Three new structural factors underlie the most recent global crisis:(i); the fact that several high-population countries have joined the growthprocess; (ii); the increasing scarcity of environmental and certain naturalresources; and (iii); the extraordinary concentration of income and wealththat has occurred in the advanced economies over the last two decades.These structural changes have significantly strengthened the links betweenglobal growth and commodity demand; they have made world commoditysupply increasingly inelastic, and have rendered economic growth moredependent on easy monetary an…
This article evaluates several of the determinants of Mexicanmanufacturing exports, using two complementary econometric methods: astructural ARIMA model, which makes it possible to estimate elasticities; anda generalized VAR model, which provides a fully dynamic perspective byestimating impulse response functions. As some of the findings are robustto changes in the econometric methodology used, the article reaches thefollowing conclusions. First, manufacturing exports are positively relatedto labour productivity and external demand; so the adverse effects of aninternational recession on Mexica…
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(30 November 2010) Poverty and extreme poverty will fall in Latin America in 2010, thanks to the robust economic recovery in most of the region's countries, according to an ECLAC report published today.
The Social Panorama of Latin America 2010, presented in Santiago, Chile, by the ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, predicts that poverty and extreme poverty will be 1.0 percentage points and 0.4 percentage points lower, respectively, than in 2009, which was when the region bore the brunt of the international financial crisis.
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(30 de noviembre, 2010) La pobreza y la indigencia en América Latina caerán en 2010 gracias a la vigorosa recuperación económica que muestran este año la mayoría de los países de la región, según un informe de la CEPAL dado a conocer hoy.
El Panorama social de América Latina 2010, presentado en Santiago de Chile por la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia Bárcena, proyecta que la pobreza y la indigencia disminuirán 1,0 y 0,4 puntos porcentuales en relación a 2009, cuando la región sufrió el mayor impacto de la crisis financiera internac…
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(30 de novembro de 2010) Segundo o Relatório da CEPAL lançado hoje, a pobreza e a indigência na América Latina cairão em 2010, graças à elevada recuperação econômica apresentada neste ano pela maioria dos países da Região.
O Panorama Social da América Latina 2010, apresentado em Santiago, Chile pela Secretária Executiva da organização, Alicia Bárcena, projeta que a pobreza e a indigência diminuirão 1,0 e 0,4 pontos percentuais em relação a 2009, quando a Região sofreu o maior impacto da crise financeira internacional.
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(13 July 2010) Over 800 delegates from more than 30 countries in the region, including Government authorities and civil society representatives, participated in the first day of the Eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, now being held in Brasilia.
The commitment of Governments to continue advancing along the road towards equal rights and opportunities for men and women was reaffirmed at the inauguration "as the only way to achieve true free…
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(13 de julho de 2010) Cerca de 800 delegadas e delegados de mais de 30 países da região, além funcionários do governo e representantes da sociedade civil participaram hoje em Brasília da abertura da Décima Primeira Conferência Regional sobre a Mulher da América Latina e do Caribe.
Na abertura do encontro, foi reafirmado o compromisso dos governos em continuar avançando no caminho para a igualdade de direitos e oportunidades entre mulheres e homens "porque só desta fo…
(10 November 2010) The urgent need to close equality gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean should be complemented by the imperative of attaining low-carbon sustainable development, stated ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena today in Germany.
The high-ranking United Nations official participated in the Latin American and the Caribbean-European Union Forum (LAC-EU): Fiscal Policy and an Environmentally Sustainable Economy in the Context of Climate Change taking place in Berlin. The event was convened by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany, the Min…
(10 de noviembre, 2010) La urgente necesidad de cerrar las brechas de desigualdad que actualmente existen en América Latina y el Caribe debe complementarse con el imperativo de lograr un desarrollo sostenible más bajo en carbono, señaló hoy en Alemania la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó en el Foro América Latina y el Caribe-Unión Europea (ALC-UE): Política fiscal y economía ambientalmente sostenible en el contexto del cambio climático, que se desarrolla en Berlín, convocado por el Ministerio Federal de Cooperación Económica…
In 2009, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean suffered the onslaught of the global financial crisis and, as a result, the region's GDP shrank by 1.9%. In the second half of the year, however, most of the region's countries were experiencing a robust recovery that has been consolidated in 2010, paving the way for regional GDP to expand by 5.2%. This makes Latin America and the Caribbean, together with the emerging economies of Asia, one of the most dynamic regions in the world. Both internal and external factors are underpinning this positive performance. The most notable…
El objetivo del documento Las TIC para el crecimiento y la igualdad: renovando las estrategias de la sociedad de la información es presentar el potencial que tienen las TIC y proponer los lineamientos de políticas que deben considerar las estrategias de desarrollo de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. El eje del documento son las políticas públicas para la sociedad de la información,respecto de las que se propone un modelo integral que considera, entre sus principales dimensiones, la transversalidad en los ámbitos económico y social, la complementariedad con los activos críticos para as…
In this new phase of post-financial-crisis economic recovery, the countries of the region are meeting considerable challenges and opportunities involving the information society, an economic and social system in which knowledge and information are vital sources of wellbeing and progress. It has been said that the countries of the region will be able to achieve greater and better growth only if they renew their strategies for development with equality and lay a sounder foundation for growth and greater social inclusion in a new technological era based on information and communications technolog…
Guatemala es una economía pequeña y abierta que está expuesto a choques macroeconómicos externos. Los más importantes durante el período 1990-2006 fueron las remesas, con un impacto positivo, y el deterioro en la balanza comercial. Dado que prevalecen los empleos de baja productividad, informales, sin ninguna red de protección social, esto contribuye a que los choques externos negativos repercutan inmediatamente en la pobreza y desigualdad. En contraste, la respuesta de las políticas públicas es modesta. El gasto social aumentó su importancia de 1990 a 2006, aunque se caracte…
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