This report shows that Latin America and the Caribbean faces critical policy challenges going forward. It must accelerate the digital transformation to allow businesses and consumers to adapt to a new normal and leverage pandemic recovery to create stronger economies, and also tackle long-standing barriers to adopting digital technologies and bridging digital divides. These have impeded sustained and equitable economic growth even before the pandemic struck. This crisis should be a wake-up call for governments, the private sector, civil society, and international development partners to come t…
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has been the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most harmed in economic and social terms. This is due to longstanding structural factors that have portended its dysfunctional development pattern. That is why the economic reactivation must pursue, at the same time, significant productive, fiscal and institutional structural reforms, in order to move forward on configuring a new, inclusive and sustainable development pattern.
So stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECL…
La región de América Latina y el Caribe ha sido la más afectada por la pandemia del COVID-19 y también la más dañada en términos económicos y sociales. Esto se debe a factores estructurales de larga data que han prefigurado su disfuncional estilo de desarrollo. Por ello, la reactivación económica deberá cursar, a la par, significativas reformas estructurales productivas, fiscales e institucionales, para avanzar en la configuración de un nuevo estilo de desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible.
Así lo señalan Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe…
A região da América Latina e do Caribe foi a mais afetada pela pandemia de COVID-19 e também a mais prejudicada em termos econômicos e sociais. Isso se deve a fatores estruturais de longa data que prefiguraram seu estilo disfuncional de desenvolvimento. Por isso, a reativação econômica deverá, ao mesmo tempo, passar por significativas reformas estruturais produtivas, fiscais e institucionais para avançar na configuração de um novo estilo de desenvolvimento inclusivo e sustentável.
É o que assinalam Alicia Bárcena, Secretária Executiva da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEP…
Government representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean committed themselves today to implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and ensuring that migration be an option, rather than an obligation, at the closing session of the regional review meeting on implementation of the Compact, which was co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in its capacity as Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migration, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Participants in this high-level meeting – which too…
Representantes de los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe se comprometieron hoy a implementar el Pacto Mundial para la Migración Segura, Ordenada y Regular y garantizar que la migración sea una opción y no una obligación, en la clausura de la reunión de revisión regional de implementación del Pacto, que fue coorganizada por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), en su calidad de Coordinador de la Red de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Migración, y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
En la reunión de alto nivel, que se desarrolló de manera virtual …
Representantes dos governos da América Latina e do Caribe se comprometeram a implementar o Pacto Mundial para a Migração Segura, Ordenada e Regular e garantir que a migração seja uma opção e não uma obrigação, no encerramento da reunião de revisão regional sobre a implementação do Pacto, que foi coorganizada pela Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM), na qualidade de Coordenador da Rede das Nações Unidas sobre Migração, e a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL).
A reunião de alto nível, realizada de maneira virtual de 26 a 28 de abril, contou com a participaçã…
This article belongs to the first issue of ECLAC Statistical Briefings, bimonthly publication on statistical topics, prepared by the Statistics Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).…
Este artículo corresponde al primer número de Temas estadísticos de la CEPAL, publicación bimestral sobre temas monográficos, elaborada por la División de Estadísticas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).…
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With the aim of contributing to broadening and deepening discussions regarding the global crisis and its effects on and prospects for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, the CEPAL Review has edited a special issue on the COVID-19 pandemic, which will be unveiled next Thursday, April 29, during a webinar that will include a virtual dialogue with authors of the articles to be published in this distinctive edition.
The event entitled “COVID-19 and the socioeconomic crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean” will take pl…
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Con el fin de contribuir a ampliar y profundizar los debates en torno a la crisis mundial y los efectos y perspectivas de recuperación en América Latina y el Caribe, la Revista CEPAL ha editado un número especial referido a la pandemia de COVID-19, que será dado a conocer el próximo jueves 29 de abril en un webinario que incluirá un diálogo virtual con autores de los artículos que se publicarán en esta edición extraordinaria.
El evento titulado “El COVID-19 y la crisis socioeconómica en América Latina y el Caribe” se efectuará a las 10:00 a.m. de Chile (GMT -4) y estará e…
Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries reiterated their commitment today to the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, and they urged for viewing migration as a contribution to democracy, diversity and sustainable development and for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of migrants and supporting them in their vulnerable situation, during a virtual regional meeting to review the Compact co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – in its capacity as Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migrati…
Representantes de los países de América Latina y el Caribe reiteraron hoy su compromiso con la implementación del Pacto Mundial para la Migración Segura, Ordenada y Regular, e instaron a observar la migración como una contribución a la democracia, la diversidad y el desarrollo sostenible, a respetar, proteger y cumplir los derechos de los migrantes y a apoyarlos en su situación de vulnerabilidad, durante la reunión virtual de revisión regional del Pacto coorganizada por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), en su calidad de Coordinador de la Red de las Naciones Unidas sobre…