There is much advocacy in the Caribbean regarding the need for evidence-based policy making, that is – policy making that is based on timely and reliable data regarding a particular economic and/or social problem, to promote good governance and facilitate enhanced policy and programme outcomes. However, the reality remains an elusive one for many Caribbean policy makers, who implement policies based on ideas, as well as ad hoc or outdated data.
Outside of the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America are countries where polic…
(29 June 2012) Citizen security and international recommendations on labour statistics will be the main topics addressed during the Eleventh Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to be celebrated in Quito, Ecuador, from 2-4 July.
Both issues will be discussed at two substantial seminars seeking, on the one hand, to share experiences on the calculation of citizen security indicators and invite proposals for improving and increasing the availability of comparable measurements …
(29 de junio, 2012) La seguridad ciudadana y las recomendaciones internacionales sobre estadísticas del trabajo serán los temas centrales que abordará la XI reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que se realizará en Quito, Ecuador, del 2 al 4 de julio.
Ambos temas se tratarán en dos seminarios sustantivos que buscarán, por un lado, discutir experiencias de cálculo de indicadores sobre seguridad ciudadana así como propuestas para mejorar y ampliar la disponibilidad de mediciones comparabl…
(29 December 2011) According to the thirteenth issue of the bulletin Challenges launched today by ECLAC and UNICEF, it is estimated that 10% of children under the age of five in Latin America and the Caribbean are not registered, which infringes their ability to exercise their social, economic, civil and cultural rights.
The article "A rights-based approach to birth registration in Latin America and the Caribbean", which is included in the latest issue of the joint publication, highlights that in total there are 6.5 million children without birth certificates in the region.
It indicates that…
(29 de diciembre, 2011) Se estima que 10 % de los niños y niñas menores de 5 años no son registrados oficialmente en América Latina y el Caribe, situación que atenta contra el pleno disfrute de sus derechos sociales, económicos, civiles y culturales, según el Boletín Desafíos Nº13 lanzado hoy por CEPAL y UNICEF.
En total, hay 6,5 millones de niños y niñas sin certificado de nacimiento en la región, plantea el artículo "Un enfoque de derechos para el registro de nacimiento en América Latina y el Caribe" incluido en el nuevo número de la publicación conjunta.
Contar con un registro universal sig…
This report is a contribution by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to an updated analysis of trade, investment and cooperation relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, preparatory to the Seventh European Union-Latin America Summit to be held in Santiago, Chile, in 2012. The publication forms part of ECLAC's 2010-2012 technical cooperation programme with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The Latin American economies have shown tremendous resilience in coping with the deep global economic…
This book shows how international policy cooperation can be beneficial even in the absence of strong real transmission channels between countries. “Cooperation for learning”, the approach to cooperation we present, works by allowing policymakers to exchange experiences and jointly learn how to address regular common policymaking challenges posed by different types of uncertainty.
Such cooperation is based on the establishment of links between policymakers and other institutions. International organizations like the United Nations can nurture and support such learning networks. In Latin America…
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