The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, September 5 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023. Financing a sustainable transition: investment for growth and climate change action, one of the institution’s flagship annual economic reports in which it takes stock of the region’s economies in recent months and updates its growth estimates for each country.
The report will be presented during a hybrid (in-person and virtual) press conference at the organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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El próximo martes 5 de septiembre la CEPAL dará a conocer su Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe, 2023. El financiamiento de una transición sostenible: inversión para crecer y enfrentar el cambio climático, uno de los principales informes económicos anuales de la institución, en donde realiza un balance de las economías de la región en los últimos meses y actualiza sus estimaciones de crecimiento para cada uno de los países.
La presentación del documento se realizará mediante una conferencia de prensa híbrida (presencial y virtual) en la sede central del organismo en Santiago de Ch…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, affirmed today that the region needs new-generation productive development policies that would enable it to escape the trap of low growth and open the door to its future prosperity, during a presentation at the TEDxPuraVida 2023 conference held in Costa Rica.
“The toolbox for raising the rate of economic growth lies in productive development policies. It’s no longer a matter of putting protectionist tariffs in place, but rather of promoting technological sophistication…
El Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, afirmó hoy que la región requiere políticas de desarrollo productivo de nueva generación que le permitan salir de la trampa del bajo crecimiento y abrir las puertas a su prosperidad futura, durante una presentación en la conferencia TEDxPuraVida 2023 que se realizó en Costa Rica.
“Es en las políticas de desarrollo productivo donde está la caja de herramientas para elevar la tasa de crecimiento económico. Ya no se trata de poner aranceles proteccionistas sino de promover la s…
O Secretário Executivo da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, afirmou que a região precisa de políticas de desenvolvimento produtivo de nova geração que permitam sair da armadilha do baixo crescimento e abrir as portas da prosperidade futura, durante uma apresentação na conferência TEDxPuraVida 2023 realizada na Costa Rica.
“As políticas de desenvolvimento produtivo contêm as ferramentas para elevar a taxa de crescimento econômico. Já não se trata de adotar tarifas protecionistas, mas de promover a sofisticação tecnológica e a diversifica…
Este informe de la Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2023 (CEPAL), presenta el reto de atraer y retener inversión extranjera directa que contribuya al desarrollo sostenible e inclusivo de la región sigue más vigente que nunca y los países tienen que realizar esfuerzos de política relevantes si quieren contar con IED que apoye su proceso de desarrollo y materialice el potencial que tiene dicha inversión para la construcción de capacidades, la creación de empleo de calidad, la transferencia tecnológica y la diversificación y sofisticación de la matriz productiva. Una de …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, September 5 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023. Financing a sustainable transition: investment for growth and climate change action, one of the institution’s flagship annual economic reports in which it takes stock of the region’s economies in recent months and updates its growth estimates for each country.
This document is the United Nations regional commission’s oldest periodic publication, with its first edition having been presented in 1948, the same year in which ECLAC …
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) dará a conocer el próximo martes 5 de septiembre su Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe, 2023. El financiamiento de una transición sostenible: inversión para crecer y enfrentar el cambio climático, uno de los principales informes económicos anuales (flagship) de la institución, en donde realiza un balance de las economías de la región en los últimos meses y actualiza sus estimaciones de crecimiento para cada uno de los países.
El documento es la publicación periódica más antigua de esta comisión regional de las Naciones …
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) divulgará na próxima terça-feira, 5 de setembro seu Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe 2023. O financiamento de uma transição sustentável: investimento para crescer e enfrentar a mudança climática, um dos principais relatórios econômicos anuais da instituição, no qual avalia o desempenho das economias da região nos últimos meses e atualiza as suas estimativas de crescimento para cada um dos países.
O documento é a publicação periódica mais antiga desta comissão regional das Nações Unidas, uma vez que a sua primeira ediçã…
This article analyses Raúl Prebisch’s earliest activities while still a young student at the University of Buenos Aires, between 1918 and 1922. One of these activities was the translation of texts by foreign economists for the university’s Revista de Ciencias Económicas, contributing to the dissemination of ideas in Argentina. We analyse Prebisch’s 1919 translation of Adolph Wagner and find indications that he modified the text, firstly by selecting for translation excerpts critical of the idea that free trade was automatically beneficial to all nations, secondly by omitting Wagner’s defence o…
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“We are not small island states, we are large ocean states. We need to be taking full advantage of the potential and the possibility that you get from utilization of the resources of the sea. We need to sit down and plan that. When last did we have a meeting that speaks to the potential of the blue economy among ourselves, and we need to stop working in silos, that’s the next thing. That is one of the things that we need to look at going forward. You don't work at the national level when you can work regionally, you know, or inter-regionally. We all share the same challenges.”
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Este documento analiza el impacto económico y social de un programa de ayudas estatales dirigido a incentivar el desarrollo de las provincias fronterizas en la República Dominicana. La modalidad de intervención se basó en exenciones fiscales, lo que genera una posible tensión entre el objetivo de cohesión territorial y el objetivo de defensa de la competencia en los mercados. En el ámbito competitivo, el estudio analiza si los efectos de la referida ley aumentaron el poder de mercado de las empresas beneficiarias. En el ámbito social, se establece un criterio de similitud regional y se compara…
En este artículo se analizan los primeros pasos de Raúl Prebisch cuando todavía era un joven estudiante de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, entre 1918 y 1922. Entre sus actividades, Prebisch tradujo textos de economistas extranjeros para la Revista de Ciencias Económicas de su universidad, contribuyendo a la difusión de las ideas en la Argentina. Se analiza la traducción de Adolph Wagner realizada por Prebisch en 1919 y se encuentran indicios de que el autor habría modificado el texto, por una parte, al seleccionar para traducir fragmentos que destacan el equívoco de imponer el libre comercio c…
En América Latina existen “islas de modernidad” asociadas a un nuevo paradigma biológico y digital en la explotación de recursos naturales, la producción de servicios y la industria manufacturera, que coexisten con vastos segmentos de la población
sumidos en la precariedad, la pobreza, el estancamiento y la exclusión social. Esta dualidad estructural refleja una creciente brecha entre un segmento moderno de la sociedad que imita patrones de comportamiento de los países desarrollados, y otro que ha quedado atrás y en el que predominan la informalidad laboral, las carencias materiales básicas y …
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