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

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…

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…

Finaliza el primer seminario "Escenarios Energéticos de Largo Plazo (LTES)”, realizado en el marco del Foro Regional de Planificadores Energéticos

Con éxito finalizó el primer seminario de la serie “Escenarios Energéticos de Largo Plazo (LTES)”, coorganizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe de las Naciones Unidas (CEPAL), en conjunto con la Agencia Internacional de Energías Renovables (IRENA), y el programa GET.transform. La actividad se realizó en el marco del Foro Técnico de Planificadores Energéticos (FOREPLEN) de la CEPAL y contó con las exposiciones de las máximas autoridades de la Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) de Brasil y la Unidad de Planeación Minero-Energética (UPME) de Colombia. El evento fue una…

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)

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)

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

Damage and Loss Assessment Methodology and Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction

Language: English Target Audience: The course is aimed primarily at key actors in the process of planning, implementing, following up and monitoring Agenda 2030 for the achievement of sustainable development objectives. The course is mainly aimed to government officials from ministries of planning, public works and national emergency offices in charge of the development and implementation of strategies for disaster risk reduction Duration: During this 4-week course, lessons will be enabled for students on a weekly basis. Each lesson has an estimated duration of 10 hours and should be completed…

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…

Annotated provisional agenda. Twentieth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Report on the status of the Regular System of Government Financing for the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

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

Report on the status of the Regular System of Government Finance for the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

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

Foro virtual: Desafíos para la planificación y el monitoreo de la Agenda 2030 en América Latina y el Caribe

La CEPAL y la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, representada por los tres proyectos, Programa de Cooperación CEPAL-BMZ/giz, ProAgenda 2030 en Bolivia, y el Programa Global Nexus tienen el agrado de invitar al foro virtual “Desafíos para la planificación y el monitoreo de la Agenda 2030 en América Latina y el Caribe”. El foro virtual forma parte de un workstream de GADeR-ALC – que es la red sectorial Gestión Ambiental y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina y el Caribe de la GIZ en América Latina y el Caribe. La Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible y sus 17 O…