This Special Report “Sectors and businesses facing COVID-19: emergency and reactivation” is the fourth in a series by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the evolution and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The economic crisis generated by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is having a major impact on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and is hitting a productive and business structure with weaknesses that have been building up for decades. Before the pandemic, the region’s production structure already showed great …
En este cuarto Informe Especial elaborado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) sobre la evolución y los efectos de la pandemia de la COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe el análisis se centra en los efectos de la pandemia en la estructura productiva y empresarial de los países de la región cuyas debilidades se han originado a lo largo de décadas y que se ha visto fuertemente golpeada por la actual coyuntura.
Antes de la pandemia, la estructura productiva de la región presentaba una gran heterogeneidad estructural que limitaba seriamente las posibilidades de desar…
Presentation by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena.
More than one third of formal employment and one fourth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Latin America and the Caribbean are generated by sectors that the economic crisis stemming from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has hit hard, ECLAC revealed today in a new study on the pandemic’s effects in the region. Furthermore, less than one fifth of all employment and of GDP is generated in sectors forecast to be only moderately affected.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released this Thursda…
Presentación de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena.
Más de un tercio del empleo formal y un cuarto del producto interno bruto (PIB) de América Latina y el Caribe se generan en sectores fuertemente golpeados por la crisis económica derivada por la enfermedad del coronavirus (COVID-19), informó hoy la CEPAL en un nuevo estudio sobre los impactos de la pandemia en la región. Más aún, menos de la quinta parte del empleo y del PIB se generan en sectores que serían afectados solo de forma moderada.
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) dio a conocer este jue…
Apresentação da Secretária-Executiva, Alicia Bárcena (em espanhol).
Mais de um terço do emprego formal e um quarto do produto interno bruto (PIB) da América Latina e do Caribe são gerados em setores fortemente afetados pela crise econômica decorrente do coronavírus (COVID-19), informou hoje a CEPAL em um novo estudo sobre os impactos da pandemia na região. Além disso, ao menos a quinta parte do emprego e do PIB são gerados em setores que serão afetados somente de forma moderada.
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) divulgou nesta quinta-feira, 2 de julho seu Relatório…
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…
The article presents a theoretical model of political conflict and democratic stability in a small open developing economy, using as the basis a structuralist macroeconomic model. Political institutions are given in the medium run, but they vary in the long run as the result of political conflict between capitalists, formal workers, and informal workers excluded from the benefits of social protection conquered by the formal workers. The model suggests that a democratic breakdown is more likely the larger the informal sector, the lower the non-price competitiveness of the economy, and the weake…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present tomorrow, Thursday, July 2, Special Report COVID-19 No. 4 on monitoring the economic and social effects of the coronavirus in the region, entitled Businesses and sectors facing COVID-19: emergency and reactivation.
The new document measures and analyzes the effects of the crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean’s business world and production sectors. It combines a short-term view, centered on the emergency, with a longer-term perspective that is of special importance for the reactivation. It proposes measures f…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presentará mañana jueves 2 de julio el Informe especial COVID-19 N⁰ 4 sobre el seguimiento de los efectos económicos y sociales del coronavirus en la región Sectores y empresas frente al COVID-19: emergencia y reactivación.
El nuevo documento mide y analiza los efectos de la crisis en el universo empresarial y los sectores productivos en América Latina y el Caribe. Combina una visión de corto plazo, centrada en la emergencia, con una perspectiva de más largo plazo, de especial importancia para la reactivación. Propone medidas para …
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) divulgará amanhã, 2 de julho, o Relatório especial COVID-19 N⁰ 4 sobre o acompanhamento dos efeitos econômicos e sociais do coronavírus na região, intitulado: As empresas e setores diante da COVID-19: emergência e retomada.
O novo documento mede e analisa os efeitos da crise no universo empresarial e nos setores produtivos da América Latina e do Caribe. Combina uma visão de curto prazo, focada na emergência, com uma perspectiva de longo prazo, de especial importância para a retomada. Propõe medidas para a proteção das em…
Deepening regional integration must be an essential component of any strategy for emerging from the crisis produced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to move towards more sustainable and resilient trade. This entails strengthening our own production linkages and promoting intraregional trade, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today.
The senior United Nations official spoke during the LVI Ordinary Meeting of MERCOSUR’s Common Market Council, in which the Foreign Ministers of the four countries that mak…
Profundizar la integración regional debe ser un componente esencial de cualquier estrategia de salida a la crisis producida por la enfermedad del coronavirus (COVID-19) para avanzar hacia un comercio más sostenible y resiliente. Esto implica reforzar nuestros propios encadenamientos productivos y promover el comercio intrarregional, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas intervino en la LVI Reunión Ordinaria del Consejo del Mercado Común del MERCOSUR, en la que participaron los…