Revista CEPAL Nº 144

Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean Outlook 3: Economic recovery and repositioning in the era of COVID-19. Policy Brief

The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 1

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Post-COVID-19 Economic Aspects of Digital Transformation

CEPAL Review no. 129

Competitiveness and its determinants: a systemic analysis for developing countries / Victor Medeiros, Lucas Gonçalves Godoi and Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- The gross domestic product (GDP) shares of the agriculture sector and the hydrocarbon and mining sector in the countries of South America between 1960 and 2014 / Pedro Henrique de Abreu Paiva and Carlos José Caetano Bacha .-- Green jobs in Argentina: opportunities to move forward with the environmental and social agenda / Christoph Ernst, Ana Sofía Rojo Brizuela and Daniele Epifanio .-- Income elasticities and inequality of poverty in urb…

Revista CEPAL no. 129

Seminario Contribución de la CEPAL al pensamiento económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe

Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la inauguración del seminario Contribución de la CEPAL al pensamiento económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe Lunes 7 de mayo de 2018 La Habana, Cuba Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Ministro de Comercio Exterior y de Inversión Extranjera de Cuba, Alejandro Gil, Viceministro Primero del Ministerio de Economía y Planificación, René Hernández, Viceministro Primero del Ministerio de Economía y Planificación, Maisy Bolaños, Vice-ministra del Ministerio de Finanzas y Precios, Juana María Pantoja, Directora de la Oficina Nacional de Es…

CEPAL Review no. 116

Revista CEPAL no.116

Inflation and the variability of relative prices in the Caribbean: evidence from panel threshold models

This paper examines the impact of inflation and its variability for eight Caribbean countries; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The paper goes beyond the standard approach to examine the variability of relative prices (VRP) within the context of a threshold effects framework, since it was recognized that whether inflation was low or very high was significant in determining its impact on an economy. The paper employed a panel threshold effects model to capture the non-linear nature of the relationship…

Why is the Debate on Commodities so Crucial for Latin America?

A decade of light and shadow: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s

Foreword The 1990s were unquestionably a time of transition and reorientation in several aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean's economic, social and political development. As in any period with these characteristics, the effects of long-standing processes mingled and interacted with incipient change. When the decade ended, ECLAC wished to contribute to the evaluation of the main events that marked the consolidation of reform in the region, recognizing of course that the speed of progress varied from country to country and from sector to sector. This publication offers an analysis of…

CEPAL Review no.58

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