Propuesta de la Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, el Perú, San Vicente y las Granadinas y Trinidad y Tabago. Preámbulo

U.S. Economic Outlook: Recent developments

The U.S. economic expansion remains on track and it has entered its ninth year. January marked the 103th month of growth for the U.S. economy. By May, the current economic expansion will become the second longest on record.1 The unemployment rate sits at 4.1%, the lowest level since December 2000, suggesting the economy has reached, or nearly reached, full capacity.…

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

The Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, one of ECLAC’s most important annual reports, analyzes in its 2017 edition the economic performance of the region throughout the year, the international context and macroeconomic policies implemented by countries, while also providing an outlook for 2018.…

Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2017

El Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe, uno de los informes anuales más importantes de la CEPAL, analiza en su edición 2017 el desempeño económico de la región durante el año, el contexto internacional, las políticas macroeconómicas que los países han implementado y entrega perspectivas para 2018.…

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

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

Centroamérica y la República Dominicana: evolución económica en 2017 y perspectivas para 2018. Balance preliminar

Este documento presenta un balance preliminar de las economías de Centroamérica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá) y la República Dominicana (CARD) en 2017 y ofrece perspectivas para 2018. Es un análisis de coyuntura elaborado por la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico (UDE) de la Sede Subregional de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en México, con información disponible al 30 de enero de 2018.…

Report of the Eighth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Eighth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional Action Plan for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016-2036

The Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAP) seeks to be the regional expression of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). It promotes evidence-based policy making, setting out potential actions and interventions as well as relevant and priority policy guidance for all Latin American and Caribbean countries towards the achievement of sustainable urban development. The RAP supports a shift towards a new urban paradigm that recognizes the city as a macro-level public good, where the economic, social, cultural and environmental rights of al…

Plan de acción regional para la implementación de la nueva agenda urbana en América Latina y el Caribe, 2016-2036

El Plan de Acción Regional para la Implementación de la Nueva Agenda Urbana en América Latina y el Caribe (PAR) pretende ser la expresión regional de la Nueva Agenda Urbana (NAU). El PAR promueve la elaboración de políticas basadas en evidencia de las dinámicas de la urbanización, y establece recomendaciones de acciones e intervenciones potenciales, así como también orientación política relevante y prioritaria para todos los países en América Latina y el Caribe para el logro del desarrollo urbano sostenible. Asimismo, el PAR fomenta un cambio hacia un nuevo paradigma urbano que reconoce la ciu…

The Hummingbird Vol.5 No.2

Provisional agenda. Ninth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional. Novena Reunión del Comité de Negociación del Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe

Monitoring trade agreements: improving export performance and promoting industrialization in the goods-producing economies of the Caribbean

This study focuses on the identification of the challenges and capacity constraints faced by enterprises in the sub-region in exploiting trade opportunities provided by Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Partial Scope Agreements (PSAs). It concentrates on the goods sector and case studies for Belize, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, and seeks to develop a strategic framework aimed at addressing these challenges and constraints, thereby creating a platform for economic diversification and export expansion. It explores the recent trade performance of the countries in question under selected trad…

Economic impact of de-risking on the Caribbean: Case studies of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis

This study examines the impact of de-risking on the study countries—bank and non-bank sectors. The study approach is based on survey instruments, consultations and analysis of secondary data. The impacts that have been observed, to date, have generally been discounted in most analysis as “anecdotal” and not valid for “reliable inference”1. However, in small economies such as those in this study what is anecdotal may be indeed reasonable for inference. The typically small number of banks as well as their dominance in the financial sectors of these small states suggests that reduced banking serv…

A global value chain analysis of offshore medical universities in the Caribbean

This study is intended to be exploratory in nature. It seeks a better understanding of i) how the OMU cluster emerged; ii) the characteristics of the offshore medical universities in the Caribbean cluster; iii) the contribution of the offshore medical universities to the economy of the host Caribbean countries; and iv) the prospects for enhancing the educational quality, and value added captured by the Caribbean in the medical value chain.…

Caribbean development report: A perusal of public debt in the Caribbean and its impact on economic growth

This paper examines the genesis and evolution of debt and debt overhang in the Caribbean with individual case studies, to extract lessons and make broad recommendations with regard to appropriate mechanisms and policy measures that can be implemented to reduce the debt burden of the subregion. The econometric model utilized in the paper has shown that a one percent increase on debt to GDP ratio causes a 0.015decline in real GDP growth for the countries in the Caribbean panel, suggesting that debt has a pernicious effect on growth on Caribbean economies. What is even more worrisome was that Car…

Inclusão financeira para a inserção produtiva de empresas de menor porte na América Latina: Inovações, determinantes e práticas de instituições financeiras do desenvolvimento. Informe regional

Este informe examina se e como os bancos públicos de países selecionados da América Latina promovem a inclusão financeira para a inserção produtiva de empresas de menor porte. O foco da análise é se estas instituições inovaram no sentido de implementar instrumentos financeiros —financiamento, fundos de garantia e assistência técnica— adequados ao perfil da demanda preponderante entre as empresas de menor porte: capacitação empresarial em desenvolvimento e relacionada a atividades econômicas de baixa complexidade e alta sensibilidade ao ciclo econômico. O informe demonstra que: i) os bancos púb…

Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2017

Although the growth performance has been mixed in the Caribbean year, on averaged the economies posted an economic growth of 0.7 per cent in 2016. The goods producers achieved -3.1 per cent growth, due to weak commodity prices. While the service producers achieved 2.1 growth. Despite the anemic growth performance, the region managed to decrease its unemployment rate to 11.2 per cent in 2016, relative to the 15.2 per cent experienced in the previous year.…