The evolutionary approach applied to ICT and agriculture technological systems in Latin America: a survey

Includes bibliography

ICT adoption and diffusion patterns in Latin American agriculture

Includes bibliography

Indicadores sobre la situación de la infancia en América Latina y el Caribe = Indicators on the situation of children in Latin America and the Caribbean

Asistente de Investigación Eliana Barraza, traducción de Marjorie Casassus

Indicadores del desarrollo económico y social en América Latina, 1976 = Indicators of economic and social development in Latin America, 1976

Incluye Bibliografía

The digital economy for structural change and equality

Includes bibliography.

Types of discrepancy in Millennium Development Goal indicator values and measures for statistical reconciliation: Overall framework and implementation in selected thematic areas and indicators

Includes bibliography.

ICT and gender

Information and communications technologies: essential tools for achieving gender equality. By UN-WOMEN, Andean Sub-Regional Office. -- “Training telecentre operators as technology leaders in their social environment is an ongoing task”, interview with Olga Paz Martínez. -- For an information society with gender equity. By Dafne Sabanes Plou. -- “Including women in ICT can make a big difference in narrowing the digital divide”, interview with Zoraida Franco. -- “We see the potential of ICT for rearranging family communication networks”, interview with Juan Eduardo Rojas .-- “ICT might be the most tangible tool we have right now to fight gender discrimination”, interview with Martin Hilbert.

ICT and Agriculture

Building a regional future Marcelo Bosch .-- ICTs as a tool for overcoming asymmetries in Latin American agriculture Mônica Rodrigues .-- “The impact of ICTs on agriculture is huge”, interview with Raúl Hopkins .-- Priorities and policies for ICT use in the Bolivian agricultural sector Víctor Vásquez Mamani .-- “To strengthen the impact of ICTs on public institutions, the end user must be established as the central objective”, interview with Hugo Chavarría .-- “ICT development must be focused on the small producer”, interview with Blas Espinel .-- “Our experiences can be replicated in the region”, interview with Francine Brossard .-- facts and figures.

New trends in ICT

NFC technology: progress, obstacles and forecasts, report .-- Downloads of records and books are increasing, report .-- Broadband promotion law in Peru, interview to Roberto Ortiz , Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru .-- “What Rio has done is truly ground-breaking”, interview to Guruduth Banavar, IBM .-- “The idea is to enable people who have a device but no Internet to connect securely and free of charge” interview to Oliver Flögel, Digital Development Chile .-- “The advent of big data makes communications infrastructure even more important”, interview to José Miguel Piquer, INRIA Chile.

Aid for Trade indicators Dashboard: user manual

This Manual is intended to guide individuals and institutions seeking to use the Aid for Trade Dashboard developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean as part of the Development Project “Facilitating the Effective Integration of Developing Countries into the Global Economy through Aid for Trade Schemes”. This Dashboard presents a set of online indicators for all the countries comprising the five United Nations’ Regional Commissions which are currently participating in this Project.

The use of key indicators to assess Latin America’s long-term economic performance

Through the astute analysis of official statistics, we can gather a more complete picture of the economic performance of a given country, and understand more fully what have been its drivers, leading to a more effective use of national resources and a more efficient design of policy options. However, the myriad of information and numerical data across the system of macroeconomic statistics can be challenging to interpret in a straightforward manner. In order to synthetically assess economic performance across countries in Latin America we propose the use of a composite indicator, which builds upon the methodology of Khramov and Lee (2013) and incorporates key indicators from each of the pillars of macroeconomic statistics: the System of National Accounts, the Balance of Payments Statistics, Monetary and Financial Statistics and Public Finance Statistics. Through a composite examination of key statistical indicators in each country across their long-term trends, we can more fully understand the underlying macroeconomic dynamics.

Methodological Guide for developing Environmental and Sustainable Development Indicators in Latin American and Caribbean countries

This methodological guide is intended as a practical tool for the design and implementation of systems of national indicators to evaluate the success of environmental and sustainable development initiatives, and to define policymaking priorities. The methodology derives from work carried out in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries keeping in mind that the manner in which indicators are constructed and updated has an impact on their overall quality and possible uses.