Altas autoridades da América Latina e do Caribe e representantes de organismos internacionais, da academia e do setor privado discutirão de 13 a 15 de dezembro sobre as estratégias de desenvolvimento dos países da região e o papel da soberania em saúde, tecnologias digitais e ecoinovação, entre outros temas, durante a Terceira Reunião da Conferência de Ciência, Inovação e Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação organizada pela Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) e pelo Governo da Argentina, que será realizada de forma híbrida.
O evento será inaugurado de forma presencia…
La economía datificada ha planteado retos que van más allá del alcance de las políticas de competencia y marcos regulatorios tradicionales. En el centro del debate se ubica el impacto que generan los modelos de negocio basados en plataformas y las mismas plataformas digitales. En este contexto, muchas empresas, especialmente las pequeñas, deben hacer frente a la competencia desleal de las empresas nativas digitales. Por otro lado, la digitalización de la economía, el modelo de negocio de plataformas y la explotación intensiva de datos también crean oportunidades para las empresas y los gobiern…
Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
Latin America and the Caribbean’s international trade will experience a significant rebound in 2021 after the sharp drop recorded last year, but this recovery will be asymmetrical and very heterogenous between the region’s countries, in a context of great uncertainty due to the crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated today in a new annual report.
The United Nations regional commission released its flagship report International Trade Outlook for Latin A…
Presentación de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
El comercio internacional de América Latina y el Caribe tendrá en 2021 un importante repunte luego de la fuerte caída anotada el año pasado, pero esta recuperación será asimétrica y muy heterogénea entre los países de la región, en un contexto de gran incertidumbre por la crisis derivada de la pandemia de COVID-19, informó hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en un nuevo informe anual.
La comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas dio a conocer su informe flagship Perspectivas del Comercio Internacion…
Apresentação de Alicia Bárcena, Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL (em espanhol).
O comércio internacional da América Latina e do Caribe terá uma recuperação importante em 2021 após a forte queda observada no ano passado, mas essa recuperação será assimétrica e muito heterogênea entre os países da região, em um contexto de grande incerteza devido à crise provocada pela pandemia da COVID-19, informou hoje a CEPAL em um novo relatório anual.
A Comissão Regional das Nações Unidas divulgou seu relatório: Perspectivas do Comércio Internacional da América Latina e do Caribe 2021 em uma coletiva de impre…
The Latin American Economic Outlook 2021: Working Together for a Better Recovery aims to analyse and provide policy recommendations for a strong, inclusive and environmentally sustainable recovery in the region. The report explores policy actions to improve social protection mechanisms and increase social inclusion, foster regional integration and strengthen industrial strategies, and rethink the social contract to restore trust and empower citizens at all stages of the policy‑making process. Moreover, it stresses the need to promote sustainable and adapted macro‑economic frameworks to finance…
En el diálogo técnico organizado por la CEPAL, NRGI y la GIZ, los participantes examinaron las experiencias de los países del triángulo del litio (Argentina, Chile y el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia) sobre el rol del Estado y de los actores privados en la extracción y procesamiento del litio, para aportar elementos a la discusión sobre la reforma constitucional en curso en México.…
Innovation, automatization, and digitalization of production processes entail many positive externalities for companies. These include higher levels of competitiveness and productivity brought about by improving operational processes, facilitating access to new markets, easing product differentiation and optimizing the entire value chain. Smart manufacturing trends capture these changes, highlighting opportunities and challenges for companies.
Various factors condition the adoption of new technologies in companies in Latin America and the Caribbean, thus hampering innovation and technological …
This FAL Bulletin continues the Reflections on Disruptive Technologies in Transport that ECLAC has been publishing through this medium. This edition analyses the advantages and challenges of autonomous-vehicle introduction in freight logistics and the opportunity that this represents for reducing polluting emissions associated with transport.
The document also highlights the particular challenges for Latin America, where there are still significant gaps in road and digital infrastructure, in addition to a fleet of cargo vehicles more than 15 years old, which complicates new-technology regulato…
On October 28 and 29, 2021, the first Regional Technical Workshop for the Manufacture of Vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean was held virtually. On the occasion, authorities and experts highlighted the importance of cooperation between countries and sectoral institutions to boost vaccine manufacturing in the region. This workshop was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States, the Coalition for Innovations in Preparedness for Pandemics (CEPI), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Pan American Health Organization (PA…