The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, encouraged countries to keep improving statistical information, properly allocating the often scarce resources available, deepening inter-institutional and international cooperation and opening permanent communication channels between data producers, researchers and decision makers in the field of migration governance, at the closing session of the Third International Forum on Migration Statistics, which was held from Tuesday, January 24 to Thursday, January 26 at ECLA…
El Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, animó a los países a continuar mejorando la información estadística, asignando adecuadamente los a menudo escasos recursos disponibles, profundizando en la cooperación interinstitucional e internacional y abriendo canales de comunicación permanentes entre los productores de datos, los investigadores y los responsables de la toma de decisiones en el ámbito de la gobernanza de la migración, en la clausura del Tercer Foro Internacional sobre Estadísticas de Migración, que se re…
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…
Modern services —digitally delivered services such as computer, financial and business services— have been the most dynamic category of international trade in the past decade. However, Latin America and the Caribbean is still a marginal player in global trade in modern services.…
Los servicios modernos -que corresponden a aquellas prestaciones suministradas digitalmente como los servicios informáticos, servicios financieros y servicios empresariales han sido la categoría más dinámica del comercio internacional en la última década. Sin embargo, América Latina y el Caribe es todavía un jugador marginal en el comercio mundial de servicios modernos.…
Representatives of governments and international organizations recognized today the importance of investing in sectors that would promote economic growth, the decarbonization of economies and social inclusion in order to make progress on Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development in the current context of crisis, on the second day of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place through Wednesday, October 26 in Argentina.
The day began with the High-level seminar. Panel 3 - Sectoral investment and strategie…
Representantes de gobierno y de organismos internacionales reconocieron hoy la importancia de invertir en sectores que promuevan el crecimiento económico, la descarbonización de las economías y la inclusión social para avanzar en el desarrollo sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe en el actual contexto de crisis, durante el segundo día del trigésimo noveno período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) que se celebra hasta el miércoles 26 en Argentina.
La jornada se inició con el Seminario de alto nivel. Panel 3 - La inversión y las estrategias sectoria…
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Han Duck-soo, delivered a keynote lecture this Tuesday, October 11 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, in which he urged for forging a new cooperation with Latin America, articulating his country’s experience of innovation with the region’s potential, as a forward-looking vision amid the major transformations that humanity is living through.
The Korean leader spoke at a high-level event that was inaugurated by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, and w…
El Primer Ministro de la República de Corea, Han Duck-soo, dictó este martes 11 de octubre una conferencia magistral en la sede la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde instó a forjar una nueva cooperación con América Latina, articulando la experiencia de innovación de su país con el potencial de la región, como visión de futuro ante las grandes transformaciones que vive la humanidad.
El Mandatario coreano expuso en un evento de alto nivel que fue inaugurado por José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, y que contó con la…
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Han Duck-soo, will give a keynote lecture on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he will be received by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
At 4 p.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -3), the Republic of Korea’s highest authority will make a keynote presentation entitled “Vision for the future of cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Latin America and the Caribbean at a time of…
El Primer Ministro de la República de Corea, Han Duck-soo, dictará una conferencia magistral el martes 11 de octubre de 2022 en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde será recibido por el Secretario Ejecutivo del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
La máxima autoridad de la República de Corea ofrecerá a las 16:00 horas locales (UTC/GMT -3:00) una presentación magistral titulada “Visión para el futuro de la cooperación entre la República de Corea y América Latina y el Caribe en la era de la gran tr…
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…
Many international development agendas highlight the importance of quality data for sustainable development. With the advent of the data revolution for sustainable development, stakeholders have underscored the value of timely, usable data in informing decision-making and for monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, be it in relation to national development planning or as regards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international development agendas. Crucially, the COVID-19 pandemic, more than anything else in recent times, has demonstrated the value of tim…