1 Oct 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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Benchmarking and monitoring any multi-country, multi-thematic Plan of Action is a necessary but extremely difficult task. Quantifying goals set forth in a regional Action Plan related to a new and innovative subject such as information society development is even more challenging. Goals may not be objectively measured, subjects may be very recent, indicators may not have been developed and/or information may simply not exist regarding the status of, and advancements in, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is for this reason that paragraph 28…
1 Mayo 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:03
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Food insecurity and hunger are closely associated with extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, but they should not be confused with it. A diet which is insufficient for leading a normal life and is also inadequate from a nutritional point of view affects not only those living in conditions of extreme poverty but also broader sectors and groups living in particular areas or regions of each country. Among the forms of deprivation affecting those living in a state of extreme poverty, however, the lack of access to food is the most serious problem and that which it is most urgent to er…
This issue of the Gender Dialogue focuses on two programmatic areas of
ECLAC’s work over recent years, namely (i) integrating gender into macroeconomic policy and (ii) the use of gender
indicators in public policy-making. In its work on integrating gender into macroeconomic
policy, the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean conducted
a study to determine the capacity of economic planning units in selected
countries of the subregion to integrate gender into the macreconomic planning
process and the findings are highlighted below. The study is intended to assist in the
development of a…
1 Ago 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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This paper deals with the ways in which the exchange rate regimes
of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico shaped the macroeconomic
performance of those countries over the period 1994-2003. The purpose of the analysis is to draw lessons for Latin American and other countries on whether and how the choice of the exchange rate regime can help sustained growth. As it is impossible to isolate the growth effect of the exchange rate regime in a comparative country study, the paper emphasises those macro variables that have been identified in the theoretical and empirical literature as important channels thro…
1 Jun 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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This research produced evidence about the contribution of investment and other sources to the growth process of Latin America during 1960-2002, and provided answers to the questions listed above unless from an historical perspective. The combined growth accounting and regression analysis, and used data for the six largest Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. These countries produce nearly 90 per cent of Latin America's GDP. Alternative growth accounting methodologies were used to measure the contributions of the sources of growth to GDP gro…
1 Jun 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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Jamaica has abundant renewable energy sources (RES), which have hardly been tapped in the past and could provide for large shares of the future energy requirements. In 2005, around 5% of the expected 4,020 GWh of electricity produced will be based on RES (wind and hydropower). With the new planned target of a share of 15% RES electricity by 2012, a combined renewable capacity of about 175 MW would need to be installed in that year. There is further wind potential on Jamaica, even if no exact figures can be given on the magnitude of the exploitable wind potential. Nonetheless, it seems realisti…
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the gender and social disparities existing in the
agricultural and rural sector in Caribbean economies. In this context, agricultural transformation as
occasioned by the dismantling of preferential trading arrangements is analysed to identify the most
relevant gender discriminatory measures in the current agricultural development policy and
programmes. The analysis seeks to provide the basis for enhancing understanding among policy
makers, planners and rural development practitioners of the gender and social dimension involved
in the formulati…
This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and
the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. The tourism industry
has, in the past, developed largely apart from other sectors such as agriculture. On the other
hand, agriculture has developed mainly to satisfy export markets. Domestic agriculture has had
limited development and has therefore been displaced to a considerable extent by food imports.
The recent promotion of agriculture tourism linkages is an attempt to enhance the local value
added of the tourism industry, w…
This paper presents a discussion of the major methodological issues relating to some key studies assessing the employment effects of a particular PTA using different methodologies (General and Partial Equilibrium, Gravitational models, Micro simulations, Econometrics using panel data, etc.). In this line, the paper discusses an accounting model for decomposing the ex - post employment performance as related to Latin America Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs), proposing this method to evaluate the Chile - Mexico PTA as an illustration. The paper defines a research agenda using an Employment e…
This study investigates the relationship between individual and household characteristics and income inequality in Central America, the Dominican Republic and Mexico from 1990 to 2002. A Theil decomposition exercise of individual and household income inequality is used to determine factors important for the level of inequality. In addition, the use of a novel semi-parametric simulation methodology from DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) provides counterfactual income distributions of individuals and households to assess the importance of changes in their demographic, education and labo…
1 Nov 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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This paper examines the theoretical foundations for macroeconomic policy coordination and the related empirical findings in Latin America, contributing an original analysis that advocates new dialogue mechanisms to facilitate coordination in this region. The theoretical survey is concerned with non-cooperative coordination games, including dynamic games and those with imperfect information. The practical value of these game-theoretic tools is illustrated using economic examples. One important result is that implementing different forms of dialogue in specific situations can help to reach a coo…
Labour markets represent the backbone of economic functioning, providing the means of survival to populations, with labour income ensuring the livelihood of workers and families alike. Labour is also an essential input into production - in many cases it is the main input, especially in service sectors which are dominant sectors in the Caribbean. As such, labour markets define economic well-being: in competitive economies labour is paid its marginal product. This implies that only productive labour prospers as higher productivity implies higher earnings, which in turn allows for higher consumpt…
Hubert Escaith is Director of the Division of Statistics and Economic Projections of ECLAC. These methodological notes were prepared for a lecture at the 2005 ECLAC Summer School. They are based on, and up-date, a series of papers in Spanish published in 2003 and 2004, which received in 2005 the award Maestro Jesus Silva Herzog from Economic Research Institute of the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization. …
26 Abr 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:15
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In its work in assisting member countries in meeting international commitments to the application of thorough gender analysis in formulating macroeconomic policy, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); has undertaken a needs assessment of economic planning units in four countries of the Caribbean: Belize, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This paper considers to what extent these countries under study have sought to integrate gender into macroeconomic planning, and what are the institutional, human resource capacity and attitudinal …
1 Ene 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:10
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A major part of the problem of providing high-quality welfare and social protection to the members of a society lies in the issue of how to distribute the responsibility for these services within the society -a problem referred to in this paper as the care dilemma . Different historical junctures and forms of social organization have witnessed different responses to this dilemma. Strictly speaking, the solution is a variable that depends on culture, level of institutional development, the distribution of the resources of power in a society and the ability of the different relevant s…
1 Nov 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:15
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The Number of Poor People in Latin America Has Fallen by 13 Million Since 2003 First Round of Experiences in Social Innovation Competition Successfully Concludes Op-ed by ECLAC's Executive Secretary, José Luis Machinea. The Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and Challenges Highlights. Polluting Energy Consumption Pattern in Latin America and the Caribbean Cause for Concern Indicators The Information Society Offers the Chance to Grow with Equity and Social Inclusion Recent Titles Calendar of Events…
1 Oct 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:15
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Latin America and the Caribbean's Trade Rises for the Second Year Running China Seeking to Strengthen Economic Ties with Latin American Countries Op-ed by José Luis Machinea: A New Phase in Regional Integration Highlights by Ricardo Ffrench-Davis: Financial Crises in Emerging Economies: Not Just Bad Luck nor Pure Contagion Indicators It's Time to Reduce the Bias Against Public Investment Recent Titles Calendar…
La División de Comercio Internacional e Integración de la CEPAL (DCII) lanzará a fines de septiembre del 2005 el libro titulado Information Technology for Development of Small and Medium-sized Exporters in Latin America and East Asia (Tecnología de la información para el desarrollo de pequeños y medianos exportadores en América Latina y Asia del Este). Este estudio proporciona una descripción de la actual condición de las TIC y de su uso para promover el comercio internacional. Se centra en las experiencias sobre el uso de las TIC por las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) en las regiones…
29 Ago 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:09
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(29 de agosto, 2005) Dani Rodrik, Profesor de Política Económica Internacional en John F. Kennedy School of Government de la Universidad de Harvard (Estados Unidos), dictará la conferencia magistral titulada "¿Políticas para la diversificación de la economía?" (Policies for Economic Diversification?), con ocasión de la Quinta Cátedra Raúl Prebisch.
La conferencia tendrá lugar el miércoles 31 de agosto de 2005, a las 16:00 horas en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago de Chile (Av. Dag Hammarskjold 3477, Vitacura, Sala Raú…
1 Abr 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:15
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Foreign Direct Investment Rose 44% in 2004 Integration In South America's Natural Gas Industry Opinion by José Luis Machinea: Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: the Need to Sustain the Past Year's Recovery and Achieve Greater Benefits Highlights: Development Banks and Financing for Productive Development Indicators Poverty and Precarious Housing in Latin American Cities Recent Titles Calendar…