PALABRAS JOSÉ MANUEL SALAZAR-XIRINACHS, SECRETARIO EJECUTIVO DE LA CEPAL, EN LA INAUGURACIÓN DE LA SÉPTIMA REUNIÓN DEL FORO DE LOS PAÍSES DE AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE SOBRE EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
(Santiago, 16 de abril de 2024)
Muy buenos días.
Estimada Laura Fernández, Ministra de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica de Costa Rica, en su calidad de Vicepresidenta del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Estimada Amina Mohammed, Vicesecretaria General de las Naciones Unidas
Estimado Guy Ryder, Secretario General Adjunto de Políticas …
Over the period June to September 2023, data was collected, using online field surveys, in which respondents answered questions on their traffic congestion experience in Trinidad and Tobago. A key assumption which underpinned the method is that commuters (both drivers and passengers) are best able to estimate the amount of time spent in traffic during their daily movements. Most respondents (56 per cent female and 44 per cent male), reported that they commuted at least three times per week in self-driven private vehicles (81 per cent), carrying no passengers.
The problem of vehicu…
2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but
also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues
to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…
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…
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