(19 de febrero, 2014) El Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la CEPAL incluirá nuevas temáticas en su oferta de cursos para los primeros meses de 2014, entre ellas la planificación participativa y la prospectiva para el desarrollo.
Con la incorporación de estas materias el ILPES busca explorar tendencias futuras y contribuir al desarrollo de una mayor planificación a largo plazo de políticas públicas y a la construcción de visiones de país a partir de pactos sociales en América Latina y el Caribe.
Estos temas, que se abordarán en programa…
Latin America and the Caribbean today faces a crossroads. Historically the region has traveled a path that is barely sustainable, with insufficient growth, high levels of inequality, and little impulse toward structural change. And although it has enjoyed an auspicious decade, today the region confronts an increasingly problematic external scenario.
Since 2002, poverty in Latin America has dropped 15.7 percentage points on average. Extreme poverty also fell 8.0 points, even though the pace of that decline is waning. The unemployment rate reached a historic 6.4% and the purchasing power of medi…
América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta hoy una encrucijada. Transita históricamente por una senda poco sostenible, de crecimiento insuficiente con altos niveles de desigualdad, con escaso empuje hacia el cambio estructural, y si bien se ha gozado de una década auspiciosa, confronta hoy un escenario externo cada vez más problemático.
Desde 2002, la pobreza en América Latina cayó 15,7 puntos porcentuales en promedio. La pobreza extrema también descendió 8,0 puntos, aun cuando su ritmo de disminución es menguante. La tasa de desempleo alcanza un histórico 6,4% y el poder adquisitivo de los salarios …
World Radio Day recognizes the unique role and impact of a medium that reaches the largest audience worldwide.
This year's observance highlights the need for radio broadcasters everywhere to promote the voice of women and to enhance the role of women within broadcast organizations.
The airwaves have frequently lagged behind when it comes to gender equality.
Not nearly enough women's voices are heard, either in front or behind the microphone.
Not nearly enough stories about women and girls are being told.
And women make up only a quarter of the members of the boards of the world's media enterpr…
En el Día Mundial de la Radio se reconoce la repercusión y la función únicas de este medio de comunicación que es el que llega a más personas en todo el mundo.
Este año, la observancia del Día Mundial de la Radio recalca la necesidad de que las emisoras de radio de todo el mundo promuevan la voz de las mujeres y potencien el papel de estas dentro de las organizaciones de radiodifusión.
Las ondas radiofónicas a menudo se han quedado atrás en materia de igualdad de género.
Aún se oyen pocas voces de mujeres, tanto delante como detrás de los micrófonos.
Aún se cuentan pocas historias sobre las mu…
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(4 de febrero, 2014) Continuar avanzando en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad exige prestar atención a los mercados de bienes y servicios de tecnología moderna, en particular los vinculados a la información y las comunicaciones, dijo Mario Cimoli, Director de la División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial de la CEPAL, al inaugurar hoy en Santiago, Chile, el seminario Promoviendo la computación en la nube en Europa y América Latina.
"Poco se piensa en la tecnología como componente fundamental de la política de inclusión. Sin embargo…
The main objective of this publication is to document the current state of urban climate change adaptation practice in Latin America. It is a summary of the three workshops of the Regional Learning Network that was set up under the ClimateAdaptationSantiago project (CAS), encompassing six large Latin American cities (Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, São Paulo and Santiago). It aims to synthesize information on the manifestations and impacts of climate change in those Latin American cities that participated in the network, and above all, governance in the form of concrete actions. The p…
Guyana, like many CARICOM countries continues to depend on imported oil that fuels the electricity and transport sectors. Simultaneously, the high level of expenditure on oil reduces the financial resources available to invest in social development, environmental protection, adaptation to climate change and improving food security. The electricity sector in Guyana, in particular, offers significant opportunities for achieving reductions in fossil imports. However, fiscal and regulatory barriers to energy efficiency and renewable energy use are apparent in Guyana.
This document seeks to identif…
Twelve years into the 21st Century, Caribbean countries continue to face considerable challenges on their path towards sustainable development and the creation of a post-2015 agenda. These include redefining their niche in the global market place in line with significant shifts in global production systems and trade, recovering from burdensome fiscal deficits and coping with climate change and the negative effects of more frequent natural disasters. In some countries poverty levels are increasing after years of decline. Most have defined a vision for development into the next 20 years, but in …
Although tourism has been a major economic sector in the Car ibbean s ince the mid-1960s, the sector
now faces significant challenges as competit ion intensif ies in the global tourism market. These
challenges include environmental impacts, and the need for continued high levels of public investment in
order to sustain the tourism product. The precariousness of the sector was made starkly evident with the
onset of the global recession in 2009, when the sector recorded significant decline. Notwithstanding
some limited recovery since that time, the recent experience highlighted the need for Cari…
The Caribbean receives some of the highest levels of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the world, with
many economies having FDI to GDP ratios above 10 per cent in 2012. In the recent past, FDI flows have
been particularly volatile, with the financial crisis in 2008 greatly reducing FDI flows to the Caribbean,
although they have recovered somewhat recently. One of the distinctive features of Caribbean FDI flows
is that they appear to be relatively unprofitable, with FDI income significantly lower than in Latin
America. This is possibly due to the sectoral pattern of FDI, which in most Caribbe…
The present document analyses the progress of national programmes and activities associated with the promotion and development of energy efficiency between the years 2008 and 2013 in the 27 Latin American and the Caribbean member countries of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE).
The new study is based on the original report —prepared by ECLAC and OLADE between July 2008 and July 20091— taking into consideration any progress made over the past four to five years, an interval long enough to justify an update both of the current status of energy efficiency and its prospects, developmen…
This paper examines the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for disaster risk management (DRM) with a specific focus on the Caribbean. The study included the review of literature and case studies, as well the administration of a survey instrument that collected the feedback of 13 regional national DRM agencies.
Analysis of the survey suggests that while subregional disaster management agencies have fairly good access to technology infrastructure and enjoy an information sharing culture, challenges exist with regard to the information governance frameworks as well as the …
En este documento se examinan cuatro medidas fiscales que permitirían aumentar la recaudación tributaria en México. En particular, se analiza una extensión del IVA de 16% a alimentos y medicinas, la eliminación del subsidio existente a los combustibles, un aumento de 3% y 7% en la tasa de impuesto sobre la renta pagada por el noveno y décimo deciles, y gravar con un impuesto de 1,25% a los activos bancarios, una vez deducidos los préstamos otorgados por éstos. Para cada una de estas medidas se estima el aumento de la recaudación tributaria que se podría lograr, el alza en el costo de la canast…
Desde hace varias décadas los estudios sobre el uso del tiempo han proporcionado una gran masa de información sobre la forma en que las personas usan el tiempo aportando datos sobre el desigual reparto del trabajo total, tanto remunerado como no remunerado entre mujeres y varones, y pueden ser utilizadas, a su vez, para calcular el valor económico que el tiempo de trabajo no remunerado aporta a las economías. Ello permite orientar la formulación de políticas públicas que atiendan las necesidades sociales de cuidado mediante la corresponsabilidad social, trasladando responsabilidades del ámbito…
The Latin American and Caribbean region recorded GDP growth of 2.6% in 2013, down from 3.1% in 2012, testifying to the continuation of the economic slowdown apparent in the region since 2011. The countries’ growth rates differed significantly, however.
In 2014 the global economy will present opportunities and threats for Latin America and the Caribbean. The currency depreciation seen in several countries in the region in recent months, possibly strengthened by a shift in future financial flows towards developed countries, could, if sustained, increase incentives for investment in tradable sect…
O escasso dinamismo da economia internacional e a volatilidade financeira caracterizaram a economia mundial em 2013. A maior demanda externa e um crescimento modesto do consumo contribuirão para a recuperação do crescimento da América Latina e do Caribe em 2014.…
En el presente trabajo se analizan las variables explicativas de la construcción, en la Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL), de los postulados del desarrollo; se examina la brutal interrupción de los procesos y debates que originó el cambio de rumbo hacia el mercado, con el advenimiento y duración del mal llamado neoliberalismo; se describen las razones que permiten el retorno del desarrollo; se pasa revista a los principales indicadores del desarrollo humano en la región; se analiza la pertinencia de retornar el tema a la educación superior regional y se presenta un pequeño cuerpo …