The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…
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…
(January 29, 2015) The Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) signed today a framework agreement for cooperation that seeks the institutional strengthening of that Central American state through activities related to research, training and technical assistance.
The agreement, which has a four-year time frame, was signed by Salvador Sánchez Cerén, President of El Salvador, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in the context of the III Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), whi…
(29 de enero, 2015) La Presidencia de la República de El Salvador y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) firmaron hoy un convenio-marco de cooperación que busca el fortalecimiento institucional de ese Estado centroamericano a través de actividades de investigación, capacitación y asistencia técnica.
El acuerdo, que tiene una duración de cuatro años, fue firmado por Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Presidente de El Salvador, y Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en el marco de la III Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) que se cele…
En el presente trabajo se presenta una propuesta para eldesarrollo de un Índice de Competitividad Regional de un país queforma parte de una investigación integral de medición del nivel decompetitividad. Con esta propuesta se aspira a posicionar un nuevoenfoque para la competitividad, al medir cómo en determinada regiónde un país se administran los recursos y capacidades para incrementarsostenidamente la productividad empresarial y el bienestar de supoblación. Se identificaron los determinantes de la competitividad delas regiones, denominándolos pilares: i); gobierno e instituciones;ii); desarr…
This article, which forms part of a comprehensive research projecton measuring the level of competitiveness, sets out a proposal fordeveloping an index to measure the competitiveness of the regions of acountry. The aim is to develop a new approach to competitiveness, bymeasuring how resources and capacities are managed in a given regionof a country, to generate a sustained increase in business productivity andthe well-being of its population. The following pillars of the competitivenessof regions are identified: (i); government and institutions; (ii); economicdevelopment; (iii); productive inf…
20 April 2015, 06:00 - 10:00
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Event (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
El Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la CEPAL invita al “Seminario Internacional sobre Políticas de Competitividad Territorial” que se realizará el 20 de abril de 2015 de 9:00 a 13.00 hrs en la sala Celso Furtado, en la sede de la CEPAL, ubicada en Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile.…
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