Post-COVID-19 Economic Aspects of Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation as a Coping Strategy To Deal With The Fallout From The Pandemic In The Caribbean

Caribbean economies have been disrupted by the pandemic and the fallout from the war in Ukraine. Therefore, in the short to medium-term, there is need for policies to deal with post-pandemic recovery, including strengthened health and safety protocols, social protection measures and managed economic reopening to stimulate growth and employment.…

Director's Desk: Post-COVID-19 Economic Aspects of Digital Transformation

The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on travel and tourism. The decisions now to be made by policy makers will determine if the countries are able to achieve the SDGs by 2030. They must decide whether to choose the business-as-usual path, or the path of structural transformation of their economies and societies.…

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 5

Acceso a la tecnología y a la alfabetización mediática e informacional de las personas mayores

Vida digital, jóvenes y tejidos territoriales

Este documento explora distintas experiencias de construcción de tejidos territoriales a partir de procesos de uso y apropiación de tecnologías digitales por parte de jóvenes, en distintas partes de Colombia, en las que han jugado un papel determinante docentes y rectores de instituciones educativas, así como líderes comunitarios. Se indaga acerca de la contribución que tales experiencias pueden hacer a la construcción de tejidos territoriales.…

The Caribbean is Making Strides on the SDGS

Selected online learning experiences in the Caribbean during COVID-19

This study examines how ICTs have supported equitable development of online distance learning for students in primary, secondary, and tertiary education systems across the Caribbean. By presenting data obtained through interviews with government officials and other key stakeholders in five countries and territories - Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago – the study highlights learning continuity challenges and successful adaptations specific to the subregion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study identifies best practices and recommendations to integr…

Annotated provisional agenda. Sixty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional anotado. Sexagésima Segunda Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

Provisional agenda. Sixty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional. Sexagésima Segunda Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

Digital Public Goods: Driving the Development of Digital Public Infrastructure in the Caribbean

Ciudadanía digital en América Latina: revisión conceptual de iniciativas

El concepto de Ciudadanía Digital está cada vez más presente en la discusión de políticas públicas y del mundo académico. Son diversas sus definiciones dependiendo del ámbito desde el cual se aborde. En este documento se presenta una revisión de las diferentes nociones de ciudadanía digital desde una perspectiva amplia que aborda definiciones teóricas y estudios empíricos, así como diversas iniciativas en el contexto latinoamericano. Con ello se busca contribuir a una mejor comprensión de un fenómeno social y político de relevancia creciente para las políticas públicas, especialmente en el nue…

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the need to promote productive, decent jobs in Latin America, which includes the implementation of multisectoral policies to confront the high rates of informal labor that characterize the region, underlined government representatives and specialists in the international seminar on Labour Informality: Challenges posed by technological change, territorial inequality and the need for social protection, organized on October 6-7, 2021 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The event presented the key findings of the project Transf…

La crisis del COVID-19 reafirmó la importancia de aprovechar los avances tecnológicos y visibilizar las desigualdades territoriales para promover empleos decentes en América Latina, subrayaron especialistas en evento sobre informalidad laboral

La crisis del COVID-19 reafirmó la necesidad de promover empleos productivos y decentes en América Latina, lo que incluye la implementación de políticas multisectoriales para enfrentar la alta informalidad laboral que caracteriza a la región, subrayaron representantes de gobierno y especialistas en el seminario internacional Informalidad laboral: desafíos frente al cambio tecnológico, la desigualdad territorial y el imperativo de la protección social, organizado los días 6 y 7 de octubre de 2021 por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En el evento se presentaron los …

Promoting productive jobs and confronting the challenge of new forms of informal employment in LA

Fomentando empleos productivos y enfrentando los desafíos de las nuevas formas de informalidad en AL

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 7

Selected online learning experiences in the Caribbean during COVID-19. Policy Brief

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …