This FAL Bulletin addresses smart navigation systems, such as smart waterway systems and port community systems. The purpose of this analysis is to explore global experience in the digitalization of logistics and transport processes for application to waterway management in South America and empower national and regional public institutions to lead the digital transformation of external trade with a view to reducing operational risks and narrowing the digital divide between Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions.…
El presente Boletín FAL analiza los sistemas de navegación inteligente, como los Smart Waterway Systems (SWS) y los Port Community Systems (PCS). El objetivo de este estudio es explorar las experiencias globales en la digitalización de los procesos logísticos y de navegación, para su aplicación a la gestión de las vías navegables en América del Sur. Se busca que las instituciones públicas nacionales y regionales lideren la transformación digital del comercio exterior, y con ello reduzcan los riesgos operativos y la brecha digital en comparación con otras regiones.…
El presente Boletín FAL se enmarca en el trabajo desarrollado por la Unidad de Servicios de Infraestructura en la implementación de proyectos financiados por el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Seguridad Vial (UNRSF, por sus siglas en inglés). Esta edición analiza los avances y desafíos de la seguridad vial en los últimos años, así como los aportes del Fondo de Seguridad Vial de las Naciones Unidas, los cuales han tenido un impacto positivo en la reducción de accidentes viales en la región de América Latina y el Caribe.…
This FAL Bulletin concerns the work carried out by the Infrastructure Services Unit in the implementation of projects funded by the United Nations Road Safety Fund. This edition analyses progress and challenges in road safety in recent years, as well as the contributions of the Fund, which have had a positive impact in terms of reducing road accidents in the Latin American and Caribbean region.…
This FAL Bulletin sets out some of the characteristics of public investments in infrastructure through public-private partnership (PPP) mechanisms in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as challenges they face. It also looks at the performance of institutions and the importance of raising the standard of investments —whether public or private— under approaches oriented towards sustainable-development. The importance of stakeholder participation throughout the project life cycle is underlined as a particularly pivotal requirement for the sustainability of assets and their services.…
United States Trade Developments 2024 provides an overview of selected developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. Following the global focus on the climate crisis and the specific emphasis on President Biden’s trade policy on advancing a sustainable environment and climate path, the report includes a section on trade in circular economy goods.…
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