6 Feb 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:27
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and the response to it, have brought to light the importance of care for the sustainability of life, and the central role that care plays in the functioning of our economies and societies. The pandemic has exacerbated existing care needs, transformed conditions of paid and unpaid care work and, ultimately, increased the volume of women’s unpaid care work, deepening the associated gender gaps.
This study brings together evidence from across the globe on how the pandemic has impacted women’s unpaid care work, as well as exploring measures implemented…
This Report provides an overview of the implementation of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway adopted in 2014 in Caribbean SIDS. It assesses the progress, made as well as the gaps and challenges Caribbean SIDS experienced in implementing the Samoa Pathway. Recommendations on how these gaps and challenges could be addressed in future iterations of the SIDS Programme of Action are also defined. The Report further outlines emerging issues and potential priority actions that the subregion may wish to consider in its preparation for the Fourth …
This document examines the implementation strategies and execution challenges of three major pieces of legislation that were signed into law in the United States in late 2021 and in 2022. Together they provide more than US$ 2 trillion in authorized funding and incentives for up to ten years to rebuild the country’s infrastructure, accelerate the transition to a green economy, and strengthen the domestic semiconductor industry while promoting job growth, workforce development, and equity. The scale of these laws, given the level of funding required, their complexity, given the multiplicity of g…
2 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:25
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The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…
This year, the two-day seminar in Port-of-Spain is themed “Positioning the Caribbean in the knowledge economy: The role of data”. It is being held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre in Port of Spain. Ramdin presided at the opening ceremony.
Minister Ramdin said “…our economies are commonly characterized as either services-based or goods-based; never knowledge-based. Meanwhile, the current global labour market is increasingly becoming knowledge-intensive… Understanding and appropriately responding to these market forces requires, among other things, a better appreciation for, an…
Speaking on revitalizing the push to achieve the SDGs by 2030 (17 goals that address critical areas for the enhancement of human wellbeing the protection of the environment), she notes that Caribbean countries face an uphill task because of burdensome debt and debt service with small, undiversified economies, exposure to devastating climate induced natural hazards, limited technical and institutional capacity and inadequate access to low-cost financing.
“The international community has not shown the empathy to Small Island States that have been graduated… You have a per capita income th…
This paper examines trends in intergenerational class mobility for six birth cohorts of individuals born between 1921 and 1981, observed in surveys carried out in 1973, 1982, 1988, 1996 and 2014. Besides analysing the variation of trends on the basis of three temporal dimensions —age, birth cohort and survey year— the paper determines the effects of educational attainment on intergenerational mobility. The analysis reveals a historical trend of increasing social mobility across birth cohorts in Brazil. The effects of educational attainment are determined by three mechanisms: educational expans…
17 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:25
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This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2021 and comprises four chapters. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and a subregional assessment of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currenc…
16 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:25
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This study reviews the level of statistical skills and competencies of staff of National Statistical Offices of the Caribbean as a critical step in enhancing the statistical capacity of National Statistical Systems in the subregion. Building on discussions of statistical literacy in national policies and regional frameworks such as the CARICOM Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics (RSDS), the study explores statistical literacy and competencies using self-reported responses of NSO staff to a structured questionnaire that focused on technical expertise of staff and their perceptio…
2 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:25
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In this digitally transforming world, digital inclusion is becoming increasingly important to social inclusion and sustainable development. Affordable access to broadband is an essential precondition to digital inclusion. Internet quality, as measured by speed and other indicators, is also important, as digital inclusion is ultimately about ensuring equal access to the benefits and opportunities offered by digital technologies and the Internet. This policy brief provides insight into Internet speed and affordability across the Caribbean, and offers some recommendations for policymakers working…
The study focuses on migrants’ contributions to Jamaica’s development from the ECLAC perspective on the contributions of international migration to sustainable development. Improving understanding of these contributions will enhance capacity to formulate and implement public policies and development plans that take into account the opportunities and challenges of international migration in countries of origin or return, transit and destination, in compliance with the commitments set forth in international and multilateral agreements, such as the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Mig…
25 Nov 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:22
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Nota informativa
El Acuerdo de Escazú se destacará en los siguientes eventos organizados el marco de la 28ª Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático:
Domingo 3 de diciembre de 2023
13:15-14:45 horas Dubái, Side Event Room 2 (Zona azul) / What Human Rights at 75 means for Climate Justice Now. Organizado por ACNUDH, PNUMA, PNUD, UNFPA, FAO, UNICEF, WHO, ONU Mujeres, UNECE, OIM, UNODC, OIT, CEPAL, ACNUR. Evento en inglés con transmisión en vivo.
16:30-17:45 horas Dubái, Pabellón de Brasil (Zona azul) / Justicia climática en la de…
31 Oct 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:27
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This document is a contribution of ADEME and ECLAC to measurement of the progress in Latin America on energy policies related to Sustainable Development Goal 7 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The document was prepared within the framework of the Energy Efficiency Indicators Database project, which aims to contribute to technical capacity-building in the countries of the region to monitor their progress towards affordable, efficient, secure and modern energy.…
24 Mayo 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:28
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La Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, Ana Güezmes García, participó en el Foro de Igualdad de Género organizado por la Fundación Internacional EU-LAC y la Red Internacional de Mujeres EU-LAC (Red WIN), junto con el Ministerio Federal de Relaciones Exteriores de Alemania, el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación del Reino de España; el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto de Argentina y la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores de México durante los días 11 y 12 de mayo en Berlín, Alemania.…
5 Oct 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:28
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Representantes de los países latinoamericanos y caribeños reunidos en la Quinta Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe y el XV Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe reafirmaron hoy la importancia de poner a las personas y sus derechos en el centro del desarrollo, resguardar los avances en materia de desarrollo social inclusivo alcanzados por la región mediante la inversión social adecuada y frenar los retrocesos causados por la pandemia de COVID-19 y las crisis en cascada.
En la cita regional, organizada por la Comi…
11 Mayo 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:30
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La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) celebrará del 15 al 17 de mayo la XXXV edición del Seminario Regional de Política Fiscal. Este reconocido foro regional ha convocado durante 35 años a autoridades, especialistas, sociedad civil y academia al diálogo sobre los desafíos de política fiscal que enfrentan los países de la región.
El encuentro incluye la participación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE) y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), y cuenta con el auspicio de la Agencia Española d…
24 Abr 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:29
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Un llamado a asegurar la participación de las niñas, niños, adolescentes y juventudes de América Latina y el Caribe en todas las etapas de implementación de la Agenda 2030 y a valorar sus contribuciones para así alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible en la región, sin dejar a nadie atrás, hicieron este lunes 24 de abril representantes de diversas agencias de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) que participaron en el Quinto Foro de Niñas, Niños, Adolescentes y Juventudes de América Latina y el Caribe 2030 realizado en Santiago, Chile.
La ONU reconoce el liderazgo de las y los jóvenes en el …
27 Sep 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:28
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El Segundo Foro Anual sobre Defensoras y Defensores de los Derechos Humanos en Asuntos Ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe comenzó hoy en Ciudad de Panamá con un llamado a los Estados y gobiernos de la región a reforzar la protección y garantizar un entorno seguro y propicio para que los defensores y defensoras ambientales puedan llevar a cabo su importante trabajo.
La reunión que se prolongará hasta el jueves 28 de septiembre de 2023, es organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) de las Naciones Unidas, en su calidad de Secretaría del Acuerdo de E…
4 Mayo 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:28
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Durante el evento paralelo organizado por la CEPAL, la Oficina de la Coordinadora Residente en Chile y ONU Mujeres, en ocasión de la Sexta Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, la Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, Ana Güezmes García, remarcó la importancia de un abordaje integral, multiescalar y transversal para cumplir las metas fijadas en la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y en la Agenda Regional de Género, evitar la profundización de las desigualdades de género y avanzar hacia la igualdad sustantiva y …
28 Abr 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 10:21
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América Latina y el Caribe deberá acelerar el paso para lograr el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de la Agenda 2030, alertaron hoy los representantes de los 33 países de la región, de agencias de las Naciones Unidas y organismos regionales, multilaterales y de la sociedad civil presentes en la Sexta Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que finalizó este viernes 28 de abril en la sede central de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
Al cierre de la reunión los delegados insistieron en que, si bien nos encontramos en la …