The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Subregional Office for the South Cone of Latin America of the International Labour Organization (ILO), The present edition analyses labour trends in the first half of 2013 and new developments in vocational training in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
This document identifies the key aspects of the current international economic situation and their principal implications for the macroeconomic performance of Latin America and the Caribbean. These aspects include preliminary indications that the global economic slowdown has come to a halt, which may be reflected by a degree of stabilization in the growth of international trade, although there is still no certain prospect of significant growth in either global GDP or international trade. Two trends combine within this potentially positive, but as yet uncertain, international picture: the first…
En este documento se identifican los principales rasgos de la actual coyuntura económica internacional y cuáles serían las consecuencias más importantes que tendrían para el desempeño macroeconómico de América Latina. Entre los principales rasgos de la actual coyuntura económica internacional se destacan indicios preliminares de que se ha detenido el deterioro del crecimiento económico mundial, lo cual se estaría reflejando en cierta estabilización del crecimiento del comercio internacional, aunque todavía no se vislumbra con certeza un dinamismo significativo ni del crecimiento del PIB mundia…
La edición 2013 del Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, titulado “Lenta poscrisis, meganegociaciones comerciales y cadenas de valor: el espacio de acción regional”, se divide en tres capítulos. En el primer capítulo se revisan los principales rasgos de la persistente debilidad que exhiben la economía y el comercio mundiales y se examina la evolución y perspectivas del comercio mundial y regional. En el segundo capítulo se hace un examen de las principales transformaciones de la organización de la producción y el comercio mundial asociadas al fenómeno de las re…
This report examines how the access of Latin American and Caribbean countries to external debt financing has evolved in the three decades since the debt crisis of 1982. In these thirty years, as the global financial environment evolved and structural shifts took place in the region, the market for Latin American and Caribbean tradable debt opened, deepened and broadened, developing from an unsecuritized loan market in the 1980s to a robust and improved securitized bond market by the end of the period. The study highlights how bond financing today is very different from what it was in the 1980s…
A edição número 65 do Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe corresponde ao biênio 2012 2013. Tal como as edições anteriores, na primeira parte se analisa o desempenho recente das economias da região e suas perspectivas para o ano, e na segunda se discutem aspectos de longo prazo do desenvolvimento econômico da América Latina e do Caribe. Finalmente, na página web da CEPAL (www.cepal.org) podem-se consultar as notas de países, onde se analisa a conjuntura das economias da América Latina e do Caribe durante 2012 e o primeiro semestre de 2013, bem como o anexo estatístico, em que se most…
In the face of weak global growth in major export markets the Caribbean economies have underperformed. The situation is much more severe among service producers1 which have suffered the decline in tourist arrivals and offshore banking services. The goods producers have benefited from the commodity boom and have tended to show more robust growth. The expectations for 2013 are that growth will be positive in the region with the service producers growing at 1.5per cent and the goods producers at 3.6per cent. This performance will depend heavily on improved performances in the major export markets…
The past, present and future of Latin American development has been the subject of numerous studies, theories and controversies. In this essay, prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES);, José Antonio Ocampo traces the vicissitudes, achievements and challenges of the region's development, which, as in the rest of the world, has undergone major shifts in the past five decades. Ocampo identifies the region's development challenges, and offers his thoughts on possible ways forward and on…
The sixty-fifth edition of Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean covers the two-year period 2012 2013. As in previous editions, the first part examines the recent performance of the economies of the region and the outlook for the current year. The second part discusses long-term aspects of the economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Country notes, which look at the economic situation of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean during 2012 and the first half of 2013, may be viewed on the ECLAC webpage (www.eclac.org). These notes are published along with a …
La presente edición del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe corresponde al bienio 2012-2013. Al igual que en ediciones previas, en la primera parte se analiza el desempeño reciente de las economías de la región y sus perspectivas para el año, y en la segunda se discuten aspectos de largo plazo del desarrollo económico de América Latina y el Caribe. En la página web de la CEPAL pueden consultarse las notas de países, donde se analiza la coyuntura económica de las economías de América Latina y del Caribe durante 2012 y el primer semestre de 2013, así como el anexo estadístico, en el …
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(24 de marzo, 2013) Este informe realiza un diagnóstico del crecimiento económico durante las tres últimas décadas y presenta propuestas para estimular un aumento de la inversión y de la productividad con el fin de alcanzar un crecimiento más estable y sostenido en el futuro.
Si bien hubo transformaciones económicas profundas en América Latina y el Caribe en este período, persisten elevados grados de desigualdad y pobreza en varios países. Asimismo, y a pesar de la favorable evolución de los términos de intercambio, la acumulación de capital…
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(24 July 2013) As a whole, Latin American and Caribbean countries will grow by 3.0% in 2013, which is similar to last year's growth rate, according to a new ECLAC report launched at a press conference today in Santiago, Chile.
In the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013, ECLAC states that the lower growth rate than the most recent estimate (3.5% in April) was partly due to slow growth in Brazil and Mexico. In addition, several countries that were growing quickly - such as Chile, Panama and Peru - experienced a sl…
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(24 de julio, 2013) Los países de América Latina y el Caribe crecerán en su conjunto 3,0% en 2013, tasa similar a la registrada el año pasado, según un nuevo informe de la CEPAL dado a conocer hoy en Santiago de Chile en conferencia de prensa.
En su Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2013 la CEPAL señala que la caída en el crecimiento con respecto a la última estimación (3,5% en abril pasado) se debe en parte a la baja expansión de Brasil y de México. Asimismo, varios países que venían creciendo a tasas …
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(24 de julho de 2013) Os países da América Latina e do Caribe crescerão em seu conjunto 3,0% em 2013, taxa similar à registrada no ano passado, segundo um novo Relatório da CEPAL divulgado hoje em Santiago do Chile em uma coletiva de imprensa.
Em seu Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe 2013 a CEPAL indica que a queda no crescimento em relação à última estimativa (3,5% em abril passado) deve-se em parte à baixa expansão do Brasil e do México. Também, vários países que vinham crescendo a taxas e…
Using two standard cycle methodologies (Classical and Deviation Cycle) and a comprehensive sample of 83 countries worldwide, including all developing regions, we show that the Latin American and Caribbean cycle exhibits two distinctive features. First, and most importantly, its expansion performance is shorter and for the most par less imtense than that of the rest of the regions considered, and in particular than that of East Asia and the Pacific, East Asia and the Pacific's expansions last five years longer than those of LAC, and its output gain is 50% greater than that of LAC. Second,…
The second Caribbean Development Roundtable hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, was held in Guyana, in May 30, 2012. The theme of the meeting was “Macroeconomic Policy for Structural Transformation and Social Protection in Small Sates.”
The participants included the Ministers of Finance of Guyana and of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Ashni Singh and the Honourable Winston Dookeran, and high level policy-makers and regional and international experts. Special guests were a delegation from Brazil.…
La necesidad de promover un cambio estructural en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, que involucra una serie de políticas macroeconómicas, productivas, sociales y ambientales, fue el principal mensaje entregado por el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Antonio Prado, en la Conferencia de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LASA, por sus siglas en inglés), realizada entre el 28 de mayo y el 1 de junio en Washington.
"Una economía que no se diversifica no genera aumentos simultáneos de productividad y empleo", dijo Prado …