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Incubadora social – Sapucaia do Sul: qualificação da política pública de promoção de trabalho e renda
(Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2021-01-01)
We have gone through a lasting scenario of a production crisis and thus unemployment is a reality that afflicts millions of workers. In this scenario, it is worth joining forces in the public and private sectors in order ...
Training manual: innovative fiscal and regulatory incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives
(ECLAC, 2013-10)
This course will be designed for the officers within government departments who have responsibilty for guiding the country’s energy policy and energy management framework. Other stakeholders also will include private sector ...
Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 18: Digitalising agriculture for an inclusive transformation of rural societies
(FAOECLAC, 2021-05-25)
The digitalisation of agrifood systems has made progress; still, it remains a pending topic in the region, especially among smaller producers and traders in rural areas. Accelerating the digitalisation process is not an ...
The impact of the global financial crisis on Latin America
(2008-08)
This essay argues that while the complete lack of liquiditycharacterizing the most severe phase of the financial crisis unleashedin September 2008 is now a thing of the past, lending and productionactivity in the industrialized ...
U.S. Economic Outlook: Seven years of steady but tepid growth
(ECLAC, 2017-04)
The U.S labor market is tight and is expected to return to full employment in 2017. However, productivity has risen less than 1% for six consecutive years. Sluggish productivity has implications for wage growth, which has ...
Tourism competitiveness in the Caribbean
(2011-08)
This article analyses the main determinants of competitiveness in the Caribbean tourism stay-over industry using panel data for the period 1995-2006, based on an augmented version of an empirical model by Craigwell (2007). ...
Strengthening value chains as an industrial policy instrument. Methodology and experience of ECLAC in Central America
(ECLAC, 2014)
In recent years, ECLAC has received official requests from governments in the region for technical assistance for designing and implementing industrial policies. In response, the Commission has developed and applied a ...
The migration of health care workers in the Western Hemisphere: issues and impacts
(ECLAC, 2009-12)
Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is difficult to regulate. The countries of the Western Hemisphere are important ...
Growth, distributive justice and social policy
(1998-08)
After more than a decade of economic reform and structural adjustment in the developing countries, there is increased recognition that economic growth and social equity must go hand with hand. This article starts asking ...
Trade, direct investment and production policies
(ECLAC, 2006-05)
During the 1990s, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean implemented a series of far-reaching structural reforms and took a new direction in terms of economic policy. At first, these liberalization ...