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Argentina Will Host the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will take place on April 19-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. So states the agreement made between José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – which is the United Nations regional organization that serves as Secretariat of the Agreement – and Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Aff…

Argentina acogerá la segunda reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Acuerdo de Escazú

La Segunda reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP 2) del Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe -conocido como Acuerdo de Escazú- se realizará del 19 al 21 de abril en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Así lo acordaron José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) -organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas que ejerce la Secretaría del Acuerdo- y Santiago Cafiero, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Argentina, me…

A Argentina acolherá a segunda reunião da Conferência das Partes no Acordo de Escazú

A Segunda Reunião da Conferência das Partes (COP 2) no Acordo Regional sobre Acesso à Informação, Participação Pública e Acesso à Justiça em Assuntos Ambientais na América Latina e no Caribe (conhecido como Acordo de Escazú) será realizada de 19 a 21 de abril em Buenos Aires, Argentina. Assim decidiram José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretário Executivo da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), organismo regional das Nações Unidas que exerce a Secretaria do Acordo, e Santiago Cafiero, Ministro das Relações Exteriores da Argentina, mediante a assinatura de um convênio que …

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

Revista CEPAL no. 138

Documento actualizado el 15 de febrero de 2023.…

The Chile-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement: a synthetic control assessment

In 2003, Chile and the Republic of Korea signed the first trans-Pacific free trade agreement (FTA). The two countries’ objectives differed. Chile sought to increase, diversify, and add value to its exports, while the Republic of Korea had the political economy-driven goal of initiating preferential liberalization negotiations, and Chile was seen as an ideal candidate for exploring this path. This paper focuses on the Chilean objectives behind the signing of the Chile-Republic of Korea FTA and therefore considers its effects on Chilean exports. Synthetic control methods are used to assess the i…

El Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Chile y la República de Corea: evaluación mediante controles sintéticos

En 2003, Chile y la República de Corea firmaron el primer tratado de libre comercio transpacífico. Los objetivos de ambos países eran diferentes: mientras Chile procuraba aumentar, diversificar y añadir valor a sus exportaciones, la República de Corea tenía un objetivo de economía política de iniciar negociaciones preferenciales y consideraba a Chile un candidato ideal para explorar esa vía. Este artículo se centra en los objetivos que llevaron a Chile a firmar el tratado. Se estudian los efectos que este ha tenido en las exportaciones chilenas, aplicando un método de controles sintéticos para…

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Policy imperatives for the timely production and dissemination of quality and relevant statistics in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

Many international development agendas highlight the importance of quality data for sustainable development. With the advent of the data revolution for sustainable development, stakeholders have underscored the value of timely, usable data in informing decision-making and for monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, be it in relation to national development planning or as regards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international development agendas. Crucially, the COVID-19 pandemic, more than anything else in recent times, has demonstrated the value of tim…

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The Caribbean is Making Strides on the SDGS

Essential elements of the ECLAC Caribbean Resilience Fund : a segregated portfolio trust fund. Policy Brief

Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…

Conceptualizing a circular economy in the Caribbean: perspectives and possibilities. Policy Brief

Although the notion of a circular economy (CE) has been conceived and debated for more than half a century (Henrysson and Nuur, 2021), it has gained considerable popularity in the lexicon of economists, ecologists and other development thinkers over the past two decades. The increasing evidence of the existential threat of human-induced climate change and the related imperatives of decarbonizing the global economy, have led to greater focus on strategies for a more sustainable use of the natural and environmental resource base.…

Digital Public Goods: Driving the Development of Digital Public Infrastructure in the Caribbean

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