The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 12

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

CEPAL Review no. 131

International financial cooperation to address the Latin American economic crisis / José Antonio Ocampo .-- Mapping social conflicts in natural resources: a text mining study of extractive activities / Ramiro Albrieu and Gabriel Palazzo .-- The ECLA technique of programming and economists in Argentina in the mid-twentieth century / Mariano Arana .-- Indicator of the efficiency of value added tax and income tax collection in Ecuador / José Ramírez-Álvarez and Paul Carrillo-Maldonado .-- Growth and heterogeneity of human capital: effects of the expansion of higher education on the income increas…

Revista CEPAL no. 131

La cooperación financiera internacional frente a la crisis económica latinoamericana / José Antonio Ocampo .-- Categorización de conflictos sociales en el ámbito de los recursos naturales: un estudio de las actividades extractivas mediante la minería de textos / Ramiro Albrieu y Gabriel Palazzo .-- La técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en la Argentina de mediados del siglo XX / Mariano Arana .-- Indicador de eficiencia recaudatoria del impuesto al valor agregado y del impuesto a la renta del Ecuador / José Ramírez-Álvarez y Paul Carrillo-Maldonado .-- Crecimiento y heterogeneid…

Countries of the Region Urge for a Paradigm Shift in International Financing and for Strengthening Multilateralism

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries urged for a paradigm shift in international financing that would allow for immediate responses to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to be provided and for sustainable development to be achieved in the region, during today’s virtual meeting of the thirty-fifth session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). On this occasion, Cuba handed the Presidency Pro Tempore over to Costa Rica, which will hold this position for the next two years. The meeting – in which 3…

Países de la región instan a un cambio de paradigma en materia de financiamiento internacional y al fortalecimiento del multilateralismo

Representantes de los países de América Latina y el Caribe instaron hoy a un cambio de paradigma en materia de financiamiento internacional que permita dar respuesta inmediata a los efectos de la pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19) y alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible en la región, durante la reunión virtual del trigésimo quinto período de sesiones del Comité Plenario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En la ocasión, Cuba traspasó la Presidencia Pro Témpore a Costa Rica, país que ejercerá este cargo por los próximos dos años. La reunión, en la que participaron 37 …

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…