Launch of the report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013

Presentación del informe Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2013

Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2013: Improved economic performance with reduced downside risks

This survey posits that improving global prospects especially in the United States and Europe will mean opportunities for positive growth in the Caribbean due to increasing exports and renewed inflows from foregin direct investment and remittances. It points out that the response of the Caribbean economies to the global crisis has been asymmetric with the goods1 producing economies doing better than the service producing economies with respect to growth and their public finances. On the latter issue the region faces severe challenges as debt to GDP ratios in some countries are in excess of 100…

Estudo econômico da América Latina e do Caribe 2013: três décadas de crescimento desigual e inestável

A edição número 65 do Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe corresponde ao biênio 2012 2013. Tal como as edições anteriores, na primeira parte se analisa o desempenho recente das economias da região e suas perspectivas para o ano, e na segunda se discutem aspectos de longo prazo do desenvolvimento econômico da América Latina e do Caribe. Finalmente, na página web da CEPAL (www.cepal.org) podem-se consultar as notas de países, onde se analisa a conjuntura das economias da América Latina e do Caribe durante 2012 e o primeiro semestre de 2013, bem como o anexo estatístico, em que se most…

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013: Three decades of uneven and unstable growth

The sixty-fifth edition of Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean covers the two-year period 2012 2013. As in previous editions, the first part examines the recent performance of the economies of the region and the outlook for the current year. The second part discusses long-term aspects of the economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Country notes, which look at the economic situation of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean during 2012 and the first half of 2013, may be viewed on the ECLAC webpage (www.eclac.org). These notes are published along with a …

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2013: tres décadas de crecimiento económico desigual e inestable

La presente edición del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe corresponde al bienio 2012-2013. Al igual que en ediciones previas, en la primera parte se analiza el desempeño reciente de las economías de la región y sus perspectivas para el año, y en la segunda se discuten aspectos de largo plazo del desarrollo económico de América Latina y el Caribe. En la página web de la CEPAL pueden consultarse las notas de países, donde se analiza la coyuntura económica de las economías de América Latina y del Caribe durante 2012 y el primer semestre de 2013, así como el anexo estadístico, en el …

Launch of the report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013

Presentación del informe Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2013

ECLAC Strengthens Electronic Dissemination to Facilitate Access to Its Studies and Statistics

(28 June 2013) In recent years, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has strengthened its electronic dissemination platform to facilitate and extend access by Member States and the public to the intellectual assets of this United Nations regional commission, thereby boosting user feedback and reducing the economic and environmental costs of using paper. Since it was created over 60 years ago, this think tank for economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced a large amount of information and knowledge in many formats, from statist…

CEPAL refuerza difusión electrónica para facilitar acceso a sus estudios y estadísticas

(28 de junio, 2013) En los últimos años, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ha reforzado su plataforma de difusión electrónica para facilitar y ampliar el acceso de los Estados miembros y la población al patrimonio intelectual de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas, potenciando la retroalimentación de parte de los usuarios y reduciendo los costos económicos y ambientales asociados al uso del papel. En sus más de 60 años de existencia, este centro de pensamiento enfocado en el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe ha producido, en diver…

Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2011-2012: positive growth amidst lingering downside risks

The current survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2011 and the outlook for 2012 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, and of the eight member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla and Montserrat. The introduction summarizes the economic performance of the Caribbean in 2011 and the growth outcomes for 2012. Section A examines the current global economic difficulties and the challenges p…

Statistical Bulletin: International Merchandise Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean 10

Boletín estadístico de comercio exterior de bienes en América Latina y el Caribe. Primer trimestre de 2013 (Nro.10)

ECLAC Statistical Yearbook Shows Gaps in the Educational Level of the Region's Inhabitants

(10 January 2013) In Latin America and the Caribbean, 94% of primary-school age children were enrolled at school, but the figure was just 75% for the secondary level of education. Also, the average number of people on technical or university courses was three times higher in the richest quintile than in the poorest quintile, according to data reproduced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The new edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2012, which is now available online, includes information on gaps in the population's educat…

Anuario estadístico de la CEPAL muestra brechas en los niveles educativos de los habitantes de la región

(10 de enero, 2013) En América Latina y el Caribe, 94% de los niños en edad de cursar la educación primaria se encontraban matriculados en ese nivel educativo, pero el porcentaje llegó solo a 75% para el caso de la matrícula en el segundo nivel de enseñanza. Asimismo, el número de personas que cursaron estudios técnicos o universitarios en el quintil más rico fue, en promedio, tres veces más alto que en el quintil más pobre, según datos reproducidos por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En la nueva edición del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2012,…

Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: recent developments