The Caribbean Outlook. Summary

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development Roundtable meeting in Suriname

What: Seventh (7th) meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable. When: 12 to 13 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 8 am). Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname. Background Information The Caribbean Development Roundtable brings together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as o…

Economic development patterns in the six nations of Central America (1950–2018): Executive summary

This publication presents an overview of the history of growth and structural transformations in the six Central American countries between the mid-20th century and the end of the 2010s. The authors identify lights and shadows in the historical experience of countries to illuminate reflection on future development strategies and policies. The analysis is based in the historical-structural approach of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), whose purpose is to examine the movement in the national productive and social structures over time, considering the endowment of r…

Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: First eight months of 2022

Against a backdrop of tightening global financing conditions, total Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets in the first eight months of 2022 was down more than 50% from the same period in 2021. International bond issuance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds —including green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds— from the region also slowed in the first eight months of 2022, albeit less markedly than total issuance. The share of these bonds in the region’s total issuance increased to 34% from 31% in the year-earlier period. Capital …

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Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe 2022: Dinâmica e desafios do investimento para impulsionar uma recuperação sustentável e inclusiva. Resumo executivo

Em sua edição que corresponde a 2022, o Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe consta de três partes. A primeira resume o desempenho da economia regional em 2021 e analisa sua evolução nos primeiros meses de 2022, bem como as perspectivas de crescimento para este mesmo ano. Também examina os fatores externos e internos que incidiram no desempenho econômico da região em 2021 e sua evolução em 2022, bem como a maneira em que condicionarão o crescimento econômico nos próximos anos. A segunda parte do relatório expõe alguns dos principais desafios em matéria de investimento que a região en…

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Proposed Programme of Work for 2023. Subprogramme 12: Subregional activities in the Caribbean. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Proyecto de Programa de Trabajo para 2023. Subprograma 12: actividades subregionales en el Caribe. Vigesimonoveno período de sesiones del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

Proposed Programme of Work for 2022. Subprogramme 12: Subregional activities in the Caribbean. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Proyecto de Programa de Trabajo para 2022. Subprograma 12: actividades subregionales en el Caribe. Vigesimonoveno período de sesiones del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

Provisional agenda. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Implementation of the 2021 programme of work. Subprogramme 12: subregional activities in the Caribbean

Experts Address New Challenges of International Cooperation and Their Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development

Experts from international and multilateral organizations, along with government officials from various Latin American and Caribbean countries, participated in a high-level seminar on the new challenges of international cooperation and their importance for furthering the region’s development in a complex context such as the current one. The event, entitled New challenges and new perspectives on international cooperation: Development approaches from Latin America and the Caribbean, took place on September 13-14 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

Expertos abordaron nuevos retos de la cooperación internacional y su impacto en el desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe

Expertos de organismos internacionales y multilaterales, junto a funcionarios de gobierno de varios países de América Latina y el Caribe, participaron en un seminario de alto nivel sobre los nuevos retos y desafíos de la cooperación internacional, y su importancia para impulsar el desarrollo de la región en un contexto complejo como el actual. El encuentro, titulado Nuevos retos y nuevas perspectivas de la cooperación internacional: enfoques para el desarrollo desde América Latina y el Caribe, se efectuó el 13 y 14 de septiembre en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Cari…

Resilient and affordable housing in the Caribbean: Policy recommendations towards a transformative, green and inclusive recovery strategy. Policy Brief

The Caribbean faces multidimensional vulnerabilities driven by climate change and aggravated by Small Island Developing States’ natural and economic characteristics (SIDS). A critical natural feature of SIDS is the extreme vulnerability to climate-change-induced events. Economically, the Caribbean has followed the global trend of seeing its urban areas swell during the last decades. Moreover, the region’s coastal areas expose human settlements, infrastructure, and businesses to external shocks, such as climate change-induced extreme weather events. In addition, the 2019 novel coronavirus disea…

Factores asociados con el desempeño de las actividades de cuidado en el Brasil: análisis de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Continua (PNAD Continua) de 2019

El presente artículo analiza los factores asociados al cuidado en el Brasil a partir de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Continua del Instituto Brasileño de Geografía y Estadística de 2019. A través de modelos de regresión logística, se estiman las tasas de cuidado en función de diversas características económicas, demográficas y de composición de los hogares. Entre los resultados, cabe destacar que las mujeres continúan siendo las principales responsables de las actividades de cuidado en el Brasil; en concreto, las mujeres de 25 a 49 años concentran la mayor parte de la oferta de cuidados. A m…

Homogamia educativa y disminución de la desigualdad económica en el Ecuador

Los datos indican que la homogamia educativa aumenta cuanto mayor es la desigualdad económica. Una mayor desigualdad podría incrementar la importancia de los aspectos económicos al elegir pareja, así como las barreras entre los grupos sociales. Los datos provienen sobre todo de contextos donde la desigualdad ha aumentado. Sin embargo, ¿qué sucede cuando disminuye? En este trabajo se examina el caso del Ecuador en el período comprendido entre 2000 y 2017, con el objetivo de analizar los cambios en los niveles y los patrones de homogamia educativa cuando la desigualdad en los ingresos disminuye.…