This article examines commercial bank lending strategies for micro-enterprises and
small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Mexico, and the factors that promote
or hinder lending in this segment. With this in mind, in 2011 a detailed survey was
conducted of commercial banks operating in Mexico. Although credit to microenterprises
and smes still represents a small share of the loan portfolio, the survey
results point to growing interest in broadening it. Three different business models
were identified, with major differences in strategies for offering financial services to
this segment of en…
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Evento (Foro de Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible)
Durante el trigésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que tuvo lugar en Ciudad de México del 23 al 27 de mayo de 2016, los Estados miembros aprobaron la resolución 700(XXXVI), resolución de México por la que se creó el Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible como mecanismo regional para el seguimiento y examen de la implementación y seguimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), sus metas, sus medios de implementación y la Agenda de Acci…
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, moderated a panel discussion at the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean on Thursday 7 May 2015, where he outlined important areas of focus for countries of the region, like the need to address the issue of debt relief in a sustainable manner and the possibility of mobilizing resources through diaspora bond issue and increased remittances.
The session, entitled Advocating innovative financing solutions, which examined opportunities that exist for domestic and international deve…
Sr. Félix Denegri, Viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú, en su calidad de Presidente del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible,
Sr. Li Junhua, Secretario General Adjunto de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas,
Señores y señoras Ministras, ministros y representantes de los gobiernos miembros del Foro y de la CEPAL,
Autoridades nacionales y cuerpo diplomático,
Coordinadoras y coordinadores residentes,
Directoras, directores y colegas de la CEPAL,
Colegas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas,
Representantes de la…
The objective of this study is to examine the evolution and characteristics of the financing for the nvironment in Brazil, in order to identify the advances and retreats after the Rio 92 Conference. Brazil has a very decentralized administration, composed of three independent levels of public administration: the federal government, 27 state governments, and more than 5000 municipios, or municipalities; all of them with specific environmental institutions. However, at the time of the completion of this report, there were no indicator…
El Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible es ejemplo de multilateralismo en acción y de la capacidad de convenir voluntades, buscar acuerdos y alianzas, y avanzar en agendas comunes de cooperación, coincidieron hoy representantes de países de la región, de agencias de las Naciones Unidas y organismos regionales, multilaterales y de la sociedad civil presentes en la octava reunión de la plataforma, que finalizó este viernes 4 de abril en la sede principal de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile.
A cinco años de que se cumpla el plazo de la Agenda 2030, los…
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en el XXII Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe - Panel Ministerial de Alto Nivel La dimensión ambiental de la recuperación del desarrollo sostenible de la COVID-19
Virtual – Barbados, 1 de febrero de 2021
Your excellence, Prime Minister of Barbados, Honorable Mia Amor Mottley,
Dear Inger Andersen, Executive director of UNEP,
Greetings to Mr. Sveinung Rotevatn, President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly,
Dear Leo Heileman, Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme,
Dear Mi…
El organismo regional subrayó la urgencia de movilizar recursos para cerrar la brecha de financiamiento climático y avanzar hacia un desarrollo sostenible e inclusivo en Bolivia y la región.…
Building upon the experience of recently graduated Member States in Latin America and the Caribbean, this side event contributes to the global debate on measuring development and its impact on international cooperation, promoting a more inclusive and sustainable vision that better reflects the needs of developing countries. The objective of the event is to analyze the challenges posed by traditional metrics, as well as to explore possible alternatives for a more adequate measurement of development.…
In the upcoming months, decision-makers and leaders will have unprecedented opportunities to establish, within a multi-lateral framework, a transformational agenda for the future of sustainable development. In a context of global paradigm shifts, the concurrence of three key global summits will define the route and aspirations of this agenda for the coming decades.
The Third Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in Addis Ababa in July, represents a unique forum for recasting development financing to meet the approach of the post-2015 development agenda. This agenda, to be ad…
El fortalecimiento del Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR) por la vía de expandir su tamaño y cobertura para incluir a un mayor número de países de la región sería un aporte importante a la provisión de un bien público regional y global como lo es la estabilidad financiera. Este trabajo intenta arrojar luz sobre la viabilidad, las implicancias y los desafíos, de una eventual ampliación del FLAR a otros cinco países de la región: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, México y Paraguay.…
For small island developing States (SIDS), sustainable development is a delicate balance of pursuing economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship in the context of economic volatility, social challenges, climate change threats and global uncertainties while striving to build resilience. Recognized as a special case for development since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, SIDS remain highly vulnerable to external shocks due to their small economies, limited connectivity and reliance on external markets. Over the years, global frameworks such …
Foreword Throughout the preparatory process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and at the Summit itself, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, discussions were dominated by one central concern: the need to define and reach consensus on concrete, quantitative goals, with fixed deadlines for implementation, which were to supplement the Millennium Development Goals and facilitate progress towards an effective transition to sustainable development. P…
(26 September 2014) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, attended the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Summit this week in New York, while also accompanying the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in bilateral meetings with numerous Latin American presidents.
Bárcena participated in meetings with the presidents of Bolivia, Evo Morales; Brazil, Dilma Rousseff; Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos; Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández; Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto; Peru, Ollant…