REDATAM informa, diciembre 2009

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2008-2009: Crisis and opportunities for regional cooperation

The 2008-2009 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy is divided into three chapters. Chapter I offers a medium-term view of the current international economic conditions, examining in particular the variables that are most likely to shift global scenarios and affect the position of the Latin America and Caribbean economies in the world economy. The crisis has triggered or accentuated trends such as the growing significance of the emerging economies (with the resulting impact on the region's trade flows), and the differentiated patterns of world trade in manufac…

A study of climate change in the Caribbean: impacts of climate change in small communitites

ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean…

The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) jointly with the World Program of Food (WFP) and recognized experts of the region developed a methodology that, using secondary information, estimate the opportunity cost derived from undernutrition. This methodology has been successfully applied in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic, where the cost of undernutrition was estimated at 6.7 billion dollars in 2004. The present study covers four countries in South America: Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. The results indi…

Boletín Envejecimiento y Desarrollo No. 7

Autoridades y expertos analizan avances en el uso de tecnologías de la información

¿Qué pueden hacer los Estados para garantizar el acceso de su población a Internet de banda ancha con el fin de fomentar la innovación en sus economías? Este será uno de los temas de la Reunión Avances eLAC2010: fijando prioridades para la Sociedad de la Información del futuro, que se realizará en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe de las Naciones Unidas (CEPAL), en Santiago de Chile. En el encuentro, que será inaugurado el miércoles 2 de diciembre a las 09:00 horas , se revisarán los avances en el cumplimiento de las 83 metas establecidas en el Plan de Acción Reg…

DRR in the education sector - a new page is turned in the Caribbean

Access and infrastructure (special issue)

Access and infrastructure (special issue)

Seminario sobre Seguridad Social y Protección Integral para Adultos Mayores: Desafíos y Estrategias en AL y el Caribe y Experiencias Internacionales

The economics of climate change

This paper focuses on several key economic issues relevant to climate change. Given the fact that changes in climate are projections using the best available data, it examines the economic principles of uncertainty and the precautionary approach, and then continues to address the key drivers of climate change. Climate change is expected to result in negative impacts and, in this regard, the consequences of anticipated rising temperatures and sea levels as well as changes in precipitation that may result in flooding and/or drought are addressed. However, the situation is not all negative and, a…

Visita del Presidente de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, Mahmoud Abbas, en la conmemoración del Día Internacional de Solidaridad con el Pueblo Palestino

Inauguración del Taller Relaciones intergubernamentales y descentralización en América Latina

Seminario "Sentido de pertenencia en el siglo XXI: lecciones desde una perspectiva global para y desde América Latina y el Caribe"

"La economía del cambio climático en Chile"

The statistical infrastructure of Caribbean countries

Panorama social de América Latina 2009

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Foro "América Latina ante la crisis: problemas presentes y desafíos futuros"

Evaluation report: regional training workshop on data sharing, data ownerhsip and the harmonization of survey datasets

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the statistical capacities of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) convened a two-day Regional Training Workshop on Data Sharing, Data Ownership and Harmonization of Survey Datasets on 26-27 August 2009 at the Cascadia Hotel, Trinidad and Tobago. This workshop was one of the concluding activities of the Project on Improving Household Surveys in the Caribbean which has been implemented by the ECLAC Subregional office from 2007.…

Expert Group Meeting on Knowledge Management for Development

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a Regional Expert Group Meeting on Knowledge Management for Development, which will be held at its Port of Spain Office on Tuesday 17 November 2009. The objectives of the Expert Group Meeting are: (a) To increase awareness on the topic of knowledge management as a tool to promote economic development, environmental protection and social empowerment; (b) To advance discussions towards a practical know…