La comparación del poder adquisitivo entre los países, la relación entre la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo, el capital social y el crecimiento económico en América Latina y el Caribe, y la segregación socioeconómica escolar en Chile, son algunos de los temas incluidos en la última edición de Revista CEPAL (N⁰ 119), principal publicación académica del organismo, disponible desde hoy en internet.
En el artículo titulado “Paridades de poder adquisitivo para América Latina y el Caribe, 2005-2013: métodos y resultados”, los autores Hernán Epstein, Estadístico Asociado en la División para Asu…
The population of the Turks and Caicos Islands could reach 55,498 people by the year 2027 – compared with 32,199 in 2012 – according to the medium projection in a joint report launched today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the Statistics Department of the Turks and Caicos Government.
Net migration accounts for 68 per cent of this projected increase with natural change (births less deaths) accounting for the remaining 32 per cent. Immigration of people from neighbouring countries seeking employmen…
Information generated from mobile phones can be successfully used to contain the spread of non-communicable diseases, as was recently done to stem the spread of the Chikungunya virus in the Caribbean. This opportunity was explained in the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently published report titled “An assessment of big data for official statistics in the Caribbean”.
The report notes that the use of big data through geospatial (or location) information was used to support healthcare, and to design social intervention measures to address …
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