Girls present innovative tech-based solutions to major development issues

Girls from across Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) showcased their own original technological solutions to gender-based violence and climate change at the T&T segment of the Caribbean.Girls.Hack competition last Friday, 24 May 2019. In doing so, the young girls competed for the opportunity to present their tech-based innovative ideas to policy makers during the upcoming subregional preparatory meeting of the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean …

ECLAC looks to expand access to data from 2010 and 2020 census

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is seeking to expand public access to data from the 2010 round of population and housing censuses. These efforts will also provide a sound basis for a more rapid and effective dissemination of data from the upcoming 2020 round of censuses. In the long term, improved online access to these data sources will encourage their use in research, development planning and evidence-based policymaking. Online access to census data sets is provided through the REDATAM (REtrieval of DATa for small Areas by Microcomputer) software. RED…

Capital flows to Latin America: third quarter 2002

Brazil's electoral outlook and the external backdrop were the main drivers of Latin American credits in the third quarter of 2002, thus the performance of Latin American markets continued to be pressured by Brazil's fate and the ebb and flow of investors' risk appetite. The region had a rare month of outperformance in August, as the prompt negotiation of an IMF agreement for Brazil and the moderation of global risk aversion brought strong returns for Brazil, in particular, and for countries considered high-risks in general. However, risk aversion peaked again in September, retur…

Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in National Sustainable Development Planning

ECLAC Caribbean, in collaboration with ECLAC Division for Gender Affairs, convenes the Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in National Sustainable Development Planning for technical experts and representatives attending the Caribbean preparatory meeting to the XIV session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Economic survey of the Caribbean, 2007-2008

This survey provides an overview of the economic performance of countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) for the year 2007 and their outlook for 2008. The report consists of three chapters. The first chapter provides a regional analysis of the main economic indicators from a comparative perspective starting with a brief discussion of the principal events in the world economy. The second chapter deals with two selected topics that are pivotal for the economic development of Caribbean countries, namely public debt sustainability and competitiveness in the tourism s…

Selected statistical indicators of Caribbean countries, vol. XVI, 2003

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and Secretariat to the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), is pleased to present the seventeenth volume of the Selected Statistical Indicators of Caribbean Countries (SSI). This publication represents a compilation of original nationally produced and officially published statistics on select indicators for the year 2003. Where available, 2004 and 2005 figures have been included. The aim of the SSI is to serve as a single source of Caribbean statistics on national…

Economic profiles of Caribbean countries

Introduction With its programme of assistance to the Caribbean, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean has prepared these economic profiles for 26 independent and non-independent countries of the Caribbean subregion. These countries are: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the G…

Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2008: Fecundidad = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008: Fertility

This edition of the Demographic Observatory presents a series of fertility indicators estimated and projected by fiveyear periods. The indicators were formulated as input for the national population estimates and projections for the 20 countries of Latin America for the period 1950-2050.The figures in this publication constitute a revision of those presented in No. 68 of the Demographic Bulletin of July 2001.The methodological notes of this edition include a summary of the methodology used in the fertility estimates and projections, as well as a description of the data sources used for each co…

Regional seminar on time use surveys

AS part of its ongoing work in the Caribbean, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has responded to requests from member and associate member states for statistical capacity training in the core elements of Time Use Surveys. The training will offer a forum for sensitizing participants on the value of Time Use Surveys, and will facilitate the use of Time Use Surveys for measuring all forms of work – especially women’s activities. The initiative will complement ECLAC’s ongoing efforts to build greater capacity in the compilation of gender statistics and in the…

ECLAC: At Least 4,473 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021

In 2021, at least 4,473 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 29 countries and territories of the region, according to the latest official data that countries reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This represents at least 12 women per day who die violent, gender-based deaths in the region, the institution warns. “For 15 years, Latin American and Caribbean States have recognized the seriousness of femicidal violence and the gender-related killing of wome…

In 2022, At Least 4,050 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean: ECLAC

In 2022, at least 4,050 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 26 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the latest data that official agencies reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This is equivalent to one gender-related killing of a woman every two hours in the region. “It is not possible to identify an upward or downward trend in the rates of femicide or feminicide in each country, since the variations are small an…

ECLAC: The Persistence of Violence against Women and Girls in the Region and Femicide, its Maximum Expression, is Troubling

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed its concern today over the persistence of gender-based violence against women and girls in the region and high rates of femicide, or feminicide. According to the latest official data reported to the Commission’s Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO), in 2019, 4,640 cases of femicide were recorded in 24 countries (18 in Latin America and 6 in the Caribbean). The situation of women and girls has been aggravated under confinement and the restrictions on movement ordered by countries in th…

ECLAC Calls for an End to Inequalities that Contribute to Violence Against Women

(7 November 2014) Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the ECLAC Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (OIG), unveiled during the XV International Meeting on Gender Statistics of Aguascalientes, which ends today in Mexico. Although the document warns about the absence, heterogeneity and dispersion of statistics on violence in the region, some national figures accoun…

Women’s Participation in Politics

Five female presidents govern today in Latin American and Caribbean countries, and the number of women legislators, judges and mayors has increased in recent years. But these leaders represent no more than 26% of the total, on average, according to data from ECLAC’s Gender Equality Observatory. The Commission provides here the latest data on women’s participation in different spheres of political power.…

Breaking the statistical silence to achieve gender equality by 2030: implementing the Information Systems Pillar of the Montevideo Strategy for the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the sustainable development framework by 2030

ECLAC Development of official statistics in the region. Report of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on the development of official statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean