ECLAC updated its Statistical Yearbook

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) reported that he updated the Statistical Yearbook of Latin America and the 2011 Caribbean.

The annual, one of the most important of this United Nations regional Commission includes a comprehensive compilation of existing information on the region and constitutes a reference for those wishing to have statistical data comparable between countries and at the time.

can extract evidence, for example, for the steep decline that comes with fertility in Latin America. Higher rates of unemployment, which recorded men women are also given the persistent.

Also includes relevant data for understanding regional economic reality, as well as the growing involvement of primary goods in all products exported by the countries of the region, u000aprimarily by the increase in its prices during the last five years.

the ECLAC Statistical Yearbook reflects one of the axes of work fundamental institution which consists of the processing, collection, systematization and dissemination of basic information on statistics and social, economic and environmental indicators in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the collection and transmission methods and international recommendations statistics.

as in previous editions, the Statistical Yearbook 2011 is organized into four chapters:

demographic and social aspects, as it is the case of population, employment, gender, education and health.

Economic statistics such as prices, international trade, balance of payments and national accounts. Information concerning the environment and natural resources, organized into topics such as biota, water, forests, energy and management u000aenvironmental, among others.

Methodological aspects relating to the sources of data, its definition and coverage.

Most of the information comes directly from the national central banks, statistical offices and other official institutions so that ECLAC invites users to pay attention to sources and technical notes that are presented in this work.

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