Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 Development in Transition

Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 Development in Transition
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9264313761

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2019: Development in Transition (LEO 2019) presents a fresh analytical approach in the region. It assesses four development traps relating to productivity, social vulnerability, institutions and the environment.

Challenges and Change in Middle America

Challenges and Change in Middle America
Author: Katie Willis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317876881

A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. The Central American nations and those of the Caribbean (including Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana on the mainland) share many historical processes as well as experiencing similar development problems today. These include European colonialism, structural adjustment, small size, reliance on primary production, influence of the United States and moves towards democratisation. While Mexico is obviously a much larger country in area, economy and population terms, it is included in this volume because of its close ties to the other countries in the region through processes such as trade and migration.

Managing for Development Results

Managing for Development Results
Author: Roberto García López
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1597821284

Results-based management (RBM) is a public management strategy that involves decision making based on reliable information regarding the effects of governmental actions on society. It has been adopted in various developed countries as a way of improving efficiency and effectiveness in public policy. In Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, governments and public managers show increasing interest in this management strategy. Given the relative novelty of RBM in the region, however, there is scant literature on the subject. This book is intended to fill this gap in two ways. First, it seeks to describe some of the basic RBM concepts and adapt them according to regional characteristics. Second, it presents an assessment, based on studies carried out in 25 countries, of the challenges facing LAC countries and their capacity to implement results-based public management.

Economic Growth with Equity

Economic Growth with Equity
Author: José Luis Machinea
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2006-11-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230800912

This book analyses the development challenge faced by Latin America at a time at which the concerns for the large inequality in the region are at a peak. This volume focuses on growth-with-equity, and is written by an outstanding group of Latin American and international researchers and policy-makers.

Charting Caribbean Development

Charting Caribbean Development
Author: Anthony Payne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2001
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This is an overarching account of Caribbean development within the framework of increasing globalization of the world economy. It charts the shifting politics of development within the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean during the last 40 years era of independence for most of these countries.

Globalization and Development

Globalization and Development
Author: José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780804749565

Globalization and Development draws upon the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region to provide a multidimensional assessment of the globalization process from the perspective of developing countries. Based on a study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this book gives a historical overview of economic development in the region and presents both an economic and noneconomic agenda that addresses disparity, respects diversity, and fosters complementarity among regional, national, and international institutions. For orders originating outside of North America, please visit the World Bank website for a list of distributors and geographic discounts at http://publications.worldbank.org/howtoorder or e-mail [email protected].

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Author: Antonio García Zaballos
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2018-04-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Latin America and the Caribbean is well positioned to participate in the digital economy and leverage its opportunities. Cloud computing is an enabling technology, forming the foundation of big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and constituting one of the main pillars of the digital economy. Cloud computing allows government customers to access industry-shaping technology at a speed, cost, and scale previously reserved for the largest companies in the private sector. Governments can essentially do more with less and use newly freed resources—in cost and human capital—to address key challenges they face. In addition to maximizing investments and avoiding additional investments in legacy IT infrastructure, cloud computing enables public sector organizations and government agencies to meet mission-critical objectives and to innovate. Cloud computing represents a unique opportunity for governments in the region to improve productivity and facilitate adoption of the latest technologies and those still to come. By eliminating the upfront costs of IT infrastructure, and having thousands of IT tools and almost unlimited computing capacity available with a pay-as-you-go model, cloud computing also represents a unique opportunity to small and medium enterprises and large corporations to adopt and use state-of-the-art IT solutions. To leverage the benefits of cloud services and new technological developments, governments in Latin America and the Caribbean need to undertake public policy initiatives to develop policy frameworks that quell concerns around data protection, cybersecurity, financial market regulation, and data privacy. This publication provides a specific review on key policies and actions to encourage the adoption of digital infrastructures based on cloud that will empower the global competitiveness of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Caribbean on the Edge

The Caribbean on the Edge
Author: Winston Dookeran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2022-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781487529444

The Caribbean on the Edge offers frameworks for the study of policy issues facing the Caribbean and identifies a new way of thinking among those who influence public decision making.

Institutional Frameworks for Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Institutional Frameworks for Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Rodrigo Martínez
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2018
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Foreword .-- Introduction .-- Part 1. Social policy institutions. -- Chapter I. Institutional framework for social development / Rodrigo Martínez, Carlos Maldonado Valera .-- Chapter II. Social development and social protection institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: overview and challenges / Rodrigo Martínez, Carlos Maldonado Valera .-- Part 2. Components and institutional framewoek of social protection. -- Chapter III. Labour market regulation and social protection: institutional challenges / Mario D. Velásquez Pinto .-- Chapter IV. Institutional aspects of Latin America's pension systems / Andras Uthoff .-- Chapter V. Care as a pillar of social protection: rights, policies and institutions in Latin America / María Nieves Rico, Claudia Robles .-- Part 3. Policies for specific populations and their institutional framework .-- Chapter VI. Life cycle and social policies: youth institutions in the region / Daniela Trucco .-- Chapter VII. Disability and public policy: institutional progress and challenges in Latin America / Heidi Ullmann .-- Chapter VIII. Latin American Afrodescendants: institutional framework and public policies / Marta Rangel.

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9789211220575

This publication, one of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's most important annual reports, analyzes in its latest edition the economic performance of the region throughout the year, including the international context and macroeconomic policies implemented by the Commission's Member States, while also providing an outlook for 2021.