Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, when applied well, could help in addressing key global challenges and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, these potential benefits will not materialize automatically. The use of AI also carries significant risks, such as disruption to job markets and economies, loss of cultural diversity, new AI-enabled digital weapons that increase misinformation and surveillance, and threats to human rights and democracy. While AI systems could support the achievement of many of the SDGs , they could also impede the achievement of others and increa…
Government representatives will address the challenges of transforming development planning along with current and new requests for training in the region, among other issues, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP) of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), which will take place on November 27-28, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, November 27 at 9 a.m. local time in Chile…
Representantes de gobierno abordarán los retos para la transformación de la planificación para el desarrollo y las actuales y nuevas demandas de capacitación en la región, entre otros temas, durante la Trigésima Reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación (CRP) del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) que se realizará los días 27 y 28 de noviembre de 2024 en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile.
El encuentro será inaugurado el miércoles 27 de noviembre, a las 9:00 horas d…
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…
Publicada en español, inglés y portugués, este recurso vivo de investigación y estudio sistematiza la historia del ILPES y de la planificación para el desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe.…