Art and craft is considered to be an integral part of the tourism business, since it plays an important role as souvenirs and mementos, thereby spatially and temporarily expanding the visitor experience. It is also increasingly looked upon as an opportunity to diversify the tourism sector offerings, as well as the broader economic base. As part of the overall global creative economy, the art and craft sector has seen consistent trade growth over the past two decades, and has shown the capacity to forge even stronger linkages with the tourism sector. This paper examines the nature of this relat…
26 Mayo 2025, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:21
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Publicación
The Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 analyses the developments and main trends in public revenues and expenditures, fiscal deficits, public debt and subnational fiscal accounts for the countries of the region in 2024. It confirms that with limited fiscal space, these countries continued to struggle to build up available resources and therefore faced persistent deficits and high debt levels. This report also examines tax incentive policies in dynamic sectors related to environmental sustainability and proposes strategies to increase effectiveness and strengthen governance…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmó su propuesta de transformación económica y social para acelerar la implementación de la Agenda 2030, durante el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (FPAN), que se celebra hasta el jueves 18 de julio en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo del organismo regional, tuvo una activa participación en varias sesiones plenarias y eventos paralelos del foro mundial, en los que compartió su visión para avanzar hacia un modelo de desarrollo más product…
El Plan de Desarrollo Integral tiene el propósito de crear un espacio de desarrollo sostenible y generar oportunidades para mejorar la calidad de vida de la población de El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y el sur-sureste de México, y así permitir que la migración sea una opción y no una obligación. Esta es una respuesta articulada del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, que busca generar sinergias y coordinar acciones, con los países en el centro, y con el acompañamiento de las instituciones de integración subregional.…
El Plan de Desarrollo Integral tiene el propósito de crear un espacio de desarrollo sostenible y generar oportunidades para mejorar la calidad de vida de la población de El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y el sur-sureste de México, y así permitir que la migración sea una opción y no una obligación. Esta es una respuesta articulada del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, que busca generar sinergias y coordinar acciones, con los países en el centro, y con el acompañamiento de las instituciones de integración subregional.…
25 - 29 Nov
2024, 06:00 - 09:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…
1 Jun 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Publicación
Since the global crisis of 2008-2009, there has been less confidence in the primacy of markets to lead sustainable development among developing countries in general and small island developing States (SIDS) in particular. It is acknowledged that markets need discipline and an institutional context that can support private gains while reducing social costs and delivering less inequality. Prompted by declining competitiveness in leading sectors, and a commitment to addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments in the subregion have been developing long-term plan…
25 Sep 2025, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:19
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Nota informativa
Caribbean countries must be able to make the connection between climate finance and sustainable development to receive much-needed funding for climate resilience, mitigation, and adaptation. That is the view of ECLAC Caribbean consultant Cathal Healy-Singh, on how Caribbean SIDS (Small Island Developing States) can tackle what has emerged as one of their main development challenges.…
26 - 30 May
2025, 09:00 - 12:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…
26 Mayo 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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Nota informativa
On May 26th, the ECLAC office in Brasilia, together with the Brazilian Global Compact Network, held a webinar about the Big Push for Sustainability , in which more than 60 case studies of investments for sustainable development in Brazil were presented.…
2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but
also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues
to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…
Estimado Embajador Jorge Félix Rubio, Director General para Asuntos Económicos del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Perú, en su calidad de Presidente del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible,
Distinguidas ministras, ministros y representantes de los países, autoridades nacionales y cuerpo diplomático,
Estimados y estimadas colegas de los organismos, fondos y programas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas,
Estimados representantes de la sociedad civil, de los jóvenes, de la academia y del sector privado,
Colegas de la CEPAL
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