Haïti est un cas emblématique, une situation in extremis pour analyser et discuter sur la Coopération internationale pour le développement. Après le séisme de janvier 2010, la communauté internationale mobilisa d’importantes ressources pour aider à affronter la situation d’urgence à travers l’aide humanitaire et des projets de coopération pour le développement. Qu’en est-il maintenant? Qu’est-ce que ces actions ont vraiment représenté? Est-ce que des processus de développement réellement durable ont été déclenchés en Haïti? Qu’en pensent les acteurs haïtiens?
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In the Caribbean, there are approximately 1.3 million persons with a disability of some kind and some 250,000 persons with a significant disability. These numbers are projected to increase dramatically in the coming decades as the population of the subregion ages and given the global increase in chronic health conditions.
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) face a range of physical, social, attitudinal and institutional barriers that prevent their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. As a result, they experience less favorable outcomes in health, education, …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, met this Monday, September 23, with Prime Ministers Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, Allen Chastanet of Saint Lucia, and Ralph Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to review progress on the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap Initiative, including the creation of a resilience fund proposed by the Commission for small island Caribbean states.
During the meeting – which took place in the framework of the Climate Action Summit and the 74th session of the United Nations Gene…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, se reunió este lunes 23 de septiembre con los Primeros Ministros de Antigua y Barbuda, Gaston Browne, de Santa Lucía, Allen Chastanet, y de San Vicente y las Granadinas, Ralph Gonsalves, para revisar los avances de la iniciativa de canje de deuda por adaptación al cambio climático, incluyendo la creación de un fondo de resiliencia propuesto por la Comisión para los pequeños Estados insulares del Caribe.
Durante la reunión, que tuvo lugar en el marco de la Cumbre sobre la Acción Climática y…
Venture capital (VC) contributes to the financing of high-growth companies. In Latin America and the Caribbean, this capital is lower than in China and India as well as the developed economies. Nonetheless, between 2005 and 2011, regional VC investments grew by 30% per year. Venture capital investments in Latin America and the Caribbean tend to be larger, focus less on high-technology industries and are more likely to be funded from abroad than those in benchmark regions. Transactions in Latin America and the Caribbean are made by less experienced investors and in fewer rounds than in comparat…
El capital de riesgo contribuye al financiamiento de empresas de alto crecimiento. En América Latina y el Caribe este capital es menor que en las economías desarrolladas y menor que en China y la India. Sin embargo, en 2005-2011, el capital de riesgo regional creció un 30% anual. Comparado con regiones de referencia, las inversiones en capital de riesgo en América Latina y el Caribe tienden a ser más grandes, se centran menos en sectores de alta tecnología y es más probable que se financien desde el extranjero. Las transacciones de capital de riesgo en la región son realizadas por inversionist…
This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and financial development in Brazil. To this end, a data panel is constructed of all the Brazilian states for the period 1995–2014, with appropriate control variables and proxies for economic growth and financial development. The relationship is analysed for five different indicators of financial development, with a view to capturing its different aspects. Flexible regression modelling determines the direction of this relationship, characterizing it as linear or non-linear for each financial development indicator. It is concluded tha…
En el presente trabajo se investiga la relación entre crecimiento económico y desarrollo financiero en el Brasil. Para ello, se construye un panel de todos los estados brasileños relativo al período 1995-2014, con variables de control apropiadas y variables sustitutivas para el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo financiero. Se analiza esta relación para cinco indicadores distintos de desarrollo financiero, con miras a captar diferentes aspectos de este. Por medio del modelado de regresión flexible se determina la dirección de esta relación y se la caracteriza como lineal o no lineal para ca…
Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…
Un requisito fundamental para la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) es contar con una educación de calidad, accesible e inclusiva (Objetivo 4). Las investigaciones han demostrado que las inversiones en capital humano —ya sea por parte del sector público, las empresas o los hogares— tienen gran impacto en el desempeño económico y el bienestar individual y social.
El papel de la educación y formación técnica y profesional en este proceso es clave, especialmente cuando la economía mundial y regional experimentan importantes cambios. El mundo del trabajo evoluciona con rap…
A key pre-requisite for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is accessible and inclusive quality education (SDG 4). Research has shown that investments in human capital —by the public sector, by firms and by households— have a significant impact on economic performance as well as individual and social wellbeing.
The role of technical and vocation education and training (TVET) in this process is key, especially as the global and regional economy undergoes significant changes. The world of work is evolving rapidly, as productive structures adapt to the shifts induced by the emergence of n…
This paper analyses the role that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have played in financing development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and what their role will be in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a context where multilateralism is severely questioned, donor countries are moving their resources away from middle-income countries, and MDBs' lending represents a decreasing share of total debt in the region, we show that there is room for MDBs to continue being relevant players.…
The current international political and economic context has meant that Caribbean countries face a difficult situation today in diverse areas, ranging from the effects of natural disasters to a shortage of resources, complex access to financing, narrow fiscal space for introducing social reforms, and the burden of high levels of indebtedness, among other problems. All these challenges, which hamper progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, were analyzed today by authorities from various countries of the subregion in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum o…
El actual contexto político y económico internacional ha hecho que los países del Caribe enfrenten hoy una difícil situación en diversas áreas que van desde los efectos de los desastres naturales, hasta una escasez de recursos, complejo acceso a financiamiento, un estrecho espacio fiscal para introducir reformas sociales y el peso de un alto endeudamiento, entre otros problemas. Todos estos desafíos, que dificultan el avance hacia el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, fueron analizados hoy por autoridades de varios países de la subregión en el marco de la tercera reu…
The role of the private sector is key to the challenge of mobilizing financing sources and mechanisms for implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region, business representatives, delegates and international officials agreed during the Business Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019: Public-Private Strategies for the Financing and Monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals, held on Monday, April 22, in Chile.
The event, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Uni…
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