América Latina y el Caribe a la mitad del camino hacia el 2030: Avances y propuestas de aceleración

Program Supports the Development of an Integrated National Financing Framework for Achieving the SDGs in Cuba

The Cuban financial landscape is marked by unstable, undiversified and largely unsustainable access to sources of development financing. Given the existence of a reduced and narrow range of sources of financing (family remittances, foreign direct investment, bilateral loans, official development assistance), the country depends on current flows – especially exports – to finance production, public services, infrastructure and development. This is an especially adverse context, even though Cuba is a middle-income country. In recent years, the toughening of the U.S. blockade, the effects of the i…

Programa apoya la conformación de un Marco Nacional Integrado de Financiamiento para el cumplimiento de los ODS en Cuba

El panorama financiero cubano está marcado por un acceso inestable, no diversificado y poco sostenible a fuentes para financiar el desarrollo. Dada la existencia de una gama reducida y estrecha de fuentes de financiamiento (remesas familiares, inversión extranjera directa, créditos bilaterales, ayuda oficial al desarrollo), el país depende de los flujos corrientes, especialmente exportaciones, para financiar la producción, los servicios públicos, la infraestructura y el desarrollo. Se trata de un contexto especialmente adverso, a pesar de ser una nación de ingreso medio. En los últimos años, e…

Programa apoia a formação de um Marco Nacional Integrado de Financiamento para o cumprimento dos ODS em Cuba

O panorama financeiro cubano é marcado por um acesso instável, não diversificado e pouco sustentável a fontes para financiar o desenvolvimento. Dada a existência de uma gama reduzida e estreita de fontes de financiamento (remessas familiares, investimento estrangeiro direto, créditos bilaterais, ajuda oficial ao desenvolvimento), o país depende dos fluxos correntes, especialmente exportações, para financiar a produção, os serviços públicos, a infraestrutura e o desenvolvimento. Trata-se de um contexto especialmente adverso, apesar de ser uma nação de renda média. Nos últimos anos, o recrudesci…

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

Improving broadband quality and affordability in the Caribbean: Policies to advance digital inclusion in the subregion. Policy Brief

In this digitally transforming world, digital inclusion is becoming increasingly important to social inclusion and sustainable development. Affordable access to broadband is an essential precondition to digital inclusion. Internet quality, as measured by speed and other indicators, is also important, as digital inclusion is ultimately about ensuring equal access to the benefits and opportunities offered by digital technologies and the Internet. This policy brief provides insight into Internet speed and affordability across the Caribbean, and offers some recommendations for policymakers working…

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 12

Investing in an Inclusive Digital Future for the Caribbean

The Caribbean is undergoing a digital transformation: More people than ever have access to digital technologies and the internet, and both businesses and government entities are increasingly providing online services. While significant disparities remain both within and among Caribbean countries in terms of access to digital technologies and infrastructure, the influence of digital technologies on the subregion has increased significantly in recent years, particularly in response to the public health measures implemented to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Hacia la transformación del modelo de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

En 2022, los países de América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan los efectos de una serie de choques que han deteriorado sus condiciones de inversión y producción, entre ellos la crisis financiera global, las tensiones económicas entre grandes polos de la economía mundial, la pandemia de COVID-19, la guerra en Ucrania y el resurgimiento de la inflación, en un contexto en el que se agudiza la emergencia ambiental y se acelera la revolución tecnológica. Numerosos analistas y organismos internacionales hablan de una serie de crisis en cascada entre las que se citan crisis climática, de salud, de emple…

Towards transformation of the development model in Latin America and the Caribbean: production, inclusion and sustainability

Hacia la transformación del modelo de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe: producción, inclusión y sostenibilidad

Suriname assumes chair of Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

The 29th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) concluded on 14 October in Paramaribo, Suriname. Some of the most urgent and challenging issues facing the Caribbean were discussed at this meeting, inspiring a commitment to strategic action-oriented follow-up, to assure more dynamic sustainable development process. Convened by ECLAC Caribbean, the CDCC meeting is held every two years and gathers Caribbean Prime Ministers, Ministers and distinguished government officials, with a focus on strengthening their countries’ institutional and technical capacities to impr…

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development Roundtable meeting in Suriname

What: Seventh (7th) meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable. When: 12 to 13 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 8 am). Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname. Background Information The Caribbean Development Roundtable brings together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as o…

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 10

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 9

ECLAC Urges for Implementing Enabling Policies that Would Allow for Effective Fulfillment of the SDGs

Financing for development, food security, the energy transition, integrated management of natural disasters, and climate action must be enabling policies that would allow for the effective fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today during a session of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2022 that was focused on listening to messages coming from the regions. ECLAC’s highest authority participated in the segment entitled Messages from the…

CEPAL insta a implementar políticas habilitantes que permitan el efectivo cumplimiento de los ODS

El financiamiento para el desarrollo, la seguridad alimentaria, la transición energética, la gestión integrada de los desastres naturales y la acción climática deben ser políticas habilitantes que permitan el efectivo cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), afirmó hoy Mario Cimoli, Secretario Ejecutivo Interino de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante una sesión del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2022, dedicada a escuchar los mensajes provenientes desde las regiones. El máximo representante de la CEPAL participó…

A CEPAL insta a implementar políticas habilitadoras que permitam o efetivo cumprimento dos ODS

O financiamento para o desenvolvimento, a segurança alimentar, a transição energética, a gestão integrada dos desastres naturais e a ação climática devem ser políticas habilitadoras que permitam o efetivo cumprimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), afirmou hoje Mario Cimoli, Secretário Executivo Interino da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), durante uma sessão do Fórum Político de Alto Nível sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2022 dedicada a escutar as mensagens provenientes das regiões. O máximo representante da CEPAL participou do segmento intitul…

Erradicación de la pobreza en todas sus formas es el mayor desafío actual y constituye un requisito indispensable para el desarrollo sostenible

Al finalizar la Quinta Reunión del Foro de los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, representantes de la región se comprometieron a redoblar esfuerzos para implementar efectivamente la Agenda 2030 y concluyeron que la erradicación de la pobreza en todas sus formas es el mayor desafío actual y constituye un requisito indispensable para el desarrollo sostenible.…

Eradicating Poverty in All its Forms is the Greatest Challenge Today and Constitutes an Indispensable Requirement for Sustainable Development

Delegates from the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed today in San José their commitment to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ensuring that no one is left behind, including its Goals and targets, which are of an integrated and indivisible nature and conjoin the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental – at the conclusion of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which was held in the capital of Costa Rica. At the meeting – whic…