Dinámica de la Población y Desarrollo en el Caribe

Pobreza y población

CEPAL Review no.57

Revista de la CEPAL no.57

Notas de Población N° 62

Notas sobre la economía y el desarrollo de América Latina Año 1995 N° 585/586

Los fundamentos de la política industrial: cambio técnico y estrategias empresariales

Dinámica de la población y desarrollo en el Caribe

Una perspectiva transcultural de las transferencias intergeneracionales

Género y población: otro desafío para la equidad

Población y desarrollo: tendencias y nuevos desafíos

El apoyo a las iniciativas empresariales de los pobres: Experiencias en el Istmo Centroamericano, México y la República Dominicana

Experiencias en el Istmo Centroamericano, México y la República Dominicana En este documento se evalúa el potencial que ofrece el apoyo a las iniciativas empresariales de los pobres, como política para superar su situación, en ocho países de la Subregión Norte de América Latina y el Caribe. Aunque es promisoria esta política que ataca las causas de la pobreza —la insuficiente generación de ingresos—, presenta limitaciones en sus alcances. Así, el abatimiento de la pobreza —de peso mayoritario en varios países— se hace depender primeramente de condiciones macroeconómicas favorables dentro de u…

La inserción de la mujer en los nuevos paradigmas productivos

Regulación, competencias y gestión descentralizada de los proyectos de vías, agua potable y saneamiento básico, educación y salud: el caso de Colombia

Democracy and development

Address delivered by H.E. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, on the occasion of his visit to ECLAC Headquarters Santiago, Chile, 3 March 1995. Document is available for download.…

Can growth and equity go hand in hand?

This article presents the issue in the context of the theoretical and empirical debate, started by Kuznets, on the possibility of achieving growth with equity. The conclusion is that there is no inevitable conflict between these two goals, provided that economic policy promotes the areas of complementarity between growth and equity. It therefore rejects the approaches which assume that there is an insoluble conflict between these objectives, such as the trickle-down theory (which stoically accepts that such a conflict exists and proposes that those affected should wait as long as i…

Pension system reform in Latin America

When reforming pension systems, the arguments used must be carefully studied, since changes may involve substantial economic, social and political costs. The reforms which are being carried out in the region reflect this dilemma and are the result of various compromises affecting the new system as regards: i); the degree to which the benefits provided by the system and the administration of its reserve funds are isolated from the political process; ii); the necessary regulation and supervision of the markets with which the system interacts in order to effect the financial intermediation of its…

Economic relations between Latin America and the high-performing Asian developing economies

This study examines South-South economic relations in the context of regionalism. It covers three Latin American countries and eight high-performing Asian developing economies. Although the level of trade and investment between these two groups is currently very low, trade is growing fast and there are indications that the potential for continued growth exists. Although regionalism is advancing in both these parts of the world, it has so far not affected the ties between the two groups of countries, and in fact inter-regional trade growth has recently been exceeding intra-regional …

The kaleidoscope of competitiveness

Competitiveness has become one of the main standards governing the ever-changing interplay of interests at the international level. Trade liberalization, structural adjustments, the retooling of production, intelligent coexistence with our natural resources, the struggle to eliminate poverty --all are viewed, in one way or another, through the prism of competitiveness. This has transformed competitiveness into some sort of compulsory principle by which international status is measured and which influences the formulation and implementation of business strategies and national polici…

How much can we spend on education?

The technology employed by Latin America's educational systems was developed by the countries which are now industrialized. This technology is labour-intensive, with expenditures being concentrated in the salaries of teaching staff and administrative personnel, and its effective utilization -as it is applied in the industrialized countries- entails a high level of expenditure per student. In line with recommendations made by international agencies, many Governments in the region have voiced their intention to raise the amount they spend on education to between 6% and 8% of the gross domes…