Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2011-2012: positive growth amidst lingering downside risks

The current survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2011 and the outlook for 2012 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, and of the eight member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla and Montserrat. The introduction summarizes the economic performance of the Caribbean in 2011 and the growth outcomes for 2012. Section A examines the current global economic difficulties and the challenges p…

Economic survey of the Caribbean 2008-2009

This survey provides an overview of the economic performance of countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the year 2008 and their outlook for 2009. The report comprises three chapters. The first provides a regional comparative analysis of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, inflation, fiscal and external accounts, as well as fiscal, monetary and other policies, particularly those specifically devised to cope with the ongoing global economic crisis. The second chapter deals with two topics relevant for economic development in the region: economic growth and small and m…

Post-conflict peacebuilding: strategies and lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador and Sierra Leone

The Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, entitled In larger freedom: towards security, development and human rights for all is a strong reminder of the need for an integrated approach to the various subjects considered therein, specially as they relate to the consolidation of democracy and of a durable peace. The subsequent establishment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, has opened a promising instance for the contribution from different sectors to the fundamental task of post-conflict reconstruction. T…

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 survey of the Caribbean, 2006-2007

This survey provides an overview of the macroeconomic performance of countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) for the year 2006 and their outlook for 2007. The report consists of three chapters. The first one provides a regional analysis of the main economic indicators from a comparative perspective. The second chapter deals with two selected topics of particular relevance for the economic development of Caribbean countries, namely remittances and migration, and natural resources dependency. The last chapter presents country briefs with the main macroeconomic dev…

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025: resource mobilization to finance development. Executive summary

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must urgently step up resource mobilization for development to avoid a third lost decade, amid a challenging and grim global landscape. This edition of the Economic Survey for Latin America and the Caribbean summarizes the key messages presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) —along with the countries of the region— at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Seville, Spain, in 2025. This Economic Survey analyses three key dimensions of resource mobilization: fiscal and str…

U.S. Economic Outlook: Seven years of steady but tepid growth

The U.S labor market is tight and is expected to return to full employment in 2017. However, productivity has risen less than 1% for six consecutive years. Sluggish productivity has implications for wage growth, which has been low by historical standards during this economic recovery. Wage growth seems to be already picking up, though, as the economy continues to advance. Average hourly earnings for private-sector workers rose 2.9% in December 2016 from a year earlier. That was the strongest growth of the current expansion. Inflation has been low for the past four years. However, as the expans…

COVID-19 Pandemic Will Lead to the Biggest Contraction in Economic Activity in the Region’s History: A -5.3% Drop in 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean through external and domestic factors, the combined effect of which will lead to the worst contraction that the region has ever undergone, exceeding those seen in 1914 and 1930. According to the latest estimates, an average regional contraction of -5.3% is forecast for 2020, ECLAC indicated today while launching a new report. The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, presented on this Tuesday, April 21, the COVID-19 Special Rep…

Urban Unemployment Will Keep Rising in Latin America and the Caribbean and is Seen Reaching 9.4% in 2017

The low economic growth experienced by Latin American and Caribbean countries in the last few years will continue affecting the region’s labour market performance in 2017. According to the latest estimates, the rate of regional urban unemployment could reach 9.4% on average this year, which represents a 0.5 percentage point increase from the 8.9% recorded in 2016, ECLAC and the ILO indicated today in a new joint report. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) released the newest edition of their joint publication Emplo…

Empowering the 40% of Young Latin Americans Not in Formal Jobs, Education or Training could Spark New Growth Engines

Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) GDP will shrink by between 0.9% and 1% in 2016, according to the latest estimates, the second consecutive year of negative growth and a rate of contraction the region has not seen since the early 1980s. According to the Latin American Economic Outlook 2017, the region should recover in 2017, but with modest GDP growth of between 1.5% and 2%, below expected growth in advanced economies. According to the report, jointly produced by the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Commission for…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Will Present the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, will present on Tuesday, August 31 the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Labour dynamics and employment policies for sustainable and inclusive recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis, one of the institution’s most important flagship annual reports, which takes stock of the region’s economies in the last year, especially regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and provides outlooks for 2021 and 2022. The latest iteration of this document – which has been publis…

ECLAC Presents its Overview of the Region’s Economies in 2015 and its Projections for Next Year

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 17 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, in which it will provide the latest growth estimates for the region’s countries in 2015 and projections for next year. Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference to present the report at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time. The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site. The Preliminary Overview of the…

ECLAC Will Present its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, October 6 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020: Main conditioning factors of fiscal and monetary policies in the post-COVID-19 era, the institution’s flagship annual economic report, which takes stock of the region’s economies in the last year, with special emphasis on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and examines the prospects for the coming months. The latest edition of this document – published by the United Nations regional commission since 1948 – will present an analysis o…

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 14/15 AI: Strengthening statistical capacities for building macroeconomic and sustainable development indicators in Latin American, Caribbean and Asia-Pacific countries

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1989 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1989

La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, participaciones y coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida de cada área de interés. En este conjunto de indicadores están incluidos los que se emplean en las evaluaciones regionales periódicas del proceso de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe que realiza la Secretaría de CEPAL. La segunda parte contiene series históricas en números absolutos, que corresponden, en general, a los años 1960, 1970 y 1975 y 1980, y al período comprendido entre 1982 y 1988 cuando son de origen nacional; en cambio …

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2004 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2004

La edición 2004 del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe contiene una selección de las principales series estadísticas sobre la evolución económica y social de los países de la región. Representa un esfuerzo de la División de Estadística y Proyecciones Económicas de la CEPAL, orientado a homogeneizar las cifras y a hacerlas internacionalmente comparables. La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, proporciones o coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida de cada área de interés y que constituyen antecedentes para que la informac…

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1988 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1988

La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, participaciones y coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida de cada área de interés. En este conjunto de indicadores están incluidos los que se emplean en las evaluaciones regionales periódicas del proceso de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe que realiza la Secretaría de CEPAL. La segunda parte contiene series históricas en números absolutos, que corresponden, en general, a los años 1960, 1970, y al período comprendido entre 1980 y 1987.…

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1987 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1987

La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconomicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, participaciones y coeficientes o proporciones), que representan una vision resumida de cada area de interes. En este conjunto de indicadores estan incluidos los que se emplean en las evaluaciones regionales periodicas de la Estrategia Internacional del Desarrollo y del Programa de Accion Regional. La segunda parte contiene series historicas en numeros absolutos, que corresponden, en general, a los anos 1960, 1965, 1970 y 1975, y al periodo comprendido entre 1980 y 1986.…

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1986 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1986

La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconomicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, participaciones y coeficientes o proporciones), que representan una vision resumida de cada area de interes. En este conjunto de indicadores estan incluidos los que se emplean en las evaluaciones regionales periodicas de la Estrategia Internacional del Desarrollo y del Programa de Accion Regional. La segunda parte contiene series historicas en numeros absolutos, que corresponden, en general, a los anos 1960, 1970, 1975, y al periodo comprendido entre 1980 y 1985.…

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1985 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1985

La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconomicos derivados (tasas de crecimiento, participaciones y coeficientes o proporciones), que representan una vision resumida de cada area de interes. En este conjunto de indicadores estan incluidos los que se emplean en las evaluaciones regionales periodicas de la Estrategia Internacional del Desarrollo y del Programa de Accion Regional. La segunda parte contiene series historicas en numeros absolutos, que corresponden, en general, a los anos 1960, 1965, 1970 y 1975, y al periodo comprendido entre 1978 y 1984.…