ECLAC projects growth of 4.3% for the Latin American and Caribbean economy in 2011, lower than the rate in 2010 when the region was rebounding from the impacts of the economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009. The forecast growth rate for 2011, which represents a 3.2% rise in per capita GDP, reflects two main factors: the slacking of global economic growth and the cooling of domestic demand in Brazil, the region’s largest economy, prompted by the government’s measures to keep the economy from overheating after its growth surge in 2010.
During the first part of the year, however, external cond…
(4 January 2012) The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2011 produced by ECLAC, which updates the statistical series of economic, social and environmental indicators in the region, is available on the Internet today.
The annual publication, one of the most important produced by this regional commission of the United Nations, includes an extensive collection of information in the region and is a reference for those who wish to access statistical data that are comparable between countries and over time.
For example, evidence can be drawn from the tables in the Yearbook on t…
(04 de enero, 2012) El Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2011 de la CEPAL, que actualiza las series estadísticas de los indicadores económicos, sociales y ambientales de la región, está disponible en Internet a partir de hoy.
La publicación anual, una de las más importantes de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas, incluye una amplia recopilación de la información existente en la región y constituye una referencia para quienes deseen contar con datos estadísticos comparables entre países y en el tiempo.
De los cuadros incluidos en el Anuario se puede extrae…
Los países de América Latina enfrentan un escenario económico complejo debido al debilitamiento del crecimiento y a la incertidumbre prevaleciente en la economía internacional. Si bien los fundamentos macroeconómicos de la región para enfrentar posibles caídas de la demanda agregada en el corto plazo son sólidos, el escenario de mediano plazo es menos favorable que en la última década. Debido al menor dinamismo de la demanda externa y a la volatilidad en el precio de las materias primas, de las cuales los países latinoamericanos siguen dependiendo en exceso, las debilidades estructurales imped…
The 2013 version of Latin American Economic Outlook, prepared jointly by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), examines the medium-term challenges that the region faces in the light of shifting global conditions, and highlights the potential for SMEs to play a greater role in fostering growth and structural change. This report underscores the need for a more integrated approach to SME policy which takes into account the greater productive context in which firms are embedded, as well as ensuring…