CEPAL Review no. 119

Revista CEPAL no. 119

Alicia Bárcena: Paradigm Shift Requires New Global and Regional Technological Governance

“The paradigm shift needed to move towards a new development pattern and to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a new global and regional technological governance that is focused on capacities and knowledge,” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said today during an event in New York held in the framework of the 5th Biennial High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). “The governance of technology is essential. Market forces …

Alicia Bárcena: cambio de paradigma requiere nueva gobernanza tecnológica global y regional

“El cambio de paradigma necesario para avanzar hacia un nuevo estilo de desarrollo e implementar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) requiere de una nueva gobernanza tecnológica global y regional, que esté enfocada en las capacidades y el conocimiento”, afirmó hoy la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, durante evento de alto nivel realizado en el marco de la 5ª reunión bienal del foro sobre cooperación para el desarrollo del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas (ECOSOC) en Nueva York. “La gobernanza de la …

ECLAC Encourages the Creation of a Regional Digital Market in Latin America and the Caribbean

The creation of a regional digital market will contribute to development with equality and environmental sustainability in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said during the Fourth Latin American Telecommunications Congress currently being held in Cancun, Mexico. Its creation will enable increased connectivity for people and businesses, and facilitate the online exchange of goods and services. “We must overcome taboos and open an honest discussion of the obstacles in the way of developing a digital economy in the region. Today it is urgent that we a…

La CEPAL impulsa la creación de un mercado digital regional en América Latina y el Caribe

La constitución de un mercado único digital contribuirá al desarrollo con igualdad y sostenibilidad ambiental en la región, planteó la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) durante el Cuarto Congreso Latinoamericano de Telecomunicaciones que se celebra en Cancún, México. Su creación permitirá aumentar la conectividad de las personas y las empresas y facilitar el intercambio de bienes y servicios en línea. “Hay que superar tabúes y abrir un diálogo franco sobre los obstáculos que frenan el desarrollo de la economía digital en la región. Hoy urge avanzar con decisión polític…

Expert survey on priorities for the information society in the Caribbean

An on-line survey of experts was conducted to solicit their views on policy priorities in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Caribbean. The experts considered the goal to “promote teacher training in the use of ICTs in the classroom” to be the highest priority, followed by goals to “reduce the cost of broadband services” and “promote the use of ICT in emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness and response.” Goals in the areas of cybercrime, e-commerce, egovernment, universal service funds, consumer protection, and on-line privacy rounded out the top 10. S…

A training program for the digital ecosystem was launched at ECLAC headquarters

The initiative, called CE-Digital, is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in its role as technical secretariat of the eLAC process, CAF - Latin America Development Bank and the GSMA.…

En la sede de la CEPAL se lanzó un programa sobre capacitación en el ecosistema digital

La iniciativa CE – Digital es organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en su rol de secretaría técnica del eLAC, la CAF – Banco de desarrollo de América Latina y la GSMA.…

The Hummingbird Vol. 3 No. 4

Opportunities and risks associated with the advent of digital currency in the Caribbean

This report examines the usage of digital currency technology in the Caribbean subregion with a view to drawing attention to the opportunities and risks associated with this new phenomenon. It discusses the broader context of an emerging activity at the global level and considers how this technology could address subregional deficiencies in the electronic payment infrastructure. The report also discusses mobile money solutions, and the relationship of that technology to digital currency.…

Regional approaches to e-government initiatives in the Caribbean

This paper examines the potential benefits and challenges of regionally managed e-government development initiatives. It examines the current state of e-government in four Caribbean countries – Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago – in order to establish a broader understanding of the challenges that face e-government initiatives in the region. It also reviews a number of e-government initiatives that have been undertaken through projects managed at a regional level. Based on this analysis, it presents a set of best practices that are recommended to agen…

Alicia Bárcena: “La innovación debe ser el motor del desarrollo económico y social”

La innovación, como motor del desarrollo económico y social, debe ser parte de una estrategia nacional que apunte a la construcción de sistemas productivos diversificados con énfasis en actividades más intensivas en conocimiento, dijo hoy en Buenos Aires, Argentina, la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena. Bárcena participó en la jornada Visiones sobre el impacto de la innovación en nuestras vidas, organizada por la Fundación COTEC para la Innovación, institución creada en 1990 por iniciativa del Rey Juan Carlos de España, …

Mexico: industrial policies and the production of information and communication technology goods and services

This study investigates the extent to which the digital boom has had repercussions on productive activity, in terms of both manufacturing (ict goods) and services (ict services), in addition to its potential ramifications in the rest of the Mexican economy. Input-output matrices are used and compared to those of Brazil and the United States. Mexico has fallen behind, particularly in the production of ict goods, and the productive chains of this activity have weakened. The ict services sector offers much greater potential than has been exploited thus far, with the advantage that it involves com…

México: políticas industriales y producción de bienes y servicios de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación

En este estudio se investiga hasta qué punto el auge digital ha repercutido en la actividad productiva, la manufactura (bienes tic) y los servicios tic, además de sus potenciales ramificaciones en el resto de la economía mexicana. Se utilizan las matrices de insumoproducto (mip) y se hace referencia a las del Brasil y los Estados Unidos de América. México se ha rezagado, especialmente en la producción de bienes tic, y las cadenas productivas de esta actividad se han debilitado. El sector de servicios tic ofrece un potencial mucho mayor que el aprovechado hasta ahora, con la ventaja de incorpor…

La política industrial es crucial para aumentar la productividad y la igualdad en la región

En la sede de la CEPAL, en Santiago de Chile, se llevó a cabo hoy un seminario sobre política industrial, innovación y cambio estructural.…

The Hummingbird Vol.2 No.11

The Hummingbird Vol.2 No.10

A new era in Caribbean telecommunications

Countries in the Region Agree to Continue Strengthening Regional Cooperation on Digital Matters

In the Mexico City Declaration signed today at the closing session of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, countries in the region renewed accords for the eLAC process, which began 10 years ago, approving the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean eLAC2018, which establishes five areas of action and 23 objectives. In her closing speech, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that “this regional digital agenda should become the backbone …