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…
The Brazil Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), Brazil’s Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) held on October 23, 2020 a webinar entitled “Energy Big Push: Accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil”.
The Energy Big Push (EBP) or Grande Impulso Energia Brasil is a collaborative initiative that seeks to provide evidence to promote innovation investments for a sustainable energy transition in Brazil, thereby contributing to an Energy Big Push.
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La Oficina en Brasil de la Comisión Económica para América y el Caribe (CEPAL) de Naciones Unidas, el Centro de Gestión y Estudios Estratégicos (CGEE), la Empresa de Investigación Energética (EPE) y la Agencia Internacional de Energía (IEA), realizaron el 23 de octubre de 2020 el webinario “Big push energético: impulsando la innovación en energías limpias en Brasil”.
El Energy Big Push (EBP) o Gran Impulso Energía Brasil es una iniciativa colaborativa que busca aportar evidencias para la promoción de inversiones en innovación hacia una transición energética sostenible en el país, contribuyend…
No dia 23 de outubro de 2020, o Escritório no Brasil da Comissão Econômica para a América e o Caribe (CEPAL) das Nações Unidas, o Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos (CGEE), a Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) e a Agência Internacional de Energia (IEA), realizaram o webinar “Big push energético: impulsionando a inovação em energias limpas no Brasil”.
O Energy Big Push (EBP) ou Grande Impulso Energia Brasil é uma iniciativa colaborativa que busca fornecer evidências para promover investimentos em inovação rumo a uma transição energética sustentável no país, contribuindo para um Grande I…
El acuerdo fue dado a conocer en un encuentro virtual que contó con 32 participantes pertenecientes al Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la CEPAL, RAGA-CEDES, y las RAGAS nacionales.…
Although Latin America and the Caribbean is made up largely of countries that are considered to be middle income, it is the most unequal region in the world. Latin American and Caribbean countries are characterized by the prevalence of historical and deeply rooted socioeconomic disparities and inequalities, the continuance of archaic patterns of wealth distribution, and a very widespread culture of privilege, all of which give rise to structural gaps in numerous areas, according to the document Structural Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean, a Conceptual-Methodological Perspective (Sp…
A pesar de que América Latina y el Caribe está constituida en su mayor parte por países considerados de renta media, es la región más desigual del mundo. Los países latinoamericanos y caribeños se caracterizan por la amplitud de las disparidades y desigualdades socioeconómicas históricas y profundamente arraigadas, la permanencia de patrones arcaicos de distribución de la riqueza y una cultura del privilegio ampliamente extendida, lo que resulta en la presencia de brechas estructurales en diversas áreas, plantea el documento Brechas estructurales en América Latina y el Caribe, una perspectiva …
A região da América Latina e o Caribe, apesar de estar constituída em sua maior parte por países considerados de renda média, é a região mais desigual do mundo. Os países latino-americanos e caribenhos se caracterizam pela amplitude das disparidades e desigualdades socioeconômicas históricas e profundamente arraigadas, a permanência de padrões arcaicos de distribuição da riqueza e uma cultura do privilégio amplamente estendida, o que resulta na presença de brechas estruturais em diversas áreas, indica o documento Brechas estruturais na América Latina e no Caribe, uma perspectiva conceitual-met…
The Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Montevideo, Uruguay held an Introductory Course on the EQuIP Methodology for the Analysis of Global Value Chains on Wednesday, December 2, with the participation of national and international consultants from ECLAC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
At the event, the Office presented an analysis of Uruguay’s position in Value Chains utilizing the Global Input-Output Tables launched by ECLAC’s International Trade Division, along with an analysis applying the new Economic Use cla…
Estudio elaborado por CELADE a partir de una solicitud de asistencia técnica realizada por el Instituto Nacional de la Juventud (INJUV) para cuantificar y analizar la maternidad y la fecundidad adolescente en Chile, lo que se espera permitirá generar políticas públicas juveniles.…
As an initiative to commemorate International Migrants Day, the Hernán Santa Cruz Library and the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) offer the community a new Libguide on Migration.…
En el marco de la conmemoración del Día Internacional del Migrante, la Biblioteca Hernán Santa Cruz y el Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE), ofrecen a la comunidad una nueva biblioguía sobre Migración.…
According to the balance-of-payments constrained growth model, an expansion of aggregate domestic demand is effective in increasing the long-run rate of growth of an economy to the extent that the performance of the external sector validates it. While the performance of the domestic economy is intertwined with that of the external sector, the balance-of-payments constraint on growth does not make these relationships explicit. This document addresses this issue and proposes a framework to make explicit the investment requirements with balance-of-payments constrained growth. This is done in two …