5 Nov 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:48
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The Brazilian energy sector has reached a preeminent point in its history and has the potential to transform the livelihoods of thousands through innovative and fair energy policies. Since electric power distribution is highly centralized and strictly regulated by the State, it is critical to understand what kind of prospects exist for the diffusion of micro and mini solar photovoltaic generation in Brazil. In this study, a scenario analysis is implemented and the process of constructing the two scenarios, baseline and alternative, is described. Later, a model is presented that estimates diffu…
7 Jun 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:48
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This paper describes and discusses the relation between cybersecurity and corporate governance with a special interest on data protection in Latin America and the Caribbean. The motivation for the work resides in the growing role that data protection and privacy laws and regulations in developed countries reserve for corporate governance. These laws increasingly assign responsibilities to boards of directors and management with the expectation to incentivize firms to take data protection seriously in the face of cybersecurity and privacy risks. The paper presents these new rules and explores t…
29 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:48
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Nota informativa
El pasado 23 de abril, se llevó a cabo este evento paralelo al III Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, organizado por la CEPAL…
22 Mayo 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:48
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Edición del boletín
Les presentamos el nuevo formato del boletín del programa, en esta ocasión como edición especial sobre el tercer Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible. El Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe fue concebido como mecanismo regional para la implementación y seguimiento de la Agenda 2030, adoptada en 2015 por los 193 países representados en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, que establece 17 objetivos y 169 metas en diversas áreas del desarrollo de cara al año 2030.
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Equipo Programa CEPAL - B…
15 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:48
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This paper analyses the relationship between innovation and job creation in firms. In particular, it seeks out data on the role played by innovation during the latest phase of expansion in Argentine manufacturing employment (2010–2012). It uses the model proposed by Harrison and others (2014), taking an instrumental variables approach and drawing data from the recently concluded National Survey of Employment Dynamics and Innovation (ENDEI). The results show that process innovations do not influence employment growth, but that this is positively affected by product innovations. The latter also …
25 Oct 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:47
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This study examines how Universal Service Funds (USFs) can be better utilised in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to increase access to technology for persons with disabilities. It presents data on disability in the region and addresses key requirements from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It sets out the background, challenges and achievements of existing Caribbean USFs in addition to discussing countries that have enacted but not implemented USF legislation. The study identifies best practices and recommendations for Caribbean SIDS wis…
8 Oct 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 17:48
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Nota informativa
En el marco de los esfuerzos para fortalecer la gestión de la información geoespacial en la región, representantes de esta Comisión asistirán a estas reuniones que se llevarán a cabo en la Ciudad de México, del 9 al 11 de octubre de 2019.…