

International financial cooperation to address the Latin American economic crisis / José Antonio Ocampo .-- Mapping social conflicts in natural resources: a text mining study of extractive activities / Ramiro Albrieu and Gabriel Palazzo .-- The ECLA technique of programming and economists in Argentina in the mid-twentieth century / Mariano Arana .-- Indicator of the efficiency of value added tax and income tax collection in Ecuador / José Ramírez-Álvarez and Paul Carrillo-Maldonado .-- Growth and heterogeneity of human capital: effects of the expansion of higher education on the income increas…

Revista CEPAL no. 131

La cooperación financiera internacional frente a la crisis económica latinoamericana / José Antonio Ocampo .-- Categorización de conflictos sociales en el ámbito de los recursos naturales: un estudio de las actividades extractivas mediante la minería de textos / Ramiro Albrieu y Gabriel Palazzo .-- La técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en la Argentina de mediados del siglo XX / Mariano Arana .-- Indicador de eficiencia recaudatoria del impuesto al valor agregado y del impuesto a la renta del Ecuador / José Ramírez-Álvarez y Paul Carrillo-Maldonado .-- Crecimiento y heterogeneid…

Countries of the Region Urge for a Paradigm Shift in International Financing and for Strengthening Multilateralism

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries urged for a paradigm shift in international financing that would allow for immediate responses to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to be provided and for sustainable development to be achieved in the region, during today’s virtual meeting of the thirty-fifth session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). On this occasion, Cuba handed the Presidency Pro Tempore over to Costa Rica, which will hold this position for the next two years. The meeting – in which 3…

Países de la región instan a un cambio de paradigma en materia de financiamiento internacional y al fortalecimiento del multilateralismo

Representantes de los países de América Latina y el Caribe instaron hoy a un cambio de paradigma en materia de financiamiento internacional que permita dar respuesta inmediata a los efectos de la pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19) y alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible en la región, durante la reunión virtual del trigésimo quinto período de sesiones del Comité Plenario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En la ocasión, Cuba traspasó la Presidencia Pro Témpore a Costa Rica, país que ejercerá este cargo por los próximos dos años. La reunión, en la que participaron 37 …

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…

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A new era in Caribbean telecommunications

Corporate governance in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru: The determinants of risk in corporate debt issuance

This study builds on the Corporate governance and development of capital markets in Latin America report published by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which looked at the regulatory framework related to the principles of corporate governance in the region and assessed its contribution to the development of capital markets. This book complements the previous study and is the result of a joint effort by CAF, the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) and ECLAC to identify the key elements of corporate governance …

Palabras de bienvenida al II Diálogo Latinoamericano sobre el Financiamiento de Electricidad Baja en Carbono

El financiamiento de la infraestructura: propuestas para el desarrollo sostenible de una política sectorial

El estudio se refiere a los mecanismos de participación privada en el financiamiento de la infraestructura física de América Latina y el Caribe tendientes a contribuir a un desarrollo sostenible. Se trata de uno de los aspectos del desarrollo en que hay menos investigación empírica y cuya discusión por ende tiene menos fundamentos en hechos concretos…