Revista CEPAL no.100

Food and nutrition insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

The problem of food and nutrition insecurity in the region has been widely studied in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, despite the progress achieved in the last four decades, much work remains in the effort to eliminate food and nutrition insecurity in the region. In light of the changes triggered by rising food prices and the global financial crisis, and the new challenges they present, the WFP Regional Office has asked ECLAC to begin a new line of work to strengthen analysis of the issues involved. ECLAC is to develop technical documents and venues for c…

Food and nutrition insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

El problema de la inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional ha sido un tema de amplio análisis en América Latina y el Caribe. Pero, ha habido avances aún hay un importante camino por recorrer para llegar a su erradicación. Las crisis alimentaria, energética y financiera, junto al cambio climático y sus consecuencias, presentan nuevos desafíos para la región. Ante esto, la Oficina Regional del PMA solicitó a la CEPAL hacer un análisis del escenario actual, cuyo resultado es el presente documento, el que incluye una síntesis resumida del contexto socioeconómico, medioambiental y alimentario regional…

Conference to Address Trade Agreements and Sustainable Development for Inclusive Societies

The role of trade agreements in advancing towards a more inclusive society and the effects of climate change will be two of the main topics of the Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis to be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile from 10-12 June. The conference will be inaugurated on 10 June at 2 p.m. by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena; the Manager of Integration and Trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Antoni Estevadeordal; University of Columbia professor and former Executive Secretary of&nb…

Acuerdos comerciales y desarrollo sostenible para sociedades inclusivas

El rol de los acuerdos comerciales para avanzar hacia una sociedad más inclusiva y los efectos del cambio climático serán los principales temas de la Duodécima Conferencia Anual sobre Análisis Económico Global, que se desarrollará en la sede de la CEPAL, en Santiago de Chile, entre el 10 y 12 de junio. La reunión será inaugurada el 10 de junio a las 14:00 horas, por Alicia Bárcena Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL; Antoni Estevadeordal, Gerente de integración y comercio, del BID; José Antonio Ocampo, profesor de la Universidad de Columbia y ex Secret…

Sustainable bioenergy: a framework for decision makers

PrefaceIn our first paper, UN-Energy focused on The Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. We pointed out that available energy services fail to meet the needs of the world's poor, with 2.4 billion people relying on traditional biomass for their energy needs and 1.6 billion not having any access to electricity. The basic commitments to poor people cannot be met without a far more focused approach to energy services.At the same time, awareness has grown across the world of the impact of human energy consumption on our environment, and specifically on o…

Sustainable bioenergy: a framework for decision makers

PrefacioEn nuestro primer documento, ONUEnergía se centró en El desafío de la Energía para Alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio . Señalamos que los servicios energéticos disponibles no han logrado satisfacer las necesidades de los más pobres del mundo, con 2.400 millones de personas que recurren a la biomasa tradicional para sus necesidades energéticas, y 1.600 millones sin acceso alguno a la electricidad. Los compromisos básicos para la gente pobre no se pueden alcanzar sin un enfoque mucho más centrado hacia los servicios energéticos.Al mismo tiempo, se ha visto un fuerte au…

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, the…