What: Seventh (7th) meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable.
When: 12 to 13 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 8 am).
Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Background Information
The Caribbean Development Roundtable brings together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as o…
This publication presents an overview of the history of growth and structural transformations in the six Central American countries between the mid-20th century and the end of the 2010s. The authors identify lights and shadows in the historical experience of countries to illuminate reflection on future development strategies and policies.
The analysis is based in the historical-structural approach of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), whose purpose is to examine the movement in the national productive and social structures over time, considering the endowment of r…
After breaking an annual record in 2021, total Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond issuance in international markets slowed considerably in the first eight months of 2022.…
Em sua edição que corresponde a 2022, o Estudo Econômico da América Latina e do Caribe consta de três partes. A primeira resume o desempenho da economia regional em 2021 e analisa sua evolução nos primeiros meses de 2022, bem como as perspectivas de crescimento para este mesmo ano. Também examina os fatores externos e internos que incidiram no desempenho econômico da região em 2021 e sua evolução em 2022, bem como a maneira em que condicionarão o crescimento econômico nos próximos anos.
A segunda parte do relatório expõe alguns dos principais desafios em matéria de investimento que a região en…
La incertidumbre mantiene una directa correlación con la inflación y con la volatilidad de tres variables macroeconómicas: la tasa de inflación, el producto interno bruto (PIB) y el tipo de cambio real de las economías. Así lo sostiene una investigación publicada en el más reciente número de Revista CEPAL, principal publicación académica de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe.
Su edición N⁰ 137 (agosto de 2022) ya está disponible en internet con diversos análisis de destacados especialistas internacionales, en donde también se estudian los precios de los productos básicos y s…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released today its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: trends and challenges of investing for a sustainable and inclusive recovery, in which it projects 2.7% average economic growth for the current year in a context of acute macroeconomic restrictions that are hurting the region’s economies.
According to the report presented at a press conference held at the United Nations organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile, a sequence of crises has led to the scenario of low growth and ac…
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