The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 3

CEPAL Review no. 131

International financial cooperation to address the Latin American economic crisis / José Antonio Ocampo .-- Mapping social conflicts in natural resources: a text mining study of extractive activities / Ramiro Albrieu and Gabriel Palazzo .-- The ECLA technique of programming and economists in Argentina in the mid-twentieth century / Mariano Arana .-- Indicator of the efficiency of value added tax and income tax collection in Ecuador / José Ramírez-Álvarez and Paul Carrillo-Maldonado .-- Growth and heterogeneity of human capital: effects of the expansion of higher education on the income increas…

Revista CEPAL no. 131

La cooperación financiera internacional frente a la crisis económica latinoamericana / José Antonio Ocampo .-- Categorización de conflictos sociales en el ámbito de los recursos naturales: un estudio de las actividades extractivas mediante la minería de textos / Ramiro Albrieu y Gabriel Palazzo .-- La técnica de programación cepalina y los economistas en la Argentina de mediados del siglo XX / Mariano Arana .-- Indicador de eficiencia recaudatoria del impuesto al valor agregado y del impuesto a la renta del Ecuador / José Ramírez-Álvarez y Paul Carrillo-Maldonado .-- Crecimiento y heterogeneid…

Data Protection in the Caribbean

Caribbean Technology Partnerships for the SDGs

Challenges in innovation management for Latin America and the Caribbean: an efficiency analysis

Applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to data from the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII) (Cornell University/INSEAD/WIPO, 2016), the paper evaluates the efficiency of 19 Latin American and Caribbean economies in creating innovation-friendly environments. Where the region performs best is on infrastructure and adaptation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), but there are problems with human capital formation, the conduct and impact of research, and institutional aspects. The output of countries such as Chile and Colombia proved lower than expected given their factors, meani…

Los retos en la gestión de la innovación para América Latina y el Caribe: un análisis de eficiencia

Con datos del Índice Global de Innovación (IGI) de 2016 (Universidad de Cornell/INSEAD/OMPI, 2016) y apoyo del análisis envolvente de datos (AED) se evalúa la eficiencia de las 19 economías de América Latina y el Caribe en la creación de entornos favorables para la innovación. El mejor desempeño en la región se consigue en materia de infraestructura y adaptación de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC), pero se evidencian problemas en formación de capital humano, desarrollo e impacto de la investigación y aspectos institucionales. Países como Chile y Colombia mostraron u…

CEPAL Review no. 127

Revista CEPAL no. 127

An integrated approach to ICT

The Hummingbird Vol.5 No.10

Modelos de gestión de centros tecnológicos sectoriales: elementos de un análisis comparado

El presente estudio se propone contribuir al desarrollo de una reflexión sobre los centros tecnológicos sectoriales, elaborando tanto elementos conceptuales como sugerencias de orden práctico que pueden ser relevantes para el diseño y la implementación de estos centros. Entre los elementos conceptuales se discuten, sus funciones y características; su relación con el contexto local y los principales elementos críticos que intervienen en su gobernanza. Desde el punto de vista práctico, las experiencias analizadas permiten extraer conclusiones relevantes acerca de la relación entre los mecanismos…

Strengthening cooperation between telecommunications operators and national disaster offices in Caribbean countries

In Caribbean countries, modern telecommunications infrastructure is vulnerable to an array of natural disasters, as exemplified by the impacts of Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica, Hurricane Joaquin in the Bahamas, and Hurricane Earl in Belize. At the same time, telecommunications service —especially mobile telephony and data services— can provide invaluable support to disaster management efforts by facilitating communication, coordination, and intelligence collection during emergency situations. Thus, as a matter of public safety, ensuring the resilience of telecommunications infrastructure in…

The Hummingbird Vol.3 No.12

Expert survey on priorities for the information society in the Caribbean

An on-line survey of experts was conducted to solicit their views on policy priorities in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Caribbean. The experts considered the goal to “promote teacher training in the use of ICTs in the classroom” to be the highest priority, followed by goals to “reduce the cost of broadband services” and “promote the use of ICT in emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness and response.” Goals in the areas of cybercrime, e-commerce, egovernment, universal service funds, consumer protection, and on-line privacy rounded out the top 10. S…

Regional approaches to e-government initiatives in the Caribbean

This paper examines the potential benefits and challenges of regionally managed e-government development initiatives. It examines the current state of e-government in four Caribbean countries – Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago – in order to establish a broader understanding of the challenges that face e-government initiatives in the region. It also reviews a number of e-government initiatives that have been undertaken through projects managed at a regional level. Based on this analysis, it presents a set of best practices that are recommended to agen…

Knowledge Management: informing decisions to realise good governance

Knowledge Management in the public sector

Monitoring of the Plan of Action eLAC2010: Advances and challenges of the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean

This monitoring report was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, in its capacity as technical secretariat of eLAC, in collaboration with the Governments involved. Its objective is to highlight progress towards the goals identified in the Plan, identify the main areas in which the region lags behind the rest of the developed world, evaluate the position of each of the continent's countries, while at the same time bringing to light, whenever possible, the differences that exist within individual countries. The expectation is that this report will …

Monitoreo del plan eLAC2010: avances y desafíos de la sociedad de la información en América Latina y el Caribe

Este informe de monitoreo es realizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en su rol de secretaría técnica del eLAC, y en colaboración con los gobiernos que lo conforman. Su objetivo es mostrar los avances alcanzados en relación con las metas de dicho Plan, identificar las principales brechas de la región con respecto al mundo desarrollado, evaluar la posición en la que se encuentra cada uno de los países del continente y a la vez hacer visibles, cuando es posible, las diferencias existentes al interior de los países. Con este informe se espera que los gobiernos …