South America: Exports in Goods.
January - December 2017 (in millions of current dollars)
Central America: Exports in Goods.
January - December 2017 (in millions of current dollars)
In 2017, the total exports of Latin America and the Caribbean reached US$ 978,632 million and imports were US$ 976,495 million. The trade surplus of US$ 2,137 million on the year reflected the region’s strong export growth following the decline in 2016. Both the region’s exports and imports rose with respect to 2016 with export growth outstripping the global average (+12.8% vs. +10.1%) and imports exp…
América del Sur: Exportaciones de bienes.
Enero a diciembre de 2017 (en millones de dólares corrientes)
América Central: Exportaciones de bienes.
Enero a diciembre de 2017 (en millones de dólares corrientes)
En 2017, las exportaciones totales de América Latina y el Caribe alcanzaron los 978.632 millones de dólares y las importaciones fueron de 976.495 millones de dólares. El superávit comercial de 2.137 millones de dólares en el año reflejó el fuerte crecimiento de las exportaciones de la región luego del descenso en 2016. Tanto las exportaciones como las importaciones de la regi…
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
British Virgin Island
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)…
Sistemas de información
La Sede Subregional en México de la CEPAL impulsa la conformación, desarrollo y divulgación de sistema de información de variables sobre desarrollo rural, agropecuario, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y cambio climático entre las instituciones nacionales y regionales de los países de la subregión: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, Honduras, Nicaragua, México, Panamá y la República Dominicana. En algunas iniciativas se incluye a Belice por ser parte del SICA.
Brinda asistencia técnica a instituciones nacionales directamente asociadas con sistemas de in…
Ramón Padilla, Jefe de la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico
Equipo:
Ana Luíza Matos
Jesús Santamaría
José Manuel Iraheta
Juan Carlos Rivas
Roberto Orozco
Guillermo Peredo
Verónica Quiróz
Selene Reyes…
In the area of Social Development, ECLAC Caribbean engages in three thematic areas, namely: social development; gender; and population affairs.
Social Development
ECLAC Caribbean seeks to achieve a better understanding among member states of how to formulate and implement social policies and programmes, and how to promote evidence based policy making and programming within the Caribbean.
Activities build the capacity of government officials, non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders to measure progress towards the attainment of the Internationally Agreed Development Goals …
ECLAC Caribbean seeks to advance the establishment of information and communications technologies (lCT) as a key driver of social and economic growth in Caribbean countries. To that end, ECLAC contributes to building human and institutional capacity through the conduct of workshops and convening of expert group meetings, as well as the provision of technical advisory services to member States.
ECLAC's research in this area emphasizes the role of knowledge management, and considers how the use of standardized methodologies can enable the systematic collection, creation and sharing of informatio…
ECLAC Caribbean seeks to advance the establishment of information and communications technologies (lCT) as a key driver of social and economic growth in Caribbean countries. To that end, ECLAC contributes to building human and institutional capacity through the conduct of workshops and convening of expert group meetings, as well as the provision of technical advisory services to member States.
ECLAC's research in this area emphasizes the role of knowledge management, and considers how the use of standardized methodologies can enable the systematic collection, creation and sharing of informatio…
ABOUT US
ECLAC has been a pioneer in the field of disaster assessment and in the development and dissemination of the Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology. In 1991, the experience gained by ECLAC in disaster assessment was compiled in the first edition of the Handbook for Disaster Assessment. The second edition of the Handbook was published in 2003. The methodology was again updated in the third edition of the Handbook for Disaster Impact Assessment, published in 2104, prepared as a joint effort between various divisions of ECLAC and with the active collaboration of the Pan Amer…
Team
Abdulkadri Abdullahi: Coordinator Statistics and Social Development Unit
Catarina Camarinhas: Social Affairs Officer
Francis Jones: Population Affairs Officer
Lydia Rosa Gény: Associate Social Affairs Officer
Candice Gonzales: Research Assistant
Colleen Skeete: Team Assistant
…
The global agreement set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for inclusive development to address social and gender inequalities, eliminate poverty and consolidate the economic, social and cultural rights of all. To move towards achieving those Goals, competencies must be developed over the life cycle that allow individuals to be integrated fully into the world of work.
In recent years, thanks to Norway’s cooperation, ECLAC has sought to strengthen the link between technical and vocational education and training and the labour market, making the issue a strategic pillar of th…
El acuerdo mundial establecido en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) aboga por un desarrollo inclusivo que combata las desigualdades sociales y las de género, elimine la pobreza y consolide los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales de todos. Para avanzar en ello es necesario desarrollar competencias a lo largo de la vida que permitan una plena inserción en el mundo laboral.
En los últimos años, gracias a la cooperación noruega, la CEPAL ha buscado fortalecer el vínculo entre la educación y formación técnico-profesional y el mercado del trabajo, posicionando el tema como un eje …
(2017-2018) The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development of the Dominican Republic requested support in identifying the training needs of the production sector. Technical assistance was provided to create an institutional framework for a permanent mechanism to identify and anticipate the country’s training needs.
(2017-2018) The Ministry of Labour of Colombia requested technical assistance with regard to implementing and validating a conceptual standardization process to unify criteria and broker an agreement among the different education and training institutions in the country.
(2016-20…
El Ministerio de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo de la República Dominicana solicitó apoyo en el trabajo de identificación de necesidades de formación del sector productivo. Se prestó asistencia técnica para la institucionalización de un mecanismo permanente para identificar y anticipar necesidades en materia de formación y capacitación en el país.
Por su parte, el Ministerio del Trabajo de Colombia solicitó asistencia técnica con el objetivo de implementar y validar un proceso de homologación conceptual que permitiera unificar criterios y lograr un acuerdo entre las diversas agencias inv…
Objective:
To contribute to knowledge generation and the design and implementation of public policies in conjunction with our partners to promote a sustainable and inclusive adaptation to climate change, integrating transition to environmentally sustainable economies with low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Sustainable and Inclusive Approach to Adaptation
The members of the Initiative of the Economics of Climate Change in Central America and the Dominican Republic, through diverse analyses and discussions on public policy options, have agreed to prioritize public measures and policies that con…
Objetivo:
Contribuir a la generación de conocimiento y el diseño e instrumentación de políticas públicas conjuntamente con nuestros socios para fomentar la adaptación sostenible e incluyente al cambio climático, integrando la transición a economías ambientalmente sostenibles y bajas en emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI).
Enfoque de Adaptación sostenible e incluyente
Los socios de la Iniciativa de la Economía del Cambio Climático en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana, en los diversos análisis y las discusiones sobre opciones de políticas públicas, llegaron a un conse…
Leda Peralta, Head of the Agricultural Development and Climate Change Unit
Lia Fain, Economic Affairs Officer
Lya Freitas, Economic Affairs Associate Officer
Jaime Olivares, Research Specialist (Economic Affairs Assistant)
Mario Ricardo, Knowledge Management Officer
Machel Pantin, Associate Statistician
María Teresa Álvarez, Programme Assistant…