Infrastructure to support the digital economy in Chile

This article presents a model for dealing systematically with the different matters associated with policies for developing the infrastructure necessary to support a digital economy, identifying the roles of the State and the private sector in this respect.It also describes the main initiatives taken in terms of creating and improving the infrastructure and content in the case of Chile,which illustrates the recent progress made in developing the country 's digital economy and the challenges still pending in this field.There is general agreement that Chile must move closer to those countri…

2024 School of Digital Transformation and Innovation in the Caribbean

The School of Digital Transformation and Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean serves as a dynamic capacity-building programme for policymakers. Through lectures, panel discussions, case studies, and peer learning, it delivers pertinent, up-to-date content on transformation trends , and best practices, with a regional focus. Formerly known as "The Digital Transformation and Innovation Summer School," the programme has been collaboratively organised by prominent entities, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), CAF - The Develo…

Diálogo sobre gobiernos corporativos, protección de datos y ciberseguridad

El pasado 23 de abril, se llevó a cabo este evento paralelo al III Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, organizado por la CEPAL…

Competencia y regulación de las telecomunicaciones: el caso de Honduras

Este documento fue preparado por Marlon Ramsses Tábora, consultor de la Unidad de Comercio Internacional e Industria de la Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México, en el marco del Proyecto IDRC/CEPAL, Reforzando la competencia en el Istmo centroamericano: Políticas e instituciones nacionales, coordinación regional y participación en negociaciones internacionales (CAN/04/001). Competition and regulation of  telecommunications: the case of Honduras Abstract: This report was put together by Marion Ramsses Tábora, consultant for the Unit of Internation Trade and Industry for the Mex…

Adoption and application of information technology in the Caribbean and its contribution to scientific, technological and human resource development

This paper explores the reasons for the success of the new technologies and examines the uses to which the technology is put. Discusses the need for education and human resource development if the computer and other technologies are to be productively utilised in agriculture, industry and other areas.…

Reducir la brecha digital: un objetivo común de latinoamericanos y europeos

(15 de marzo, 2010) Los asistentes al V Foro Ministerial ALC-UE sobre Sociedad de la Información acordaron hoy en Segovia, España, fortalecer las estrategias digitales para seguir desarrollando la regulación del sector de tecnologías de información y comunicaciones (TIC), el acceso y uso de Internet, la privacidad y fiabilidad de la red, el desarrollo de contenidos digitales, el gobierno electrónico y la gobernanza de Internet. El Foro de dos días fue organizado por la Presidencia española de la Unión Europea, en colaboración con la Comisión Europea y con el apoyo de la Comisión Ec…

ICT and knowledge management-based solutions to tackle multi-island challenges uncovered at ECLAC meeting

The adoption of e-governance and knowledge management solutions would increase the availability, quality and accessibility of public services and reduce delivery costs in multi-island States and territories across the Caribbean. This, according to experts in the field of information communication technologies (ICTs) and knowledge management (KM), who convened for an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. Held at ECLAC Caribbean headquarters on 03 October 2019 in Port of Spain…

ECLAC report considers the use of blockchain technology to combat de-risking

A newly published report prepared by The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has found that recent developments in the field of financial technology (FinTech), namely blockchain technology, may offer potential solutions to some of the problems surrounding de-risking and the navigation of correspondent banking relationships. De-risking is the term used to describe the practice whereby banking institutions turn away from working relationships and lines of business for which the cost of regulatory compliance — and the ri…

ECLAC sensitizes Caribbean countries about Research Data Management

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is providing a unique opportunity for the identification of Research Data Management (RDM) issues faced by organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. A workshop on RDM is underway today at ECLAC Caribbean’s headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The event can be followed via Webex for interested participants not resident in Port of Spain. The workshop will provide an avenue for the Caribbean to learn about the “LEaders Activating Research Networks” (LEARN) pr…

Costa Rica Will Host the Second Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC

The Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will kick off next Monday, September 12, at 6 p.m. local time in San Jose, Costa Rica. The event will coincide with the inauguration of the World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR 2016), which will bring together representatives of government, industry and ICT associations, as well as academics, to analyze the latest proposals aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United…

“It’s Not Possible to Create a Better Future for Work Without Creating a Better Future for Production”: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

“It’s not possible to create a better future for work without creating a better future for production. These are two sides of the same coin,” José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), sustained this Thursday, June 1, 2023 at the inauguration of the ECLAC-ifo-PILLARS Workshop: Labor Market Effects of Automation and Technology Adoption in the Global Economy, which is being held in Santiago, Chile using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual). “In order to create decent jobs, it is indispensable that we focus on a pr…

The demand for cash: stylized facts and substitution by electronic means of payment

This article analyses the impact of the increasing use of electronic means of payment on the demand for cash (banknotes and coins). It estimates two models: one with panel data and the other with cross-sectional data. The two methodologies offer complementary views for evaluating the degree to which electronic means of payment act as a determinant of currency in circulation. The study identifies an intense substitution process between cash and electronic means of payment, which is common to most of the economies analysed. However, there are also a number of idiosyncratic factors that explain t…

Annotated provisional agenda. Third meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Practices and initiatives for the development of cross-border e-commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean and its impact in the post-pandemic era

E-commerce fosters innovation and contributes to the process of digital transformation of MSMEs through the implementation of digital technologies, new business practices and new business models, which can improve the efficiency and productivity of companies beyond the effects on access to new national and international markets. This document presents some practices and policies that governments in Latin American and Caribbean countries have implemented before and after the COVID-19 pandemic to promote the participation of MSEs in cross-border e-commerce, including measures to deepen the penet…

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 16/17Y: Big data for measuring and fostering the digital economy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Information and communication technology for disaster risk management in the Caribbean: subregional solutions to the challenge of limited human resource capacity

This document was adapted from a paper originally presented to the 8th Annual Caribbean Conference of Comprehensive Disaster Management, held in Montego Bay, Jamaica in December, 2013. It summarizes several activities that ECLAC has undertaken to assess the current state of information and communications technology (ICT) in the field of disaster risk management (DRM) as practiced in the Caribbean. These activities included an in-depth study that encompassed a survey of disaster management organizations in the region, an Expert Group Meeting attended by the heads of several national disaster of…

Big data and open data as sustainability tools: A working paper prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The two main forces affecting economic development are the ongoing technological revolution and the challenge of sustainability. Technological change is altering patterns of production, consumption and behaviour in societies; at the same time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ensure the sustainability of these new patterns because of the constraints resulting from the negative externalities generated by economic growth and, in many cases, by technical progress itself. Reorienting innovation towards reducing or, if possible, reversing the effects of these externalities could create the …

Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Towards an information society measurement instrument for Latin America and the Caribbean: getting started with census, household and business surveys

This document is part of an effort to take inventory of the current state of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) statistics in Latin American and Caribbean countries, particularly in National Statistic Offices (NSOs). In this study fifteen countries are investigated regarding three sources of information: Internet research, e-mails and phone calls and through the meta-data questionnaire Status of information society statistics in National Statistic Offices, applied to NSOs of Latin America and the Caribbean during August 2004 in the frame of OSILAC. The effort concluded with a wo…

Resolution 750(XXXVIII) Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.