The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) affirmed that the region has no other strategic option but to move towards a more sustainable development model through greater integration in order to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, in a new document released today at its central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The report entitled Latin America and the Caribbean and the COVID-19 pandemic: Economic and social effects was unveiled at a virtual press conference (via video) by the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. Th…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) de las Naciones Unidas afirmó que la región no tiene otra opción estratégica que avanzar hacia un modelo de desarrollo más sostenible a través de una mayor integración para mitigar los efectos de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la región, en un nuevo documento divulgado hoy en su sede central en Santiago de Chile.
El informe titulado América Latina y el Caribe ante la pandemia del COVID-19: efectos económicos y sociales, fue dado a conocer en una conferencia de prensa virtual (vía video) por la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia…
A Comissão Econômica para América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) das Nações Unidas afirmou que a região não tem outra opção estratégica a não ser avançar para um modelo de desenvolvimento mais sustentável por meio de uma maior integração para mitigar os efeitos da pandemia do COVID-19 na região, em um novo documento divulgado hoje em sua sede em Santiago, Chile.
O relatório intitulado A América Latina e o Caribe diante da pandemia do COVID-19: efeitos econômicos e sociais, foi divulgado em uma coletiva de imprensa virtual (via vídeo) pela Secretária-Executiva do organismo, Alicia Bárcena. O relatór…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Friday, April 3, a report entitled Latin America and the Caribbean and the COVID-19 pandemic: economic and social effects, in which it addresses this critical juncture, scenarios and projections ahead of 2030 in light of the current global pandemic crisis.
The publication will be unveiled at a virtual press conference given by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, from Santiago, Chile, at 13:00 local time (UTC/GMT -3:00).
The presentation will be transmitted live on the Internet via the institution’s we…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presentará el viernes 3 de abril el informe América Latina y el Caribe ante la pandemia del COVID-19: efectos económicos y sociales, en donde aborda la coyuntura, los escenarios y las proyecciones hacia 2030 ante la presente crisis pandémica global.
La publicación será presentada en una conferencia de prensa virtual ofrecida por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, desde Santiago, Chile, a las 13:00 horas locales (UTC/GMT -3:00).
La presentación será transmitida en línea por internet a través del sitio web de la instit…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) apresentará na sexta-feira, 3 de abril o relatório A América Latina e o Caribe diante da pandemia do COVID-19: efeitos econômicos e sociais, onde aborda a conjuntura, os cenários e as projeções até 2030, diante da atual crise pandêmica global.
A publicação será apresentada em uma coletiva de imprensa virtual, por Alicia Bárcena, Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL, de Santiago, Chile, às 13h de Brasília.
A apresentação será transmitida on-line pelo site da Instituição. Os jornalistas podem enviar suas perguntas com antecedência para o e-…
Todo parece una gigantesca equivocación. Todo ha pasado como no debería haber pasado, decimos para consolarnos. Pero somos nosotros los equivocados, no la historia. Tenemos que aprender a mirar cara a cara a la realidad. Inventar si es preciso, palabras nuevas e ideas nuevas, para estas nuevas y extrañas realidades que nos han salido al paso. Pensar es el primer deber de la inteligencia. Y en ciertos casos, el único.
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Es verdad que la historia registra antes el paso devastador de grandes pandemias, pero ninguna irrumpió en un mundo tan poblado (más …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, warned today that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have devastating effects on the global economy that will certainly be more intense than and distinct from those felt during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, adding that Latin American and Caribbean countries will not be spared since they will be affected through numerous channels.
The senior United Nations official participated this Thursday, March 19, in an Inter-American Dialogue Conference Call on the Coronavirus an…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, advirtió hoy que la pandemia del Coronavirus (COVID-19) tendrá efectos devastadores sobre la economía mundial, seguramente más intensos y distintos que los sufridos durante la crisis financiera global de 2008-2009, y que los países latinoamericanos y caribeños no estarán ajenos a ellos, ya que serán impactados a través de varios canales.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó este jueves 19 de marzo en una teleconferencia del Diálogo Interamericano sobre el Coronavirus y sus …
The economies of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) and the Dominican Republic – known as the CARD countries in Spanish – will have a weighted average growth rate of 3.2% in 2020, with the highest rates forecast for the Dominican Republic and Panama, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed.
The document Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic in 2019 and Prospects for 2020 explains that the international context was affected by trade tensions and great political un…
According to ECLAC Caribbean's latest policy breif , there is room for T&T to expand productive capacity and diversify exports in the agro-processing industry to improve foreign exchange earnings.
The Government of T&T has articulated in its National Development Strategy for 2016-2030 and in its 2018 Midyear Budget Review the intention to transition towards a more diversified economy, which produces a broad spectrum of export competitive, high-value products and services. In this context, the government has identified agro-processing as one of the seven economic areas for the establish…
Este Balanço Preliminar das Economias da América Latina e do Caribe vem à luz num contexto econômico e social extremamente complexo para a região. A América Latina apresenta desaceleração econômica generalizada e sincronizada nos países e nos diversos setores. Em 2019, contrastando com anos anteriores, 18 dos 20 países da América Latina, bem como 23 das 33 economias da América Latina e do Caribe, apresentam desaceleração na taxa de crescimento da atividade econômica. O menor dinamismo da demanda interna foi acompanhado por baixa demanda agregada externa e mercados financeiros internacionais ma…
This survey examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2018 and comprises six chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of global, regional and subregional economic performance as well as unemployment in the Caribbean. The second provides an analysis of governments in the subregion’s fiscal performance and debt burden. The third looks at monetary policy and variables. The fourth is focused external sector and its factors. The fifth chapter concludes, while the final chapter includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Ba…
Palabras de Alicia Barcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la inauguración de la reunión de Cancilleres de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC)
Ciudad de México, 8 de enero de 2020
Estimado Marcelo Ebrard, Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores
Estimadas y estimados Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores aquí presentes,
Honorable Cuerpo Diplomático acreditado en México
Amigas y amigos,
América Latina y el Caribe atraviesa un complejo escenario. Por una parte, el PIB regional se ha contraído 4% entre 2014 y 2019 y este año presentará un crecimiento promedio de 0.1%, en do…
Competitiveness and its determinants: a systemic analysis for developing countries / Victor Medeiros, Lucas Gonçalves Godoi and Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- The gross domestic product (GDP) shares of the agriculture sector and the hydrocarbon and mining sector in the countries of South America between 1960 and 2014 / Pedro Henrique de Abreu Paiva and Carlos José Caetano Bacha .-- Green jobs in Argentina: opportunities to move forward with the environmental and social agenda / Christoph Ernst, Ana Sofía Rojo Brizuela and Daniele Epifanio .-- Income elasticities and inequality of poverty in urb…
This article analyses the GDP shares of the agriculture sector and the hydrocarbon and mining sector in the South American countries between 1960 and 2014. Although the share of the agriculture sector has been trending downward in South America, common features can be observed in three subgroups of countries. The first comprises the founding members of MERCOSUR, where agricultural and agro-industrial trade was in surplus and the share of the agriculture sector rose back up between 2002 and 2007. The second subgroup are the Andean countries, where the agriculture sector share of GDP declined fr…