What: Twenty-ninth (29) session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.
When: 14 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 9 am).
Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Background Information
Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Member Countries and Associate Members will convene for the 29th Session. Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the CDCC was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countrie…
En este número de “Claves de la CEPAL para el Desarrollo” se presentan los mensajes claves de la edición 2022 del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe, publicado por la Comisión. En dicho informe anual se analiza el desempeño de la economía regional en 2021 y su evolución durante los primeros meses de 2022, así como las perspectivas de crecimiento para este mismo año. Asimismo, se exponen algunos de los principales retos en materia de inversión que enfrenta la región para impulsar un crecimiento económico sostenible e inclusivo.…
What: Seventh (7th) meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable.
When: 12 to 13 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 8 am).
Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Background Information
The Caribbean Development Roundtable brings together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as o…
This publication presents an overview of the history of growth and structural transformations in the six Central American countries between the mid-20th century and the end of the 2010s. The authors identify lights and shadows in the historical experience of countries to illuminate reflection on future development strategies and policies.
The analysis is based in the historical-structural approach of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), whose purpose is to examine the movement in the national productive and social structures over time, considering the endowment of r…
Against a backdrop of tightening global financing conditions, total Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets in the first eight months of 2022 was down more than 50% from the same period in 2021. International bond issuance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds —including green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds— from the region also slowed in the first eight months of 2022, albeit less markedly than total issuance. The share of these bonds in the region’s total issuance increased to 34% from 31% in the year-earlier period.
Capital …
Em sua edição que corresponde a 2022, o Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe consta de três partes. A primeira resume o desempenho da economia regional em 2021 e analisa sua evolução nos primeiros meses de 2022, bem como as perspectivas de crescimento para este mesmo ano. Também examina os fatores externos e internos que incidiram no desempenho econômico da região em 2021 e sua evolução em 2022, bem como a maneira em que condicionarão o crescimento econômico nos próximos anos.
A segunda parte do relatório expõe alguns dos principais desafios em matéria de investimento que a região en…
Experts from international and multilateral organizations, along with government officials from various Latin American and Caribbean countries, participated in a high-level seminar on the new challenges of international cooperation and their importance for furthering the region’s development in a complex context such as the current one.
The event, entitled New challenges and new perspectives on international cooperation: Development approaches from Latin America and the Caribbean, took place on September 13-14 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…
Expertos de organismos internacionales y multilaterales, junto a funcionarios de gobierno de varios países de América Latina y el Caribe, participaron en un seminario de alto nivel sobre los nuevos retos y desafíos de la cooperación internacional, y su importancia para impulsar el desarrollo de la región en un contexto complejo como el actual.
El encuentro, titulado Nuevos retos y nuevas perspectivas de la cooperación internacional: enfoques para el desarrollo desde América Latina y el Caribe, se efectuó el 13 y 14 de septiembre en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Cari…
The Caribbean faces multidimensional vulnerabilities driven by climate change and aggravated by Small Island Developing States’ natural and economic characteristics (SIDS). A critical natural feature of SIDS is the extreme vulnerability to climate-change-induced events. Economically, the Caribbean has followed the global trend of seeing its urban areas swell during the last decades. Moreover, the region’s coastal areas expose human settlements, infrastructure, and businesses to external shocks, such as climate change-induced extreme weather events. In addition, the 2019 novel coronavirus disea…
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