The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean through external and domestic factors, the combined effect of which will lead to the worst contraction that the region has ever undergone, exceeding those seen in 1914 and 1930. According to the latest estimates, an average regional contraction of -5.3% is forecast for 2020, ECLAC indicated today while launching a new report.
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, presented on this Tuesday, April 21, the COVID-19 Special Rep…
La pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19) impacta a las economías de América Latina y el Caribe a través de factores externos e internos cuyo efecto conjunto conducirá a la peor contracción que la región ha sufrido desde 1914 y 1930. Según las últimas estimaciones, se prevé una contracción regional promedio de -5,3% para 2020, informó hoy la CEPAL durante el lanzamiento de un nuevo informe.
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, presentó este martes 21 de abril el Informe especial COVID-19 N⁰ 2, titulado Dimensionar los efec…
A pandemia do coronavírus (COVID-19) impacta as economias da América Latina e do Caribe por meio de fatores externos e internos cujo efeito conjunto levará à pior contração que a região sofreu desde 1914 e 1930. Segundo as últimas estimativas, está prevista uma contração regional média de -5,3% para 2020, informou hoje a CEPAL durante o lançamento de um novo relatório.
A Secretária-Executiva da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, apresentou nesta terça-feira, 21 de abril, o Relatório especial COVID-19 N⁰ 2, intitulado Dimensionar os efeitos da COVID-19 …
Technological change and employment in Latin America: opportunities and challenges / Jürgen Weller .-- A comparative analysis of medicine prices in Latin America / Roberto Álvarez and Aldo González .-- Innovation systems and changes in the core-periphery divide: notes on a methodology to determine countries’ trajectories using science and technology statistics / Catari Vilela Chaves, Leonardo Costa Ribeiro, Ulisses Pereira dos Santos and Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque .-- Corruption, production structure and economic development in developing countries / Helis Cristina Zanuto Andrade Santos an…
Las transformaciones tecnológicas y el empleo en América Latina: oportunidades y desafíos / Jürgen Weller .-- Análisis comparativo de los precios de los medicamentos en América Latina / Roberto Álvarez y Aldo González .-- Sistemas de innovación y cambios en la división centro-periferia: notas sobre una metodología para determinar las trayectorias de los países a partir de las estadísticas de ciencia y tecnología / Catari Vilela Chaves, Leonardo Costa Ribeiro, Ulisses Pereira dos Santos y Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque .-- Corrupción, estructura productiva y desarrollo económico en los países e…
Corruption has reached alarming levels in recent years and now costs the equivalent of about 5% of global output annually. Given this backdrop, this study sets out to investigate how corruption and the production structure affects the socioeconomic development of developing countries, applying a dynamic panel data procedure to the period 2002-2014. The main findings include the fact that the relation between corruption and development is non-linear. The study of the different dimensions of development also needs to encompass both economic and social perspectives. In general, there are signs th…
En los últimos años la corrupción ha alcanzado niveles alarmantes: cada año el costo de la corrupción equivale aproximadamente al 5% del producto mundial. En este contexto, el objetivo de este trabajo consiste en investigar la manera en que la corrupción y la estructura productiva inciden en el desarrollo socioeconómico de los países en desarrollo. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se utilizó el procedimiento de datos de panel dinámico para el período 2002-2014. Entre los principales resultados, se observa que la corrupción tiene un comportamiento no lineal en relación con el desarrollo. Asimismo, …
Competitiveness and its determinants: a systemic analysis for developing countries / Victor Medeiros, Lucas Gonçalves Godoi and Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- The gross domestic product (GDP) shares of the agriculture sector and the hydrocarbon and mining sector in the countries of South America between 1960 and 2014 / Pedro Henrique de Abreu Paiva and Carlos José Caetano Bacha .-- Green jobs in Argentina: opportunities to move forward with the environmental and social agenda / Christoph Ernst, Ana Sofía Rojo Brizuela and Daniele Epifanio .-- Income elasticities and inequality of poverty in urb…
With support from the Uruguay office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the first of two workshops aimed at training government officials in the theory and practice of Computable General Equilibrium Models (CGEM) took place at the Spanish Cooperation Training Center in Montevideo from Thursday, June 6 to Tuesday, June 11.
This tool allows for building equation systems that link merchandise markets, economic activities, production factors, institutions and foreign relations, in an integrated framework. They are based on Social Accounting Matrixes, and their …
Con el apoyo de la oficina en Uruguay de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), entre el jueves 6 y el martes 11 de junio se realizó en el Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Montevideo, el primero de dos talleres orientados a formar a funcionarios gubernamentales en la teoría y práctica de los Modelos de Equilibrio General Computable (MEGC).
Esta herramienta permite construir sistemas de ecuaciones que vinculan los mercados de mercancías, actividades económicas, factores productivos, instituciones y relaciones con el exterior, en un marco integrado.…
Com o apoio do escritório no Uruguai da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), de 6 e 11 de junho foi realizado no Centro de Formação da Cooperação Espanhola em Montevidéu o primeiro de dois workshops destinados a formar funcionários governamentais na teoria e prática dos Modelos de Equilíbrio Geral Computável (MEGC).
Essa ferramenta permite construir sistemas de equações que vinculam os mercados de mercadorias, atividades econômicas, fatores produtivos, instituições e relações com o exterior, num âmbito integrado. Baseiam-se em Matrizes de Contabilidade Social e se…
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli, reaffirmed today that equality is the foundation of sustainable development and is economically efficient, since it contributes to innovation, productivity growth and environmental protection, during a high-level debate held at United Nations headquarters in New York.
The senior official from ECLAC was one of the main speakers at the “General Assembly High-Level Thematic Debate: Addressing Inequality toward Inclusive Development,” which was convened by the global body’s Presiden…
El Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Mario Cimoli, reafirmó hoy que la igualdad es el fundamento del desarrollo sostenible y es eficiente económicamente, ya que contribuye a la innovación, a la productividad y a la protección ambiental, durante un debate de alto nivel realizado en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.
El alto funcionario de la CEPAL fue uno de los expositores principales del “Debate Temático de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General: Enfrentando la desigualdad hacia un desarrollo inclusivo”, que fue convocado por …
Equality is the basis of development and plays an instrumental role as the driver of sustainable development, contributing to innovation, increased productivity and environmental sustainability, according to Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who spoke today at a conference held in Mexico.
Bárcena offered a keynote presentation in Mexico City, at the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), to share the main conclusions of ECLAC’s institutional document entitled The Inefficiency of Inequalit…
La igualdad es fundamento del desarrollo y tiene un papel instrumental como impulsora del desarrollo sostenible, contribuyendo a la innovación, al aumento de la productividad y a la sostenibilidad ambiental. Así lo reafirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante una conferencia realizada en México.
Bárcena ofreció una presentación magistral en Ciudad de México, sede de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), para entregar las principales conclusiones del documento institucional de la CEPAL La Ineficiencia de…
Promoting greater equality not only helps guarantee people’s social and cultural rights, it is also a necessary condition for accelerating the growth of productivity, internalizing and spreading the digital revolution, moving toward environmental sustainability and providing an institutional framework that allows for taking action in a world in which great imbalances with enormous possibilities coexist, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today.
The senior United Nations official inaugurated the Inter-regional…
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