Annotated provisional agenda. Twelfth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Report on training workshop on the use of the ECLAC damage and loss assessment (DALA) methodology for the evaluation of natural resources

Provisional agenda. Thirteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

New directions for development banking in the Caribbean: financing to take advantage of unlimited supplies of labour skills and entrepreneurship

Abstract In the early 1980s, within the wider structural adjustment and liberalisation framework, financial sector reform were initiated to allow greater facility of market forces in the pricing and allocation of financial resources. The sector has been increasingly liberalised since then with subsequent on-going reform addressing the legislative and regulatory frameworks. The on-going reforms have sought to improve resource flows for productive investment. Nevertheless, there are persistent fractures and imperfections in the credit market. Development banking seeks to define and reso…

Indicators for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Woman

This report proposes a series of gender indicators as instruments to support Member States of the United Nations in monitoring the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, by virtue of which all Latin American and Caribbean countries, among others, have agreed to guarantee the exercise of the rights established by the Convention, and to adopt all necessary measures to ensure the exercise of those rights. The purpose of these indicators is to highlight the scale and intensity of the different forms of gender inequity within a framework that facilitates interna…

Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies: Final regional workshop of the project 2023

Institutionalizing sound evidence-based sustainable development policies in the Caribbean requires quality, timely, and accessible climate change and disasters indicators that are harmonized and comparable across countries.…

A cinco años de que se cumpla el plazo de la Agenda 2030, altas autoridades y expertos examinarán los desafíos de América Latina y el Caribe en la octava reunión del Foro de los Países sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible

Altas autoridades de gobiernos de América Latina, el Caribe y otras regiones del mundo, así como funcionarios y expertos del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas, organismos internacionales y regionales, sector privado, academia y sociedad civil, se darán cita en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile del 31 de marzo al 4 de abril en la octava reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible para examinar los progresos y desafíos en el logro de la Agenda 2030 en la región, a cinco años de que se cumpla su plazo. Ya está confirmada la asiste…

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Vincent and The Grenadines are no exception. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.…

The production of statistical data and information in the Caribbean: proposals for increasing efficiency in this sphere

Introduction Much has been written on the difficulty of obtaining statistical data on the Caribbean. Many commentators have examined the problem from several angles, including the organization of the statistical offices, the issue of training and the issue of budgetary resources that impose an upper limit to the size of staff that can be employed at the statistical office. While there is much to say about any of the issues given as examples of the facets of the problem, in the final analysis the management of limited statistical resources is at the core of the data poverty. Th…

E-commerce and export promotion policies for small- and medium-sized enterprises: East Asian and Latin American experiences

Abstract As in other parts of the world, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America are important generators of employment while contributing to establishing certain social as well as regional 'equilibria' in the development process within the country. However, SMEs in Latin America are much less 'export-oriented'than their East Asian counterparts. SMEs in Latin America tend to produce import substitutes and non tradables while manufactured exports are still produced by large firms in relativelycapital-intensive ways. In contrast, many East Asian SMEs are…

Presidente de Costa Rica, Vicesecretaria General de la ONU y Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL inaugurarán quinta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible

El Presidente de Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, la Vicesecretaria General de las Naciones Unidas, Amina Mohammed, y la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, participarán en la sesión inaugural de la quinta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se realizará del 7 al 9 de marzo de 2022 en Costa Rica, país que ejerce la presidencia pro témpore de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Ya está confirmada la asistencia al encuentro de más de 750 personas entre representantes de gobiernos, instituciones inte…

The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009

In order to give decision makers in this Hemisphere a consensual reference document,the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the UnitedNations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Inter-American Institutefor Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) decided to join forces to prepare this report ontrends in the agricultural sector and rural areas. It is based on a common data base and aseries of indicators available to all interested parties at www.agriruralc.org.These three institutions intend to make this document the first of a regular series ofpublications, w…

Impact of changes in the European Union import regimes for sugar, banana and rice on selected CARICOM countries

This document examines the effects on CARICOM countries of changes in the EU import regimes for banana, rice and sugar. Changes have been pursued by the EU since the formation of the Single Market in 1992 and were determined by both internal and external factors - cost to the EU budget and WTO requirements, respectively. Changes were made to tariff quotas affecting mainly non ACP exports of bananas to the EU market; reduction in the price of sugar in the EU market and reduction in both price and tariffs in the EU rice market.…

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2008-2009: Crisis and opportunities for regional cooperation

La edición 2008-2009 del Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe se divide en tres capítulos. En el capítulo I se analiza la coyuntura económica internacional con una mirada de mediano plazo. Se presta especial atención a las variables que más pueden modificar el escenario global y afectar la inserción internacional de las economías de América Latina y el Caribe. Como ejemplo de los cambios que está generando o acentuando la crisis cabe destacar la creciente importancia de las economías emergentes, con el consiguiente impacto sobre las corrientes comerciales de la…

Saint Kitts and Nevis: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Kitts and Nevis is no exception. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.…

Vicesecretaria General de la ONU, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL y otras altas autoridades inaugurarán séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible

La Vicesecretaria General de las Naciones Unidas, Amina Mohammed; el Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, y otras altas autoridades inaugurarán la séptima reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebrará del 15 al 18 de abril en la sede principal de la comisión regional en Santiago, Chile. Ya está confirmada la asistencia de más de 1.000 personas entre representantes de gobiernos, instituciones internacionales, del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas, sector …

Regional training workshop on the development of REDATAM applications for the dissemination of population and housing census data

The overall objective of this regional workshop is to train statisticians, experts in statistical computing, and IT specialists from Suriname, Guyana and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the use of the REDATAM software for web dissemination of census and survey data.…

Resolution 741(XXXVIII) Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010

We are pleased to present the second edition of _e Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: a Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, jointly prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The purpose of the report is to contribute information and analysis to the complex decision-making process regarding agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The last two years have been…

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…