Consumer confidence and economic growth: case studies of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Includes bibliography

Brazil: how macroeconomic variables affect consumer confidence

Includes bibliography

Informe sobre la Primera Reunión de Ministros del Caribe Responsables de Ciencia y Tecnología = Report of the First Meeting of Caribbean Ministers Responsible for Science and Technology

Informe de la primera reunion de ministros del Caribe responsables por la ciencia y la tecnologia, realizada en Kingston, 6-8 abril de 1983. Las discusiones y decisiones se centraron en la necesidad de incrementar la integracion de la ciencia y tecnologia dentro de las estrategias para el desarrollo nacional y regional; y desarrollar un marco de colaboracion regional.

Second Latin American meeting of bodies responsible for the supervision, control and regulation of land transport

This edition of the Bulletin presents a summary of topics examined and discussed during the Second Latin American Meeting of Bodies Responsible for the Supervision, Control and Regulation of Land Transport, held at ECLAC Headquarters, Santiago, Chile, from 10 to 12 August 1999. The rapporteur of the meeting was Mr. Humberto Valdés Ríos, Sub-Director, Asociación de Investigación y Producción del Transporte, Cuba.

The new digital revolution: From the consumer Internet to the industrial Internet

The new digital technologies have led to widespread use of cloud computing, recognition of the potential of big data analytics, and significant progress in aspects of the Internet of Things, such as home automation, smart cities and grids and digital manufacturing. In addition to closing gaps in respect of the basic necessities of access and usage, now the conditions must be established for using the new platforms and finding ways to participate actively in the creation of content and even new applications and platforms. This message runs through the three chapters of this book. Chapter I presents the main features of the digital revolution, emphasizing that today’s world economy is a digital economy. Chapter II examines the region’s strengths and weaknesses with respect to digital access and consumption. Chapter III reviews the main policy debates and urges countries to take a more proactive approach towards, for example, regulation, network neutrality and combating cybercrime. The conclusion highlights two crucial elements: first, the need to take steps towards a single regional digital market that can compete in a world of global platforms by tapping the benefits of economies of scale and developing network economies; and second, the significance of the next stage of the digital agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2018), which will embody the latest updates to a cooperation strategy that has been in place for over a decade.