Informe estatístico da economía brasileira, julho 2015

ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 26 June, during which Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the…

ECLAC Explains in a Book the Validity of Neo-Structuralism to Generate New Policies

A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyzes in-depth the continued relevance of neo-structuralism’s postulates in light of the recent global and euro zone crises and proposes opening lines of dialogue between this school, of purely Latin American extraction, and other traditions such as heterodox currents of thought to promote a policy agenda that presents an alternative to the dominant economic paradigm. The book Neo-structuralism and Heterodox Currents in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Beginning of the XXI Century (only available …

CEPAL expone en un libro la vigencia del neoestructuralismo para generar nuevas políticas

Una nueva publicación de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) ahonda en la vigencia de los postulados neoestructuralistas a la luz de la reciente crisis internacional y de la zona euro y propone abrir vías de diálogo entre esta escuela, de creación netamente latinoamericana, y otras tradiciones de pensamiento como las corrientes heterodoxas para dar lugar a una agenda de políticas alternativa al paradigma económico dominante. El libro Neoestructuralismo y corrientes heterodoxas en América Latina y el Caribe a inicios del siglo XXI ha sido editado por la Secretaria Ejec…

CEPAL expõe em livro a vigência do neoestruturalismo para gerar novas políticas

Uma nova publicação da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) examina a vigência dos postulados neoestruturalistas à luz da recente crise internacional e da zona do euro e propõe abrir vias de diálogo entre esta escola, de criação nitidamente latino-americana, e outras tradições de pensamento, como as correntes heterodoxas, para dar lugar a uma agenda de políticas alternativa ao paradigma econômico dominante. O livro Neoestruturalismo e correntes heterodoxas na América Latina e no Caribe no início do século XXI foi editado pela Secretária Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena…

ECLAC Trains Officials of the Region in Assessment of Disasters

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through its Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, is strengthening the capacity of specialists and officials of Latin American and Caribbean countries to assess the damages and losses caused by disasters, with activities in Peru, Costa Rica and Saint Vicent and The Granadines. In the case of Peru, the training session in Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) was conducted in Cusco from 16 to 19 June at the request of the National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction. This course served as the first …

Los desafíos de América Latina y el Caribe frente al nuevo escenario global

Proposed digital agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2018)

Propuesta de agenda digital para América Latina y el Caribe (eLAC2018)

Annotated provisional agenda. Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Temario provisional anotado. Quinta Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe

Europa y América Latina y el Caribe: reforzar convergencias

Bruselas acoge a partir de este lunes un nuevo encuentro entre las y los líderes de Europa y América Latina y el Caribe, señal positiva de la voluntad compartida de reforzar puentes y consolidar vínculos que tienen profundas raíces en nuestro pasado y portentosas posibilidades para el futuro. Actualmente, la Unión Europea mantiene pactos comerciales con 26 países de América Latina y el Caribe, lo que la convierte en el socio extrarregional con la mayor red de convenios de comercio en la región, seguida por Estados Unidos, que mantiene acuerdos de libre comercio con 11 países. Si bien la Unión …

Educación, ciencia e innovación para el cambio estructural en América Latina y el Caribe

Implementation of the 2014-2015 programme of work: subprogramme 13: subregional activities in the Caribbean

This report highlights the activities carried out by ECLAC in the Caribbean subregion between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2015. Subprogramme 13 of the ECLAC programme of work 2014-2015 (“Subregional activities in the Caribbean”) covers the Commission’s work in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Anguilla, Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, C…

Temario provisional. Quinta Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe

Strengthening research and innovation capabilities

Infografía de Unidad de Desarrollo Económico

Infografía sobre los objetivos y acciones de la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico…

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015

In its latest edition, the Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean report analyzes in-depth the FDI received by the Caribbean, where these flows are much more significant than in the rest of the region as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The study also examines the impact of FDI on the environment, which has not been measured or regulated sufficiently by countries in the region…

La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2015

Además de examinar la evolución mundial de los flujos de inversión extranjera directa (IED), la presente edición de La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe detalla los montos recibidos por los países latinoamericanos y caribeños en 2014 y hace una proyección regional para 2015. El capítulo II está especialmente centrado en el estado actual de los flujos de IED del Caribe con un análisis país por país las tendencias de corto y mediano plazo de las entradas de IED de la región. También se discute la importancia de las empresas transcaribeñas. Finalmente, en el capítulo III …