CEPAL destaca oportunidades de cooperación agrícola entre China y América Latina y el Caribe

(10 de junio, 2013) "En el área agrícola hay complementariedades reales entre China y América Latina y el Caribe, que pueden permitir la construcción de una relación comercial, tecnológica y cultural de carácter estratégica, con beneficios mutuos", dijo Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en el Primer Foro de Ministros de Agricultura China-América Latina y el Caribe finalizado el 9 de junio en Beijing, China. En su discurso ante los funcionarios presentes en la cita, Prado subrayó la necesidad de lograr relaciones comerc…

Persiste brecha de género en inclusión digital en países de la región

(9 de abril, 2013) Las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) abren variadas oportunidades para el empoderamiento de las mujeres y la igualdad de género, pero las mujeres latinoamericanas y caribeñas no están todavía en igualdad de condiciones en comparación con los hombres en la sociedad de la información y el conocimiento, señaló Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Bárcena fue la oradora principal en el panel "Las mujeres y la inclusión social" que forma parte del Foro de Líderes Gubernamentales: América Lat…

Broadband in Latin America: Beyond Connectivity

Based on a model of the broadband ecosystem developed by the authors in their 2010 book, Fast-tracking the digital revolution: Broadband for Latin America and the Caribbean, they now analyse the evolution of this technology in Latin America, assess the economic impacts of its diffusion, propose public policies for its expansion and debate the future of the ecosystem. The policy analyses and proposals presented in the book focus on national programmes to foster universal broadband access and the debate on Internet neutrality. The study of the current trends highlights the progress of cloud comp…

ECLAC Executive Secretary Meets Senior Cuban Authorities

(13 February 2013) As part of an official visit to Cuba from Monday 11 February to Friday 15, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has held various meetings with senior government authorities to assess, inter alia, the support that the Commission will provide in 2013 to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), of which Cuba holds the pro tempore presidency. The delegation accompanying the most senior representative of ECLAC consists in Raúl García-Buchaca, Director of the Programme Planning and Operati…

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL se reúne con altas autoridades cubanas

(13 de febrero, 2013) En el marco de una visita oficial a Cuba iniciada el lunes 11 de febrero, que se extenderá hasta el viernes 15, la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, ha sostenido diversas reuniones con altas autoridades gubernamentales para evaluar, entre otros temas, el apoyo que la institución brindará durante 2013 a la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), cuya presidencia pro témpore es ejercida por Cuba. La delegación que acompaña a la máxima representante de la CEPAL está integrada por Raúl Gar…

Information and communication technologies for agricultural development in Latin America: trends, barriers and policies

The present publication has been prepared to study the potential of ICTs to promote socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable agricultural development. In Latin America, social inclusion and environmental sustainability in agriculture are especially relevant issues, in light of the great structural heterogeneity within the sector and, more recently, the stepped-up pressures on natural resources resulting from the boom in international commodity markets. Yet, the adoption of ICTs in agriculture cannot be expected by itself to reduce production asymmetries and enhance social inclusion. …

Organic food market in the United States: Market access opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean producers

The organic food market in the United States has shown impressive growth rates since the passage of legislation to regulate the market in the early 2000s. Rapidly increasing consumer demand for organic products has led to significant organic market expansion, with double-digit annual sales growth rates for some product categories. The increasing demand to import certain organic products from international sources presents an interesting trade potential for exporters from Latin America and the Caribbean. In order to guard the integrity of the domestic organic market, the United States has deter…

Macroeconomics for development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Some new considerations on countercyclicality

The Macroeconomics for development blue print for Latin America and the Caribbean is articulated around two issues: an active strategy of productive development and a counter cyclical policy stance. Macroeconomic counter cyclicality refers to the management of the level of aggregate demand to dampen the fluctuations and volatility of real and nominal variables around their long-term trends. This paper argues that cycle and trend are interdependent and that, as a result, counter cyclical policies (i.e., aggregate demand policies) are not neutral to the long-run behaviour of economies.…

The performance of transnational corporations: Evidence for the manufacturing industry in Chile

This article analyses the performance of transnational corporations in Chilean manufacturing industry. The findings show that while the productivity of subsidiaries of foreign-owned firms is higher than that of local firms, the same is not true of productivity growth. They also show that there are no significant differences in market survival rates between transnational corporations and local firms. However, firms under mainly foreign ownership that are small and have low productivity are more likely to exit the market, displaying more footloose behaviour than their local counterparts. This is…

Plan of work 2013-2015 for the implementation of the plan of action for the information and knowledge society in Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2015)

CEPAL acogerá reunión preparatoria del Foro de Transporte Sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe

Acelerar el desarrollo y la implementación de políticas de transporte sostenible es uno de los principales objetivos del Foro de Transporte Sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe, surgido en 2011 en la región. El próximo encuentro preparatorio de este espacio se llevará a cabo los días 29 y 30 de octubre en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile. La primera reunión del Foro se realizó en 2011 en Bogotá, Colombia, organizada por el Centro de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Regional (UNCRD), el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Ministerio de Transporte d…

Inauguración del Foro Económico América Latina y el Caribe-Unión Europea 2013

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