This paper surveys recent developments in the evaluation of point forecasts. Taking West's (2006) survey as a starting point, we briey cover the state of the literature as of the time of West's writing. We then focus on recent developments, including advancements in the evaluation of forecasts...

This paper studies the effect of demographic transitions on the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The paper builds a model of multi-regions of the world and derives the path of macroeconomic variables including aggregate output, capital, labor and the saving rate as economies...