(22 June 2010) Almost 63% of children and adolescents in the region suffer some type of poverty, defined in terms of the deprivations that affect the exercise of their rights, in addition to household income, according to a study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
In the article, "Child poverty: a priority challenge" published in the latest issue of the newsletter "Challenges", Ernesto Espíndola and María Nieves Rico, of ECLAC's Social Development Division, assert that measuring poverty implies consi…
(15 July 2010) Latin America and the Caribbean will consolidate the recovery begun in the second half of 2009, according to ECLAC. The magnitude of the upturn is analysed in the Commission's latest report, to be presented on Wednesday, 21 July at 11 a.m.
The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010 offers an analysis of the current state of the economies of the region and their outlook for the future. It will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at a press conference to be held at the headquarters of this regional commission of the United Nat…
(7 de enero 2010) El Secretario General de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE), Angel Gurría, ofrecerá la conferencia magistral "El ingreso de Chile a la OCDE: juntos por una economía mundial más limpia, más fuerte y más justa" en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
La conferencia se realizará el lunes 11 de enero de 2010 a las 17 horas en la sala de conferencias Raúl Prebisch, y estará abierta a la prensa.
Gurría visitará Santiago para la ceremonia de firma del acuerdo de ingreso de Chile a la OCDE, que se realizará esa mañana en el Palacio de La Mon…
El estudio Evaluación del potencial de reducción de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI); y producción de energía a partir de rellenos sanitarios y vertederos en ciudades de Costa Rica fue financiado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL); y coordinado por el Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones (MINAET);. Se analizaron, por medio de las metodologías y herramientas aprobadas del Mecanismo de Desarrollo limpio (MDL);, y de reuniones, visitas y entrevistas, las emisiones futuras de GEI en los sitios de disposición de residuos sólidos, …
En los 15 años anteriores a la crisis económica de 2008 y 2009, el turismo había sido muy dinámico a nivel mundial. En algunos países en desarrollo se ha promovido activamente esta área con éxito. Entre estos países se encuentran varios de Centroamérica, entre los que se destacan Costa Rica y Panamá, pues en 2008, dicha actividad generó más de 8% de sus respectivos PIB. El turismo es una categoría muy amplia, que incluye el turismo de ocio, las visitas de negocio y las familiares, pero en general las estadísticas subregionales no proveen información para estos distintos nichos de mercado…
Los análisis de estado y dinámica de la competitividad regional se complementan y constituyen un único cuerpo, que hace posible el monitoreo constante de los factores que la promueven e influyen en el diseño de políticas públicas y estimulan las decisiones privadas que convergen para garantizar mayores niveles de competitividad de los territorios subnacionales. Este estudio visita estos dos temas y presenta el posicionamiento de la competitividad de los departamentos colombianos en 2009, y su evolución desde 2000.El Escalafón de Competitividad de los Departamentos de Colombia 2009 es el tercer…
La educación es un importante catalizador del desarrollo humano. Mientras los países se preparan para la Reunión de Alto Nivel sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (Cumbre de los ODM) en las Naciones Unidas del 20 al 22 de septiembre, la UNESCO estudia cómo los avances rápidos en educación pueden ayudar a alcanzar los ODM.
Visite el nuevo sitio web de UNESCO, podrá encontrar documentos temáticos relativos al ODM 2 y ODM 3, publicaciones de buenas prácticas para lograr los ODM, y diversos materiales relativos a los ODM y la educación.
Fuente: UNESCO.…
The report is a summary based on information received by ECLAC from the eight English-speaking
Caribbean countries of Barbados, Belize, the Cayman Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica,
Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago in response to the
questionnaire to governments on the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action (1995) and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly (2000).
The report is therefore set in the context of the regional review and appraisals of the fifteenth
anniversary of the adoption …
AbstractUsing a GTAP CGE model/database, this paper assesses the possible effects of a free trade agreement (FTA); between the MERCOSUR and the European Union (EU);. The study takes into consideration the most important recent free trade agreements signed among the Latin American countries, as well as the latest European Union enlargements. With a 2004+ benchmark base scenario where tariffs were updated by the addition of information on trade agreements just signed by Latin American countries, two different policy simulations are addressed: (i); full liberalization, (ii); liberalization exclu…
This document starts by identifying and describing the several benefits expected as a result of incorporating ICTs in health and goes on to summarize present and future challenges for health policies, especially inasmuch as the most vulnerable populations are concerned. Thirdly, the document showcases global progress made in several applications, strategies implemented and difficulties faced in some developed and LAC countries. The document finishes with generic proposals for the formulation of policies and strategies to be considered and adapted by countries throughout the region.…
The present paper addresses the Alberta oilfield experience and draws up a set of principles for strategic public-private alliances for innovation and export development considered useful for the Latin American countries. According to the authors the lessons to extract are not reduced to countries with abundant hydrocarbon resources, and may be also useful to broader applications as the development of innovation in resource based industries, the construction of strategic public-private alliances and consensus building, the royalty regime, the appropriate fiscal policy, securing investments in …
This document describes and analyzes implementation of eHealth in several European countries, as well as strengths and weaknesses, using this experience in order to support the management and execution of this kind of projects in other scenarios. Five EU member States evidencing different degrees of advancement in their national eHealth projects have been selected for this purpose: Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden.
In addition to these five cases, a brief study has been made of several international collaboration projects for the implementation of cross-border spaces for…
We are pleased to present the second edition of _e Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: a Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, jointly prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The purpose of the report is to contribute information and analysis to the complex decision-making process regarding agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The last two years have been…