Report of the second meeting of the presiding officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Informe de la segunda reunión de la mesa directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre Población y Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe

Economic and Social Panorama of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States 2014

This issue of the Economic and Social Panorama of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is a contribution by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held in San José in January 2015. This document is based on excerpts from some of the annual flagships published by the Commission in 2014: Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2013 (LC/G.2582-P); Demographic Observatory 2013 (LC/G.2615-P); Economic Survey of Lati…

Panorama Económico y Social de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños 2014

El Panorama Económico y Social de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños es una contribución de la CEPAL a la tercera Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), que se realizará en San José en enero de 2015. El presente documento se basa en extractos de algunos de los principales informes anuales publicados por la CEPAL durante 2014: Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2013 (LC/G.2582-P), Observatorio Demográfico 2013 (LC/G.2615-P), Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2014 (LC/G.2619-P), Balan…

Freeing the Americas of Poverty and Hunger

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

Report to the CDCC: Review of ECLAC/CDCC Programme of Activities for the 2002-2003 Biennium

Preliminary Economic Overview of Caribbean Economies

Charting Development - Assessing the Impact of United Nations Global Conferences in the Caribbean

An Integrated Management Approach to the Caribbean Sea

ECLAC Officials Assist Government of Belize in a Social, Environmental and Macroeconomic Assessment of the Damage Caused by Hurricane Keith

Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Human Capital Formation in the Caribbean

Labour productivity has been on a declining trend in the Caribbean. An examination of this trend revealed a growing concern of skills mismatch in the labour market. At the same time, youth unemployment is high in many countries, with young women and girls twice as likely not to be in education, employment or training. These are troubling signs for human capital formation at a time when Caribbean economies are experiencing low growth, and the global economy is becoming increasingly knowledge based.…