Estimado Embajador Jorge Félix Rubio, Director General para Asuntos Económicos del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Perú, en su calidad de Presidente del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible,
Distinguidas ministras, ministros y representantes de los países, autoridades nacionales y cuerpo diplomático,
Estimados y estimadas colegas de los organismos, fondos y programas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas,
Estimados representantes de la sociedad civil, de los jóvenes, de la academia y del sector privado,
Colegas de la CEPAL
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The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is an example of multilateralism in action and of the capacity to harmonize interests, pursue agreements and partnerships, and make progress on shared cooperation agendas, representatives of the region’s countries, of United Nations agencies and of regional, multilateral and civil-society organizations agreed today at the eighth meeting of this platform, which concluded on Friday, April 4 at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Five years before the deadline for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda, these d…
El Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible es ejemplo de multilateralismo en acción y de la capacidad de convenir voluntades, buscar acuerdos y alianzas, y avanzar en agendas comunes de cooperación, coincidieron hoy representantes de países de la región, de agencias de las Naciones Unidas y organismos regionales, multilaterales y de la sociedad civil presentes en la octava reunión de la plataforma, que finalizó este viernes 4 de abril en la sede principal de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile.
A cinco años de que se cumpla el plazo de la Agenda 2030, los…
Many international development agendas highlight the importance of quality data for sustainable development. With the advent of the data revolution for sustainable development, stakeholders have underscored the value of timely, usable data in informing decision-making and for monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, be it in relation to national development planning or as regards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international development agendas. Crucially, the COVID-19 pandemic, more than anything else in recent times, has demonstrated the value of tim…
A new joint report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reveals that economies of the Region will only be reactivated if the curve of contagion of the COVID-19 pandemic is flattened. The report proposes a three-phase approach that includes the adoption of health, economic, social and productive policies that aim to control and mitigate the effects of the pandemic, reactivation with protection, and rebuilding in a sustainable and inclusive way.
Some countries have led the region to become the current epicenter of…
Un nuevo informe conjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) señala que solo si se aplana la curva de contagio de la pandemia por COVID-19 se podrán reactivar las economías de la región. El reporte propone un enfoque con tres fases que incluyen la adopción de políticas de salud, económicas, sociales y productivas dirigidas a controlar y mitigar los efectos de la pandemia, reactivar con protección y reconstruir de manera sostenible e inclusiva.
Algunos países han llevado a la región a convertirse en el epicentro act…
Um novo relatório conjunto da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) e da Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS) indica que somente se a curva de contágio da pandemia da COVID-19 for achatada, as economias da região poderão ser retomadas. O relatório propõe uma abordagem com três fases que incluem a adoção de políticas de saúde, econômicas, sociais e produtivas destinadas a controlar e mitigar os efeitos da pandemia, reativar com proteção e reconstruir de maneira sustentável e inclusiva.
Alguns países têm levado a região a se tornar no atual epicentro da pandemia, enca…
The world is facing a humanitarian and health crisis without precedent in the last century. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has battered economies already weakened by slow growth and mounting inequality. As uncertainty grows over the extent of the pandemic, economies and societies are shutting down and coming to a standstill. The short- and even medium-term impacts may be devastating. The region of Latin America and the Caribbean faces this crisis from a situation of economic growth that is insufficient to reduce poverty and increase employment at the pace needed by its societies. …
El mundo se encuentra ante una crisis humanitaria y sanitaria sin precedents en el último siglo. La enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) ha golpeado a economías debilitadas por el lento crecimiento y el aumento de la desigualdad. Ante la incertidumbre sobre el alcance de la pandemia, las economías y las sociedades se cierran y paralizan. Los efectos de corto e, incluso, mediano plazo pueden ser devastadores. La región de América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta esta crisis en una situación de crecimiento económico insuficiente para reducir la pobreza y aumentar el empleo al ritmo que necesitan sus…
Competitiveness and its determinants: a systemic analysis for developing countries / Victor Medeiros, Lucas Gonçalves Godoi and Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- The gross domestic product (GDP) shares of the agriculture sector and the hydrocarbon and mining sector in the countries of South America between 1960 and 2014 / Pedro Henrique de Abreu Paiva and Carlos José Caetano Bacha .-- Green jobs in Argentina: opportunities to move forward with the environmental and social agenda / Christoph Ernst, Ana Sofía Rojo Brizuela and Daniele Epifanio .-- Income elasticities and inequality of poverty in urb…
Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…
The gradual abatement of rural-urban migration in Latin America and the Caribbean is leading to growing prevalence of migration between cities, a phenomenon about which little theory or empirical studies have been developed in the region. Accordingly, this work uses census microdata —the only source available in the region for estimating migration between cities— from a dozen countries to: (i) estimate the recent evolution of this migration using categories based on cities’ population size (including a residual category that groups municipalities without cities); (ii) estimate the effect of th…
El paulatino agotamiento de la migración rural-urbana en América Latina y el Caribe conduce al creciente predominio de la migración entre ciudades, fenómeno que ha sido poco teorizado y estudiado empíricamente en la región. Por ello, este trabajo explota los microdatos censales —única fuente existente en la región para estimar la migración entre ciudades— de una decena de países para: i) estimar la evolución reciente de esta migración de acuerdo con categorías basadas en el tamaño demográfico de las ciudades (incluida una categoría residual que agrupa a los municipios sin ciudades); ii) estima…
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