Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 5

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La interculturalidad en las políticas públicas en México

El objetivo de este documento es analizar la interculturalidad en las políticas públicas en México, a fin de incrementar la capacidad de formular e implementar políticas públicas con un enfoque transversal de interculturalidad. En primer lugar, se definen este tipo de políticas públicas y se caracteriza el contexto en el que han surgido en México. Metodológicamente, el trabajo se organiza en tres etapas: revisión documental, entrevistas a especialistas y diálogos con actores de la sociedad civil, el sector académico y el Gobierno. El análisis se centra primordialmente en el avance de las polít…

A review of the status of institutional mechanisms for sustainable development planning in the Caribbean

The 2030 Agenda underscores the importance of a strengthened institutional framework at the national and regional levels that integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development. This study provides an overview of integrated decision-making processes in Caribbean countries and the role that national institutions play in supporting systematizing integrated decision-making for sustainable development, including in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with focus on eight Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Isl…

The Caribbean is Making Strides on the SDGS

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 2

Essential elements of the ECLAC Caribbean Resilience Fund : a segregated portfolio trust fund. Policy Brief

Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…

Conceptualizing a circular economy in the Caribbean: perspectives and possibilities. Policy Brief

Although the notion of a circular economy (CE) has been conceived and debated for more than half a century (Henrysson and Nuur, 2021), it has gained considerable popularity in the lexicon of economists, ecologists and other development thinkers over the past two decades. The increasing evidence of the existential threat of human-induced climate change and the related imperatives of decarbonizing the global economy, have led to greater focus on strategies for a more sustainable use of the natural and environmental resource base.…

Digital Public Goods: Driving the Development of Digital Public Infrastructure in the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 12

Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: first nine months of 2021

Against the backdrop of low global interest rates and borrowing costs, bond issuances in international markets by Latin American and Caribbean countries totalled US$ 124 billion in the first nine months of 2021, up 6% from the year-earlier period. Of this total, almost US$ 40 billion (31.5%) were issued to finance environmental, social and governance (ESG) projects and strategies. Sustainability-linked bonds were the region’s most frequently used ESG instrument. Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: first nine months of 2021 presents and analyses the developments concerning capital…

Draft programme of work of the ECLAC system, 2023

The draft programme of work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for 2023 is hereby submitted to the member States of the Commission for their consideration. It highlights the priorities for 2023 that will be considered by the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) and the United Nations General Assembly as part of the intergovernmental reviewing exercise. The overall purpose of the programme is to promote the economic, social and environmentally sustainable development of Latin America and the Caribbean through international cooperation, by undertakin…

Proyecto de programa de trabajo del sistema de la CEPAL, 2023

La Secretaría presenta a la consideración de los Estados miembros de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el proyecto de programa de trabajo de la Comisión para 2023. En él se destacan las prioridades para 2023, que serán examinadas por el Comité del Programa y de la Coordinación (CPC) y por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas como parte del ejercicio de revisión intergubernamental. El objetivo general del programa es promover el desarrollo económico, social y ambientalmente sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe a través de la cooperación internacional, media…

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 11

Hacia una planificación sostenible para una transición energética justa en América Latina y el Caribe: análisis de mejores prácticas en países seleccionados

Este reporte forma parte de las actividades que se realizan en el marco de cooperación entre el programa GET.transform y la CEPAL para el Foro Técnico Regional de Planificadores Energéticos, con el objetivo de entregar a los países miembros del Foro hallazgos relevantes identificados tras un extenso proceso de entrevistas a representantes de instituciones de planificación de países selectos de América Latina y el Caribe. Los cinco capítulos del estudio ofrecen elementos asociados a prácticas recurrentes en la planificación energética. Tras la sistematización de la información, se ha logrado es…

Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2020-2021

Informe de actividades del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES), 2020-2021

Programme of work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2022. Subprogramme 9: Planning and public management for development

Programa de trabajo del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES), 2022. Subprograma 9: Planificación y gestión pública para el desarrollo