Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities involved in development planning and public administration in Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the progress and challenges related to implementing the new public service in the region, during the Seventeenth Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning and the Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP), which will take place on January 17-19 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
This ”new public service” ai…
Ministros, viceministros y altas autoridades vinculadas a la planificación para el desarrollo y la gestión pública en América Latina y el Caribe analizarán los avances y desafíos para la implementación del nuevo servicio público en la región, durante la Decimoséptima Conferencia de Ministros y Jefes de Planificación y la Vigesimonovena reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación (CRP), que se realizarán del 17 al 19 de enero en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago de Chile.
El ”nuevo servicio público” es un enfoque que apun…
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…
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…
El taller, realizado a trabajadores de una de las comunas más habitadas de Chile, tuvo como objetivo apoyar en la formulación de los compromisos que serán implementados en el Primer Plan de Acción Local de Gobierno Abierto.…
In Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS), electrical power outages are frequent in the aftermath of major weather events. While local service disruptions often last a few days after these events, nationwide power grid failures lasting several weeks, or months have resulted in enormous social and economic impacts. In 2017, Hurricane Maria left 90 per cent of the population of Dominica without access to electricity for over four months (Commonwealth of Dominica, 2020) and caused a systemwide collapse of Puerto Rico's power grid that took 11 months to be entirely restored (Campbell…
En este documento se reúne un conjunto de análisis sobre temas vinculados al desarrollo regional que tienen como propósito orientar el trabajo de especialistas y encargados de diseñar políticas de desarrollo territorial en los países de la región.
Si bien en el documento se hace referencia específica a la experiencia en Costa Rica, el camino allí recorrido permite contar con insumos que contribuirán a acortar las curvas de aprendizaje sobre políticas de desarrollo regional en otros países. El caso de Costa Rica se complementa con experiencias europeas y latinoamericanas que pueden constituir u…
El X Seminario de la Red de Sistemas Nacionales de Inversión Pública de América Latina y el Caribe – Red SNIP se celebró el 3 y 4 de noviembre en República Dominicana.…
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