Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2021-2022

Draft regional agenda on governance of planning and public management for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional agenda on governance of planning and public management for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Policy imperatives for the timely production and dissemination of quality and relevant statistics in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

Many international development agendas highlight the importance of quality data for sustainable development. With the advent of the data revolution for sustainable development, stakeholders have underscored the value of timely, usable data in informing decision-making and for monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, be it in relation to national development planning or as regards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international development agendas. Crucially, the COVID-19 pandemic, more than anything else in recent times, has demonstrated the value of tim…

Establishing a regional agenda for planning and public management: transforming the future of Latin America and the Caribbean

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…

Conceptos y métodos de la programación por zonas para el desarrollo de la comunidad = Concepts and methods of area programming for community development

Conceptos y métodos de la programación por zonas para el desarrollo de la comunidad = Concepts and methods of area programming for community development

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…

CEPAL lanza curso virtual y destaca avances locales en evento paralelo del Foro Político de Alto Nivel 2025

El encuentro reunió experiencias de Argentina, Brasil, México y San Cristóbal y Nieves, y marcó el lanzamiento global de la capacitación autogestionada sobre Exámenes Locales Voluntarios.…

CEPAL reafirmará en Foro Político de Alto Nivel el compromiso de la región con el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 en complejo contexto internacional

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmará el compromiso de la región con el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 en medio de un complejo contexto internacional, durante la reunión del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre Desarrollo Sostenible 2025 (FPAN), que se celebra hasta el miércoles 23 de julio en Nueva York, bajo el lema “Impulsar soluciones sostenibles, inclusivas y basadas en la ciencia y la evidencia para la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para no dejar a nadie atrás”. La delegación de la CEPAL estará …

Proyecciones del desarrollo latinoamericano en los años ochenta = Latin American development projections for the 1980s

El estudio se inicia con un análisis de la situación y perspectivas del crecimiento poblacional considerando el dinamismo y la distribución espacial de la población, su estructura por edades, la evolución de la población en edad económicamente activa y la oferta de fuerza de trabajo. Luego hace una descripción de dos escenarios de crecimiento y examina los principales conjuntos de proyecciones que sustentan dichos escenarios: crecimiento económico, esfuerzo interno, estructura sectorial, productividad y empleo, y relaciones económicas externas.…

Caribbean in Brief: an information document for Caribbean Small Island Developing States

This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Diseño preliminar y estrategia para el establecimiento del INFOPLAN = Draft design and strategy for INFOPLAN development

Provisional agenda. Twenty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Foresight and territory: building scenarios of possible futures for territorial governance

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Programme of work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2026. Subprogramme 9: Planning and public management for development

Director’s Desk: Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean sustainable development

2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…