The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, warned today that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have devastating effects on the global economy that will certainly be more intense than and distinct from those felt during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, adding that Latin American and Caribbean countries will not be spared since they will be affected through numerous channels.
The senior United Nations official participated this Thursday, March 19, in an Inter-American Dialogue Conference Call on the Coronavirus an…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, advirtió hoy que la pandemia del Coronavirus (COVID-19) tendrá efectos devastadores sobre la economía mundial, seguramente más intensos y distintos que los sufridos durante la crisis financiera global de 2008-2009, y que los países latinoamericanos y caribeños no estarán ajenos a ellos, ya que serán impactados a través de varios canales.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó este jueves 19 de marzo en una teleconferencia del Diálogo Interamericano sobre el Coronavirus y sus …
This document adopts a network analysis approach to examine the vertical trade relations between Latin America and Asia, showing the potential of these techniques for providing new insights into the patterns and dynamics of countries’ GVC linkages. Particularly, network-based measures are used to assess how important countries are as users and suppliers of foreign intermediate inputs in each network, at both the aggregate and sector level. In addition, clustering techniques are applied to identify groups of supplier countries.…
El presente estudio guarda una estrecha relación con algunos problemas estructurales para el desarrollo, en particular con la inversión en infraestructura y la productividad que resulta afectada por las condiciones de la primera, pero también avanza sobre temas claves como la gobernanza, los contratos de concesión de infraestructura, las asociaciones público-privadas y sus características principales, y la defensa de la competencia.…
Haïti est un cas emblématique, une situation in extremis pour analyser et discuter sur la Coopération internationale pour le développement. Après le séisme de janvier 2010, la communauté internationale mobilisa d’importantes ressources pour aider à affronter la situation d’urgence à travers l’aide humanitaire et des projets de coopération pour le développement. Qu’en est-il maintenant? Qu’est-ce que ces actions ont vraiment représenté? Est-ce que des processus de développement réellement durable ont été déclenchés en Haïti? Qu’en pensent les acteurs haïtiens?
Ce livre aborde les portées, les l…
For many countries, the acceleration of integration into the global economy and multilateral trading system provides an opportunity to access a wider range of goods and services as well as export markets, increasing their economic incomes, and improving the welfare of the citizenry. In particular, preferential trade agreements tend to increase export market access opportunities for the agro-industrial products of developing countries.
While increased market access offers many opportunities for enhancing the economic growth of exporting countries, developing countries are often unable to seize…
In the Caribbean, there are approximately 1.3 million persons with a disability of some kind and some 250,000 persons with a significant disability. These numbers are projected to increase dramatically in the coming decades as the population of the subregion ages and given the global increase in chronic health conditions.
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) face a range of physical, social, attitudinal and institutional barriers that prevent their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. As a result, they experience less favorable outcomes in health, education, …
With senior authorities from the government of China in attendance, along with representatives of international and regional organizations, development banks and the public and private sectors, experts, academics and diplomats, the Second High-Level China-Latin America Investment and Cooperation Forum took place today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The gathering – organized jointly by ECLAC, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, and the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China – seeks to serve as a pl…
Con la presencia de altas autoridades del Gobierno de China, representantes de organismos internacionales y regionales, de la banca de desarrollo, del sector público y privado, expertos, académicos y diplomáticos, se realizó hoy en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, el Segundo Foro de Inversión y Cooperación de Alto Nivel China-América Latina.
El encuentro, organizado conjuntamente por la CEPAL, CAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, y el Ministerio de Finanzas de la República Popular China, busca entregar una plataforma para disc…
The Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) analyses issues related to sustainable and inclusive development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The LEO benefits from the expertise and inputs of co-authors. Since 2011, the LEO has been published in conjunction with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). In 2013, the CAF – Development Bank of Latin America joined the team of authors. Since LEO 2018, the European Union joined as one of its main partners.
This 12th edition of the LEO, Development in Transition, presents a fresh analytical approach …
América Latina y el Caribe experimentó un notable progreso socioeconómico desde principios de siglo. La situación macroeconómica de la mayoría de los países de la región se fortaleció, el nivel de vida de sus habitantes mejoró, y la pobreza y la desigualdad se redujeron. Sin embargo, aún prevalecen grandes vulnerabilidades estructurales, al tiempo que han surgido nuevos retos. Muchos de estos desafíos están relacionados con la transición de los países de la región a mayores niveles de ingreso y desarrollo. El informe Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2019: Desarrollo en transición pres…
Forty postgraduate students from 19 countries worldwide participated in the 20th session of the Summer School on Latin American Economies organized annually by the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which included for the first time a week dedicated to gender issues, along with three international seminars – to mention just a few activities.
The students – from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, th…