Region's Governmental Authorities Stress the Relevance of ECLAC's Structural Change Proposal

(30 August 2012) Today, authorities and experts stressed the relevance in this global economic crisis of the structural change for equality that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is proposing to the region as part of its thirty-fourth session being held from Monday 27 to Friday 31 August in El Salvador. On the fourth day of ECLAC's most important biennial meeting, Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the main proposals from the latest institutional document entitled Structural change for equality: An integrated approach to development, which outlines…

Alicia Bárcena destacó compromiso de Colombia con la agenda de desarrollo post-2015

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, destacó el miércoles 18 de febrero durante una visita a Bogotá el liderazgo y compromiso de Colombia con la agenda de desarrollo después de 2015 que se discute a nivel global y que contempla el reemplazo de los actuales Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) por los futuros Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Bárcena participó en una ceremonia encabezada por el Presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, donde se firmó un decreto que crea la Comisión Interinstitucional de Alto Niv…

Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2024-2025

Draft regional agenda on governance of planning and public management for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Quality management and competitiveness: the diffusion of the ISO 9000 standards in Latin America and recommendations for government strategies

Abstract Quality will play an increasingly important role in the objectives for the social and economic development of the countries in Latin America. This document aims to demonstrate the importance of quality in national strategies for increased productivity and competitiveness. Governments in the region have increasingly established programmes that promote and support the diffusion of quality management techniques. This tendency indicates that the diffusion of quality management innovations is complicated by market failures but is desirable from a national point of view. This document may t…

Regional agenda on governance of planning and public management for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Establishing a regional agenda for planning and public management: transforming the future of Latin America and the Caribbean

Knowledge management in the public sector: an online presence as a tool for capture and sharing

This study examines two knowledge management processes, namely knowledge capture and retention and knowledge sharing, in the context of the Caribbean. It provides theoretical backgrounds of the processes and specifically looks at the advantages for and barriers to knowledge management in the public sector. The study suggests that by using existing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to create an online presence, the Caribbean public sector can already move towards achieving some knowledge capture and retention and knowledge sharing goals. The study concludes by evaluating through…

Public-private partnerships for innovation and export development: the Irish model of development

The social partnership process is acknowledged by most independent observers as an important cornerstone underpinning the rapid economic growth of Ireland. It is seen as a virtuous circle in the economy between government, employers, labor, farmers and voluntary groups encompassing pay, profitability, investment, employment and tax reform. It means that all groups in Irish society have a stakeholding in economic and social progress and in the strengthening of social cohesion. The real secret behind the success of the Irish social partnership model can be summarized in one phrase - a shared u…

Development trends and challenges for local e-governments: evidence from municipalities in Chile and Peru

In Latin America, the introduction of e-government has been a driving force in the development of Information Societies. As the citizen-government relation is often more intense at the local level, the digitization of information and communication processes in a municipality become a showcase for the demonstration of the opportunities and threats of a new technological paradigm. This study is based on a survey conducted among 106 Chilean and 77 Peruvian municipalities, investigating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure, generic services in the front- and back-office of…

Prevention and insurance of conflict and terrorism: issues and evidence for Latin America

Latin America has a long history of political violence that include civil wars; guerrilla movements, military intervention, coup d'état, terrorism and others form of violent confrontation. As conflict and terrorism (C-T) produces losses of human lives and destroy assets and property there is an obvious need for prevention and insurance against this kind of risk. Insurance can be provided by both the state and by the market. In countries subject to long and violent conflict there is need for direct provision of insurance and compensation to the victims of conflict and their families. Howe…

Programme of work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2026. Subprogramme 9: Planning and public management for development

Breeding Latin American tigers: operational principles for rehabilitating industrial policies

This book is motivated by the emerging rehabilitation of industrial policies as a tool for supporting economic transformation and high rates of growth in developing countries. It argues that underperforming disciples of the Washington Consensus 'market fundamentalism' should learn and practice the art of systemic industrial policies, which requires a medium-long term strategic perspective and intelligent proactive state interventions in markets. However, it also stresses that rehabilitation requires that industrial policies be developed and implemented in a context of home- grown pub…

Report of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Foro virtual: Desafíos para la planificación y el monitoreo de la Agenda 2030 en América Latina y el Caribe

La CEPAL y la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, representada por los tres proyectos, Programa de Cooperación CEPAL-BMZ/giz, ProAgenda 2030 en Bolivia, y el Programa Global Nexus tienen el agrado de invitar al foro virtual “Desafíos para la planificación y el monitoreo de la Agenda 2030 en América Latina y el Caribe”. El foro virtual forma parte de un workstream de GADeR-ALC – que es la red sectorial Gestión Ambiental y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina y el Caribe de la GIZ en América Latina y el Caribe. La Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible y sus 17 O…

Representantes de la CEPAL participan en foro sobre el Sistema Nacional de Planificación de El Salvador

Altos funcionarios del organismo regional destacaron que la planificación es un instrumento clave del Estado al servicio del desarrollo.…

Information and communications technology for people with disabilities

III Foro Internacional sobre la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Corrupción

La Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Corrupción ha ayudado al sector público a avanzar en la adopción de medidas disuasorias para que no se cometan delitos de esa índole. Los Estados partes en la Convención, establecieron un mecanismo de examen entre pares para identificar lagunas en las leyes y las prácticas nacionales de lucha contra la corrupción, logro importantísimo que puede ayudar a los gobiernos a poner coto al soborno y a la malversación de fondos públicos.…

Criteria for the efficient coordination of the activities for data collection and the design of instruments for mapping and data collection applicable to countries of the Caribbean

The paper highlights the importance of good economic and social data to measure the change in the economy and the society in the light of external stimuli. It also highlights the need for governments to base policy decisions on good data. The paper discusses the issues of design and coordination of data collection mechanisms in a manner that optimizes the limited resources available for data collection and ensures that the data collected fit into an information mosaic that enables planning. To the extent that knowledge of self is the first step towards self-actualization, the success of any s…

Water governance for development and sustainability

Abstract This document aims to identify characteristics of water institutions which promote the sustainable integration of water, both as a resource and as service, into socioeconomic development. As this does not depend only on formal institutional factors, such as legislation and organizational structure, there are also references to dynamic conditions, such as socioeconomic circumstances and the quality of the administration, summarized in the concept of governance, understood as the capability of a social system to mobilize energies, in a coherent manner, for the sustainable development of…