The School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched the application period for the twenty-second edition of its Study Program on Latin American Economies, which each year brings together young researchers, graduates and/or postgraduates interested in studying the Latin American development process.
Registration is online and will be open until April 30, 2021. The list of people selected to participate will be published on the ELADES website on May 7. Classes will take place virtually between July 14 and Septe…
La Escuela Latinoamericana de Estudios del Desarrollo (ELADES) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) dio inicio al período de postulaciones a la vigésimo segunda edición de su Programa de estudios sobre economías latinoamericanas, que anualmente convoca a jóvenes investigadores, graduados y/o posgraduados interesados en estudiar el proceso de desarrollo latinoamericano.
Las inscripciones son en línea y estarán abiertas hasta el 30 de abril de 2021. La lista de personas seleccionadas se publicará en el sitio web de la ELADES el 7 de mayo. Las clases se realizarán entr…
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has hit micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) particularly hard. In this context, polices designed to stimulate their growth and to defend competition now play a key role in tackling the effects of the crisis and in the path to recovery. To respond to the new demands and needs resulting from this crisis, the institutions responsible for the design and implementation of these policies have had to face new challenges, rethink their approaches and quickly devise creative new methods of operation.
This document summarizes the research conduc…
La pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) ha afectado especialmente a las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (mipymes). En este contexto, las políticas que apuntan a estimular su desarrollo y aquellas que promueven la defensa de la competencia se han vuelto clave para superar los efectos de la crisis y emprender el camino hacia la reactivación. Como respuesta a las nuevas demandas y a las necesidades generadas por esta coyuntura, las instituciones encargadas del diseño y la implementación de dichas políticas han tenido que enfrentar nuevos desafíos, replantear sus enfoques y ajusta…
Disaster displacement and environmental migration are among the most serious humanitarian challenges facing the Caribbean. As a subregion of small island developing States (SIDS) which are vulnerable and prone to extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change, the Caribbean is constantly faced with population displacement resulting from these events. Individuals experience these migration processes uniquely on account of their gender-specific inequalities, vulnerabilities, and access to resources and opportunities. It is critical to understand how the consequences of environmental mi…
The intensive use of platforms —and the multi-sided nature thereof— in the wake of the lockdown forced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has widespread repercussions for national policies on privacy, cybersecurity and competition the world over. The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings in regulatory frameworks governing data protection, cybersecurity and competition policy, as well as the need to face the new challenges posed by the increased digitization of economies.
The aim of this document is to analyse the measures taken by competition authorities in Latin America and th…
The COVID-19 pandemic is a disaster that combines a biological threat with various vulnerabilities, such as the organizational and response capacity of health systems, overcrowding, informality, social work practices, and public transport.
The human and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unprecedented. According to World Health Organization (WHO) figures, by November 2020 it had caused more than 18 times more deaths than all the epidemics that took place in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1970 and 2019. For the first time since records began, all the countries of the region …
La pandemia de COVID-19 es un desastre en que se combinan una amenaza biológica con diversas vulnerabilidades, como la capacidad organizacional y de respuesta de los sistemas sanitarios, la sobrepoblación, la informalidad, las prácticas sociales de trabajo y el transporte público.
Las repercusiones humanas y económicas de la pandemia no tienen precedentes. Según cifras de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), para noviembre de 2020 el COVID-19 había ocasionado un número de muertes más de 18 veces superior al de todas las epidemias ocurridas en América Latina y el Caribe entre 1970 y 2019.…
This document reports the recommendations made by the countries on the potential of the 2020 census round to measure the indicators of the agendas of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.
An analytical proposal prepared by the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (as part of an activity of the Development Account Programme on Statistics and Data 2016-2019) was presented in Panama on 22–24 November 2016, through the Working Group on Censuses of the Statistical Confer…
Representatives from the governments of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, from 20 United Nations agencies, funds and programs, intergovernmental organizations, financial institutions in the region, and the academic and private sectors reaffirmed today their commitment to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to confronting the difficulties arising from the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of building forward better, at the conclusion of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustaina…
Representantes de los gobiernos de los 33 países de América Latina y el Caribe, de 20 agencias, fondos y programas de las Naciones Unidas, organismos intergubernamentales, instituciones financieras de la región, sector académico y privado, refrendaron hoy su compromiso con la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y enfrentar las dificultades que ha impuesto la crisis desatada por la pandemia del COVID-19 con el propósito de avanzar hacia un futuro mejor, al término de la Cuarta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible …
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