The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 1

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…

Building Resilience across the Caribbean Post-COVID-19

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 12

Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 1 July 2019-1 July 2020

Informe de Actividades del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES), 1 de julio de 2019-1 de julio de 2020

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 11

Draft programme of work of the ECLAC system, 2022

The draft programme of work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for 2022 is hereby submitted to the member States of the Commission for their consideration. This draft programme is based on the programme of work for the Commission and the priorities for 2022 that will be considered by the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the United Nations General Assembly as part of the intergovernmental reviewing exercise. The overall purpose of the programme is to promote the economic, social and environmentally sustainable development of Latin America and the …

Proyecto de programa de trabajo del sistema de la CEPAL, 2022

La Secretaría presenta a la consideración de los Estados miembros de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el proyecto de programa de trabajo de la Comisión para 2022. Este proyecto de programa se basa en el programa de trabajo de la Comisión y las prioridades para 2022, que serán examinados por el Comité del Programa y de la Coordinación y por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, como parte del ejercicio de revisión intergubernamental. El objetivo general del programa es promover el desarrollo económico, social y ambientalmente sostenible de América Latina y el …

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 10

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

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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…

The ECLA technique of programming and economists in Argentina in the mid-twentieth century

This article analyses the origin and development of the technique of programming of Jorge Ahumada, of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA),2 and its importance for economists and economic development planning institutions. To that end, it examines the circulation of the technique in various organizations in Argentina and shows how planning gained legitimacy alongside the main economic policy debates of the mid-twentieth century, while describing the institutional circulation of experts and their texts in the country. The ECLA contribution was found to have a direct impact on local …

La técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en la Argentina de mediados del siglo XX

En este artículo, se analizan el origen y el desarrollo de la técnica de programación de Jorge Ahumada, de la Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL)2, y su importancia para los economistas y las instituciones programadoras del desarrollo económico. Con este fin, se estudia la circulación de la técnica en diversos organismos en la Argentina y se muestra cómo la planificación logró legitimarse en sintonía con los principales debates de la economía política de mediados del siglo XX, al tiempo que se describe el proceso de circulación institucional de los expertos y sus textos en el país. …

The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.8

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…

The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.6

Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)