There is much advocacy in the Caribbean regarding the need for evidence-based policy making, that is – policy making that is based on timely and reliable data regarding a particular economic and/or social problem, to promote good governance and facilitate enhanced policy and programme outcomes. However, the reality remains an elusive one for many Caribbean policy makers, who implement policies based on ideas, as well as ad hoc or outdated data.
Outside of the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America are countries where polic…
As exportações brasileiras se expandiram vigorosamente nos anos 2000, tendo contribuído positivamente para o crescimento do emprego. Porém, essa contribuição é relativamente pequena: o número de empregos diretos associados às exportações corresponde a cerca de 5% do emprego total da economia. Sua contribuição ao crescimento do emprego no Brasil nos últimos anos foi bem inferior à do consumo das famílias e até do investimento público. Quando se considera o emprego indireto associado às exportações, esse volume dobra. O crescimento do volume de empregos associados às exportações, de apenas 2%, n…
The 2011-2012 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy, which focuses on the theme of continuing crisis in the centre and new opportunities for developing economies, is divided into four chapters.
The first chapter examines the difficult international economic situation and the outlook for the rest of the decade. The global economy is facing difficult conditions again in the second half of 2012, with the epicentre in the euro zone. A number of European economies are mired in deep recession and their governments are having serious difficulties in reconciling the need to r…
En la edición 2011-2012 del Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, titulado Crisis duradera en el centro y oportunidades para las economías en desarrollo se examina la difícil coyuntura económica internacional y sus perspectivas para el resto de la década. Asimismo, se realiza un balance del período de auge de los precios de los productos básicos, iniciado alrededor de 2003, y su impacto en la evolución del valor de las exportaciones de la región. Se considera en particular el papel creciente de los países en desarrollo de Asia, y especialmente Chi…
(29 June 2012) Citizen security and international recommendations on labour statistics will be the main topics addressed during the Eleventh Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to be celebrated in Quito, Ecuador, from 2-4 July.
Both issues will be discussed at two substantial seminars seeking, on the one hand, to share experiences on the calculation of citizen security indicators and invite proposals for improving and increasing the availability of comparable measurements …
(29 de junio, 2012) La seguridad ciudadana y las recomendaciones internacionales sobre estadísticas del trabajo serán los temas centrales que abordará la XI reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que se realizará en Quito, Ecuador, del 2 al 4 de julio.
Ambos temas se tratarán en dos seminarios sustantivos que buscarán, por un lado, discutir experiencias de cálculo de indicadores sobre seguridad ciudadana así como propuestas para mejorar y ampliar la disponibilidad de mediciones comparabl…
El presente estudio propone una clasificación alternativa del desarrollo de los países de renta media de América Latina y el Caribe. Mediante un análisis de conglomerados se identifican tres grupos de países con importantes diferencias en términos de sus principales “brechas de progreso”: los países latinoamericanos más avanzados (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, México, Uruguay y Venezuela), los países latinoamericanos y caribeños de desarrollo intermedio (Belice, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Jamaica, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú y República Dominicana) y los países latinoamericanos…
(17 May 2012) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena concluded her official visit to the Republic of Korea on Wednesday, during which she met with authorities of this Asian country and participated in the 2012 High-Level Forum on Korea-Latin American and Caribbean Partnership.
The United Nations high-level official held a meeting with Keun Ho Jang, Director-General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea, as well as with other authorities, with whom she reaffirme…
(17 de mayo, 2012) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, finalizó el miércoles una visita oficial a la República de Corea, en la cual sostuvo encuentros con autoridades de ese país asiático y participó en el Foro de Alto Nivel para la Cooperación Corea-América Latina y el Caribe 2012.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas se entrevistó con Keun Ho Jang, Director General para Asuntos de América Latina y el Caribe del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio de Corea, y otras autoridades con las que reafirmó el progra…
For Social Panorama of Latin America, the main challenge is to foster a more in-depth examination of social gaps and the mechanisms that reproduce or decrease them. The previous edition of Social Panorama homed in on inequality gaps and their intergenerational reproduction and paid particular attention to the formative years of individuals, their transition to adult life and the role of social expenditure and transfers in meeting the needs of new generations during their early years. It showed how the life cycle path is determined by differences in skill development and how inequality and pove…
En la versión anterior del Panorama social se puso gran énfasis en las brechas de desigualdad y su reproducción intergeneracional, y se prestó especial atención a las etapas formativas de los individuos y su transición a la vida adulta, así como al comportamiento del gasto social y de las transferencias en función de los requerimientos de las nuevas generaciones en sus etapas tempranas. Se mostró la forma en que el tránsito en el ciclo vital marca trayectorias diferenciadas por el desarrollo de capacidades, enquistando la desigualdad y la pobreza en el paso de una etapa a otra de la vida de la…
This book shows how international policy cooperation can be beneficial even in the absence of strong real transmission channels between countries. “Cooperation for learning”, the approach to cooperation we present, works by allowing policymakers to exchange experiences and jointly learn how to address regular common policymaking challenges posed by different types of uncertainty.
Such cooperation is based on the establishment of links between policymakers and other institutions. International organizations like the United Nations can nurture and support such learning networks. In Latin America…
This report is a contribution by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to an updated analysis of trade, investment and cooperation relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, preparatory to the Seventh European Union-Latin America Summit to be held in Santiago, Chile, in 2012. The publication forms part of ECLAC's 2010-2012 technical cooperation programme with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The Latin American economies have shown tremendous resilience in coping with the deep global economic…
Capítulo I: O complexo reordenamento da economia mundial .-- Capítulo II: O auge dos produtos básicos: balanço e perspectivas .-- Capítulo III: Desempenho recente e perspectivas de curto prazo do comércio e da integração econômica na América Latina e no Caribe .-- Capítulo IV: O contexto econômico mundial previsível e seus desafios para a inserção internacional da América Latina e do Caribe…
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