ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

ECLAC Notes Nº 43

The Number of Poor People in Latin America Has Fallen by 13 Million Since 2003 First Round of Experiences in Social Innovation Competition Successfully Concludes Op-ed by ECLAC's Executive Secretary, José Luis Machinea. The Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and Challenges Highlights. Polluting Energy Consumption Pattern in Latin America and the Caribbean Cause for Concern Indicators The Information Society Offers the Chance to Grow with Equity and Social Inclusion Recent Titles Calendar of Events…

ECLAC Notes Nº 42

Latin America and the Caribbean's Trade Rises for the Second Year Running China Seeking to Strengthen Economic Ties with Latin American Countries Op-ed by José Luis Machinea: A New Phase in Regional Integration Highlights by Ricardo Ffrench-Davis: Financial Crises in Emerging Economies: Not Just Bad Luck nor Pure Contagion Indicators It's Time to Reduce the Bias Against Public Investment Recent Titles Calendar…

Clasificador de productos de Cuba

Estimación del impacto sobre el empleo de los tratados de libre comercio en Colombia: análisis de equilibrio general computable

Con un modelo de equilibrio general computable, calibrado para Colombia, este informe evalúa el impacto que tendría sobre la economía en general, y sobre el empleo en particular, la firma de acuerdos comerciales como el ALCA (Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas) y el TLC (Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos). Un ejercicio de estática comparativa muestra que ambos acuerdos benefician a algunos sectores productivos y afectan a otros, produciendo, sin embargo, un impacto global positivo: el TLC generaría un incremento del PIB del orden del 4%; en tanto que el ALCA representaría un inc…

ECLAC Notes Nº 41

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow 4.3% this Year How to Ensure Social Policies are Both Efficient and Effective Opinion: Hopeful Economic Scenario in Latin America and the Caribbean, by José Luis Machinea Highlights: High Youth Unemployment Creates Uncertainty Among Youth, by Jurgen Weller Indicators Teenage Pregnancies more Frequent Among Poor Girls Recent Titles Calendar…

Changing Times: Refocusing ECLAC's Role

ECLAC Notes Nº 40

Region Will Meet Some Millennium Goals, But Antipoverty Fight Lagging Education Remains a Challenge Opinion by José Luis Machinea: There's Still Time to Meet the Millennium Goals by 2015 Highlights. Information and Communications Technologies: Tools for Development with Equity within Regional Integration Approaches Indicators Price of Copper Reflects Scarcity Recent Titles Calendar…

ECLAC Notes Nº 39

Foreign Direct Investment Rose 44% in 2004 Integration In South America's Natural Gas Industry Opinion by José Luis Machinea: Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: the Need to Sustain the Past Year's Recovery and Achieve Greater Benefits Highlights: Development Banks and Financing for Productive Development Indicators Poverty and Precarious Housing in Latin American Cities Recent Titles Calendar…

ECLAC Notes Nº 38

Regional Overview Op- ed, José Luis Machinea: The Region in a Growth Phase: the Challenges to Economic Policy The External Sector Macroeconomic Policy Internal Performance Dramatic Hurrican Season in the Caribbean Statistical Appendix Recent titles Calendar…

ECLAC Notes Nº 37

Worrisome Decline in Labour Conditions Being Young in Ibero-America Op- ed, by José Luis Machinea:For a Social Cohesion Pact Highlights; Carbon Markets: An Opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean Indicators Economic Lag Causes Social Decline in Haiti Recent Titles Calendar…

Estimating potential output: a survey of the alternative methods and their application to Brazil

Apertura económica, mercado laboral y desempeño social: la experiencia de México y algunas implicaciones para Centroamérica

ECLAC Notes Nº 36

Latin America and the Caribbean's Economies Turn in Stronger Performances this Year To Invest More - but also Better - in Education Opinion: An Opportunity to Consolidate Growth, by José Luis Machinea Highlights: Valuable Experiences that Improve Gender Equity Indicators The Region's Energy Resources Should Guarantee Secure Supply at Reasonable Prices Recent Titles Calendar…

ECLAC Notes Nº 35

Productive development in open economies OPINION by José Luis Machinea Regional integration will improve international participation Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have three speed economies Public-private alliance proposed to improve regional infrastructure Latin America and the Caribbean are behind in research and development New social cohesion covenant for the region Industrial legacy key to Puerto Rico's economic development Statistical Appendix Recent Titles Calendar…

Inauguración del Trigésimo período de sesiones de la CEPAL

PALABRAS DEL SR. JOSÉ LUIS MACHINEA, SECRETARIO EJECUTIVO DE LA CEPAL EN LA INAUGURACIÓN DEL TRIGÉSIMO PERIODO DE SESIONES San Juan, 1 de julio de 2004 Excelentísima Señora Sila María Calderón Serra, Gobernadora del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico Distinguido Señor Gelson Fonseca, Embajador del Gobierno de Brasil, país que ejerció la Presidencia del Vigésimo noveno Período de Sesiones de CEPAL Distinguida Señora Thoraya Obaid, Directora Ejecutiva del Fondo de Población de Naciones Unidas Estimado Señor José Antonio Ocampo, Subsecretario General de Naciones Unidas a cargo del …

Comité Especial sobre Población y Desarrollo del Período de Sesiones de la CEPAL: temario provisional anotado

ECLAC Notes Nº 34

Latin American and Caribbean Exports Grow by 8.3% in 2003 Costs and Benefits of Growing Trade with China OPINION: Repercussions of the Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the USA (CAFTA), by José Luis Machinea HIGHLIGHTS: Attracting FDI and Benefiting from It INDICATORS Environmental Problems and Small Businesses Incentives Work Better than Sanctions RECENT TITLES CALENDAR…

Comité Especial sobre Población y Desarrollo del Período de Sesiones de la CEPAL: temario provisional

ECLAC: priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean in the coming years