(2 de dezembro de 2014) O crescimento da América Latina e do Caribe se recuperará em 2015 e chegará a 2,2% em média, segundo novas estimativas apresentadas hoje pela CEPAL.
De acordo com o organismo regional das Nações Unidas, este aumento moderado ocorrerá em um contexto de uma lenta e heterogênea recuperação da economia mundial, com queda nos preços das matérias-primas e um escasso dinamismo da demanda externa da região, além do aumento da incerteza financeira.
O desempenho da economia mundial no futuro terá efeitos diferentes entre os países e sub-regiões em 2015, tal como se observou no de…
The Caribbean economy has experienced increased growth in the last year, moving from 1.4% in 2013 to 1.8% in 2014, with even more positive prospects for 2015, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the launch of the flagship report: “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014”.
This was presented by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on 2 December 2014, and was broadcast online and via videoconference.
Following this launch, the ECLAC subregional headq…
Development banking in the region has made efforts to facilitate the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), given that most of their financing programs include these companies among their targets (92 %), establish flexible terms (36 %) and demand guarantees or endorsements adjusted to their possibilities, according to a report recently published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The figures of the study Financing of International Trade and the Role of Development Banking in Latin America and the Caribbean (available on…
La banca de desarrollo en la región ha realizado esfuerzos por facilitar la internacionalización de las pymes dado que la mayoría de sus programas de financiamiento incluyen a estas empresas entre sus destinatarios (92 %), establecen plazos flexibles (36 %) y les exigen garantías o avales ajustándose a sus posibilidades, según destaca un informe publicado recientemente por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
Las cifras del estudio El financiamiento del comercio internacional y el rol de la banca de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe proceden de una nu…
Os bancos de desenvolvimento da região têm realizado esforços para facilitar a internacionalização das PME, dado que a maioria de seus programas de financiamento incluem estas empresas entre seus destinatários (92%), estabelecem prazos flexíveis (36%) e exigem garantias ou avais ajustando-se a suas possibilidades, segundo destaca um relatório publicado recentemente pela Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL).
As cifras do estudo O financiamento do comércio internacional e o papel dos bancos de desenvolvimento na América Latina e no Caribe procedem de uma nova bas…
Caribbean governments are set to gain greater capacity in the management of public finance since during the next three years, the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will help deepen the expertise of policy makers and finance managers in the application of methods and procedures for better management and forecasting of public expenditure, revenue and debt.
The recent global economic crisis was particularly severe on the economies of the Caribbean, especially those that depend heavily on services for their economic growth. It has exacerbated already existing high-levels of debt for…
Los gobiernos del Caribe están listos para obtener una mayor capacidad en el manejo de las finanzas públicas durante los próximos tres años. En este período la Sede Subregional de la CEPAL para el Caribe ayudará a profundizar la experiencia de los encargados de formular políticas y de los administradores financieros en la aplicación de métodos y procedimientos para un mejor manejo y pronóstico de los gastos, ingresos y deudas públicas.
La reciente crisis económica global fue particularmente severa para las economías del Caribe, especialmente para aquellas que dependen fuertemente de los servic…
Os governos do Caribe estão prontos para obter uma maior capacidade na gestão das finanças públicas durante os próximos três anos. A Sede Sub-Regional da CEPAL para o Caribe ajudará a aprofundar a experiência dos encarregados de formular políticas e dos administradores financeiros na aplicação de métodos e procedimentos para uma melhor gestão e prognóstico da despesa, receita e dívida pública.
A recente crise econômica global foi particularmente severa para as economias do Caribe, especialmente aquelas que dependem fortemente dos serviços para seu crescimento econômico. Isto exacerbou os já al…
Through the astute analysis of official statistics, we can gather a more complete picture of the economic performance of a given country, and understand more fully what have been its drivers, leading to a more effective use of national resources and a more efficient design of policy options. However, the myriad of information and numerical data across the system of macroeconomic statistics can be challenging to interpret in a straightforward manner. In order to synthetically assess economic performance across countries in Latin America we propose the use of a composite indicator, which builds …
Using a new database of quarterly data for 21 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean for the 1990-2012 period, this document shows that the duration of GDP contractions appears to be a rather robust indicator of real volatility, and is negatively correlated with long run growth in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period. These results are consistent with different theoretical hypotheses in the literature that relate the duration of GDP contractions with economic growth. They also show that the relationship between real volatility and economic growth in the region is robust to …
El cambio climátio tiene impactos significativos sobre las actividades económicas, las condiciones sociales y los escosistemas a través de diversos canales de transmisión. El objetivo de esta publicación es brindar una aproximación sobre la magnitud de estos efectos en el empleo en la región.…
This article presents three stylized facts that characterized the evolution of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 2003-2012 and represented breaks from previous trends. It is argued that these changes have to do with the economic and production context and the political and institutional framework. We show how the magnitude and patterns of economic growth impact on the nature of job creation, especially on shifts within and between economic sectors and the various segments of different productivity levels. We emphasize how changes in labour institutions have contri…
En este artículo se presentan tres hechos estilizados que caracterizaron a la evolución de los mercados laborales de América Latina y el Caribe en el período comprendido entre 2003 y 2012 y que representan quiebres de tendencia respecto de la evolución previa. Se argumenta que estos cambios se relacionan con el contexto económico-productivo y el marco político-institucional. Se muestra cómo la magnitud y las pautas del crecimiento económico incidieron en las características de la generación de empleo, subrayando la repercusión de cambios entre y dentro de los sectores económicos y de los segme…
This article analyses the share of total income represented by employment earnings in the countries of Latin America over the last two decades. It first considers the wage share of gross domestic product (gdp) and then adds in the earnings of self-employed workers. The findings indicate that both total wages and total earnings declined as a share of gdp in most of the region’s countries over the period, although there were some exceptions. The reduction in earnings inequality seen over the past decade was not usually accompanied by an increase in the gdp share of earnings. This means that the …
En este artículo se analiza la participación de los ingresos laborales en el ingreso total en los países de América Latina durante las últimas dos décadas. Primero se considera la participación de la masa de salarios en el producto interno bruto (PIB), para luego incorporar los ingresos laborales de los trabajadores independientes. Los resultados indican que tanto el peso de la masa salarial como el del total de ingresos laborales en el PIB han caído durante el período en la mayoría de los países de la región, aunque con algunas excepciones. La merma en la desigualdad del ingreso laboral en la…
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