En 2012 se envió al Congreso de Chile un Plan Garantizado de Salud para el sistema privado de salud, diseñado para ofrecer un plan de características estandarizadas y tarifa plana. En este trabajo se evalúa el impacto que tendría en la demanda de seguros de salud la introducción de este plan. Los resultados sugieren que la cartera del seguro privado disminuiría un 12,39%, lo que significa que alrededor de 400.000 personas se cambiarían al sistema público, exacerbando el problema de selección adversa que enfrenta el sistema y acarreando un pasivo fiscal de 200 millones de dólares anuales.…
Em 2017, a América Latina e o Caribe enfrentaram um contexto externo mais favorável no âmbito real e financeiro. No âmbito real, a economia mundial cresceria a uma taxa de 2,9%, cifra superior aos 2,4% alcançados em 2016. A melhora no crescimento foi quase generalizada e beneficiou tanto as economias desenvolvidas como as emergentes, que mostraram uma aceleração no ritmo de crescimento durante o ano. A taxa estimada de crescimento para as primeiras em 2017 é de 2,1% (frente a 1,6% em 2016), enquanto a taxa estimada para as segundas é de 4,5% (frente a 4,0% em 2016). Prevê-se que este contexto …
The Debt Swap initiative, which was first presented at ECLAC’s Caribbean Development Roundtable in Saint Kitts and Nevis early in 2016,is a mechanism intended to address at once the crippling debt of the Caribbean and their need to generate the resources needed to finance resilience building measures. It is an innovative strategy that involves harnessing concessionary flows to transform the debt of the region into a source of investment in resilience, while at the same time re-energizing growth and promoting economic transformation in the economies of the subregion, through investment in…
Thirty-two public officials, senior officers and decision makers from several Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) countries gathered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week, to gain a better understanding of the tools needed to provide deeper trade analysis that would support future Economic Union trade negotiations among members of the OECS.
Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the workshop introduced participants to a suite of cutting-edge digital tools that will bolster their ability to analyse national trade compe…
Representatives from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented this Monday 20 November the organization’s debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal for the Caribbean nations striken by the recent hurricane season, during a high level conference being held in the United Nations’ headquarters in New York until Tuesday 21 November.
The CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference: “Building a more Climate Resilient Community”, was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and looks to mobilis…
Representantes de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presentaron este lunes 20 de noviembre la propuesta del organismo para aliviar la deuda de las naciones del Caribe que han sido golpeadas por la reciente temporada de huracanes, mediante el canje de instrumentos para la adaptación al cambio climático, durante una conferencia de alto nivel que se realiza en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York hasta el martes 21.
La Conferencia de donantes de CARICOM-ONU: “Construyendo una Comunidad más Resiliente al Clima” fue convocada por la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM)…
ECLAC’s Deputy Director, Dr. Dillon Alleyne, attended the 49th Annual Monetary Conference which took place in Belize City from 8-10 November 2017, and presented a paper on strategies to model Caribbean economies in light of the emphasis on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).
The response to the Caribbean’s high debt burden has thus far focused on raising taxes and curbing expenditure, despite sluggish domestic and external demand, in order to reduce government’s borrowing requirements and stabilise the debt overhang.
Dr. Alleyne noted that since the global econ…