29 Abr 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Publicación
Through a combination of primary and secondary research, this study sheds light on the effects of the pandemic on the tourism industries of the small island states of Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Additionally, the study seeks to identify potential areas for niche market development to diversify the tourism sector in these destinations. Using a counterfactual analysis, visitor expenditure losses were estimated at over $7 billion over the period 2020 to 2022, among the three countries under review.
The easing of restrictions on movement in 2021 and 2022 however al…
14 Abr 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Documento de trabajo
In the last few months, the world has witnessed and continue to witness a drastic change in our daily lives, which has also caused great impacts on business, trade, and shipping. The outbreak of a pandemic changed all economic and trade expectations for 2020. From a forecast of 3.6% growth in container trade worldwide in the last quarter of 2019, to 2.5% in January 2020, new projections have lowered down expectations to -4.9%. This drop is partially explained, apart from the pandemic, by the continuing increase of blank sails[1] and labour restrictions.
Several countries have been implementing…
14 Abr 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Nota informativa
In the last few months, the world has witnessed and continue to witness a drastic change in our daily lives, which has also caused great impacts on business, trade, and shipping. The outbreak of a pandemic changed all economic and trade expectations for 2020. From a forecast of 3.6% growth in container trade worldwide in the last quarter of 2019, to 2.5% in January 2020, new projections have lowered down expectations to -4.9%. This drop is partially explained, apart from the pandemic, by the continuing increase of blank sails[1] and labour restrictions.
Several countries have been implementing…
15 Mayo 2025, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Publicación
This report analyses the state of international maritime trade and port activity for the period 2023–2024. It highlights recovery trends, structural challenges and new disruptions impacting the sector. Consistent with the analysis in the previous report, this report examines the effects of global events, such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and persistent geopolitical tensions, the repercussions of which continue to impact supply chains. It also identifies emerging trends in logistics management and factors behind fluctuations in port activity and provides an analysis of the mar…
2 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Publicación
The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…
23 Nov 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Publicación
The United States has witnessed historic inflation since the economy began to reopen in 2021 following the lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The United States economic outlook: inflation trends post COVID-19 looks at the forces behind this surge in prices and the trade-offs and risks for the policy response. The report examines inflation trends and drivers, as well as labour market trends since the economy reopened; economic policies implemented by the United States in response to the pandemic, and more recently to inflation; and the possible impact of these p…
22 Mar 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Publicación
The intensive use of platforms —and the multi-sided nature thereof— in the wake of the lockdown forced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has widespread repercussions for national policies on privacy, cybersecurity and competition the world over. The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings in regulatory frameworks governing data protection, cybersecurity and competition policy, as well as the need to face the new challenges posed by the increased digitization of economies.
The aim of this document is to analyse the measures taken by competition authorities in Latin America and th…
21 Mayo 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Highlights
• In the first quarter of 2020, the spread of the coronavirus, together with a precipitous decline in commodity prices, radically changed the financial landscape for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) issuers. After a record breaking issuance of US$ 38 billion worth of bonds in January, bond issuance dried-up in February and March, bringing total quarterly issuance to US$ 45 billion.
• On March 26, however, Panama successfully placed a sovereign bond in cross-border markets to secure additional resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It was followed in April by other four soverei…
2 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:49
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Publicación
In this digitally transforming world, digital inclusion is becoming increasingly important to social inclusion and sustainable development. Affordable access to broadband is an essential precondition to digital inclusion. Internet quality, as measured by speed and other indicators, is also important, as digital inclusion is ultimately about ensuring equal access to the benefits and opportunities offered by digital technologies and the Internet. This policy brief provides insight into Internet speed and affordability across the Caribbean, and offers some recommendations for policymakers working…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the world’s fragilities, including the weaknesses of our food systems which exacerbate hunger, obesity, poverty, political instabilities and economic crises. To overcome common and regional challenges, the five UN regional commissions have been working jointly on devising harmonized pathways and proposing game changers that can transform food systems, reverse their current performance and improve their outcomes.
This collaboration resulted in the launch of a joint policy brief entitled Transforming Food Systems for the Food Systems Summit, held on 23 Sept…
19 Mayo 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:49
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Publicación
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …
10 Feb 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Publicación
This study examines how ICTs have supported equitable development of online distance learning for students in primary, secondary, and tertiary education systems across the Caribbean. By presenting data obtained through interviews with government officials and other key stakeholders in five countries and territories - Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago – the study highlights learning continuity challenges and successful adaptations specific to the subregion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study identifies best practices and recommendations to integr…
4 Nov 2021, 05:30 - 10:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The overall objective of this seminar is to examine the confounding factor of COVID -19 in relation to NCDs and to highlight the contribution that an economic analytical approach to the problem of NCDs could
make towards sustainably addressing the developmental challenges posed by these chronic diseases. The main expected output of the seminar is a set of proposed actions and recommendations for different
stakeholders in sustainably addressing the challenges posed to Caribbean economies by NCDs.…
28 Oct 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Discurso
Discurso de cierre del trigésimo octavo período de sesiones de la CEPAL
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
Santiago, 28 de octubre de 2020
Querido Rodolfo Solano Quirós, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Costa Rica,
Dear Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, thank you for being with us today,
Esteemed Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77 and China,
Distinguidos Cancilleres, Viceministros y delegados de los Estados miembros de la CEPAL,
Señoras y señores miembros del Cuerpo D…
The dialogue “Population impacts and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean’’ will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups and the adaptation of policy responses and services, within the context of the agreements adopted in the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and the objectives and goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…
28 Ene 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Comunicado de prensa
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, instó hoy a los países de la región a impulsar nuevas estrategias fiscales y una mayor cooperación internacional ante las asimetrías crecientes para financiar un gran impulso para la sostenibilidad, durante el Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente que se realiza en Costa Rica.
Alicia Bárcena fue la ponente principal del Diálogo de Alto Nivel “Acelerando las Finanzas”, que contó con las ponencias de Sonia Muñoz, Jefa de la División del Caribe del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI); Andrew St…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, participó hoy en un evento especial del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre la Aceleración de la Agenda 2030 y Volver a Costruir Mejor tras el Covid-19, junto a las Secretarias Ejecutivas de las cinco Comisiones Regionales de las Naciones Unidas.
En la sesión, intervinieron junto a Alicia Bárcena, Vera Songwe, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para África; Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Secretaria Ejecutiva, Comisión Económica y Social para Asia y el Pacífico; Rola Dashti, Secretari…
Representantes de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Oficina Regional de Educación de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) y la Oficina Regional de UNICEF para América Latina y el Caribe (UNICEF LACRO), se reunieron virtualmente este martes 12 de julio de 2022 para presentar las conclusiones preliminares del primer Informe regional de monitoreo ODS 4 – Educación 2030.
En el encuentro -paralelo al Foro Político de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas (FPAN) que se desarrolla en la sede del organismo mundial hasta el 15 del presente mes- …
“Llamamos a acelerar el paso hacia una justicia económica, climática y de género y transitar hacia una sociedad del cuidado”, dijo hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante un encuentro virtual organizado de forma paralela al Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (HLPF, por sus siglas en inglés), convocado anualmente bajo los auspicios del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas (ECOSOC, por sus siglas en inglés).
“No queremos volver a donde estábamos antes de la pandemia, necesitamos un cam…
14 Abr 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:54
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Comunicado de prensa
La reestructuración, renegociación y alivio de la deuda en los actuales tiempos de pandemia es un tema de interés tanto público como privado. “Necesitamos nivelar el campo de juego entre los acreedores y deudores. Ambos deben compartir la carga”, señaló hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el Foro sobre el Financiamiento para el Desarrollo 2021 que se realiza esta semana bajo la organización del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas (ECOSOC).
La reunión de alto nivel congregó virtualmente a jefes de Estad…