Hora Cero: Nuestra región de cara a la pandemia

Todo parece una gigantesca equivocación. Todo ha pasado como no debería haber pasado, decimos para consolarnos. Pero somos nosotros los equivocados, no la historia. Tenemos que aprender a mirar cara a cara a la realidad. Inventar si es preciso, palabras nuevas e ideas nuevas, para estas nuevas y extrañas realidades que nos han salido al paso. Pensar es el primer deber de la inteligencia. Y en ciertos casos, el único. Octavio Paz El Laberinto de la Soledad Es verdad que la historia registra antes el paso devastador de grandes pandemias, pero ninguna irrumpió en un mundo tan poblado (más …

COVID-19 tendrá graves efectos sobre la economía mundial e impactará a los países de América Latina y el Caribe

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, advirtió hoy que la pandemia del Coronavirus (COVID-19) tendrá efectos devastadores sobre la economía mundial, seguramente más intensos y distintos que los sufridos durante la crisis financiera global de 2008-2009, y que los países latinoamericanos y caribeños no estarán ajenos a ellos, ya que serán impactados a través de varios canales. La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó este jueves 19 de marzo en una teleconferencia del Diálogo Interamericano sobre el Coronavirus y sus …

COVID-19 Will Have Grave Effects on the Global Economy and Will Impact the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, warned today that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have devastating effects on the global economy that will certainly be more intense than and distinct from those felt during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, adding that Latin American and Caribbean countries will not be spared since they will be affected through numerous channels. The senior United Nations official participated this Thursday, March 19, in an Inter-American Dialogue Conference Call on the Coronavirus an…

ECLAC: Central America and the Dominican Republic Will Grow 3.2% in 2020

The economies of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) and the Dominican Republic – known as the CARD countries in Spanish – will have a weighted average growth rate of 3.2% in 2020, with the highest rates forecast for the Dominican Republic and Panama, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed. The document Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic in 2019 and Prospects for 2020 explains that the international context was affected by trade tensions and great political un…

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New policy options for economic diversification in Trinidad and Tobago

According to ECLAC Caribbean's latest policy breif , there is room for T&T to expand productive capacity and diversify exports in the agro-processing industry to improve foreign exchange earnings. The Government of T&T has articulated in its National Development Strategy for 2016-2030 and in its 2018 Midyear Budget Review the intention to transition towards a more diversified economy, which produces a broad spectrum of export competitive, high-value products and services. In this context, the government has identified agro-processing as one of the seven economic areas for the establish…

Balanço Preliminar das Economias da América Latina e do Caribe 2019

Este Balanço Preliminar das Economias da América Latina e do Caribe vem à luz num contexto econômico e social extremamente complexo para a região. A América Latina apresenta desaceleração econômica generalizada e sincronizada nos países e nos diversos setores. Em 2019, contrastando com anos anteriores, 18 dos 20 países da América Latina, bem como 23 das 33 economias da América Latina e do Caribe, apresentam desaceleração na taxa de crescimento da atividade econômica. O menor dinamismo da demanda interna foi acompanhado por baixa demanda agregada externa e mercados financeiros internacionais ma…

Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2019

This survey examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2018 and comprises six chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of global, regional and subregional economic performance as well as unemployment in the Caribbean. The second provides an analysis of governments in the subregion’s fiscal performance and debt burden. The third looks at monetary policy and variables. The fourth is focused external sector and its factors. The fifth chapter concludes, while the final chapter includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Ba…

Inauguración de la reunión de Cancilleres de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC)

Palabras de Alicia Barcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la inauguración de la reunión de Cancilleres de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) Ciudad de México, 8 de enero de 2020 Estimado Marcelo Ebrard, Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores Estimadas y estimados Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores aquí presentes, Honorable Cuerpo Diplomático acreditado en México Amigas y amigos, América Latina y el Caribe atraviesa un complejo escenario. Por una parte, el PIB regional se ha contraído 4% entre 2014 y 2019 y este año presentará un crecimiento promedio de 0.1%, en do…

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