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Fostering Industrialization and Value Chains is Crucial for Taking Advantage of the Region’s Natural Resources

20 June 2016 | News

Demand for metal mining, led by China, had positive consequences for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of exports and fiscal revenue in the last decade; however, the region did not make progress on a policy of industrialization: the linkages with other sectors are still weak and policies are lacking for mining to contribute to the creation of new capacities, ECLAC indicates in its latest annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016. According to the document, in the last 15 years the average relative weight of natural resources in the total flows of Fo…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in the Region

2 June 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Wednesday, June 15 its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016 at the regional organization's headquarters in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present to the media the main conclusions of the report that examines the global and regional evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. The press conference will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s Web site (://www.cepal.org/en/cepal-en-vivo). The document has thr…

The TPP Must Be Evaluated in Light of the Region’s Productive and Technological Challenges, Experts Sustained at ECLAC

5 April 2016 | News

The region of Latin America and the Caribbean must evaluate the impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) not only in terms of access to new markets but also by weighing its contribution to countries’ diversification of production and exports, to the processes of regional integration and to the transition towards a digital economy, according to representatives gathered at ECLAC on Tuesday, April 5. The seminar entitled The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Impacts for Latin America and the Caribbean was organized in Santiago by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) …

ECLAC Study Analyzes Incentives to Attract Foreign Investment to Central America

22 June 2015 | News

Many countries have designed incentive policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and promote exports based on special exportation areas or free-trade zones. A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyzes these tools and offers proposals to replace them, taking into consideration that several of the current incentives should be dismantled by the end of 2015 because they violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. The study New-Generation Public Incentives for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Central America (in Spanish …

ECLAC Will Present Annual Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 May 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015 next Wednesday, May 27, at the headquarters of this United Nations organization in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document’s main conclusions during a press conference at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile. The event will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s website. The study examines the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, which inc…

Representatives from the European Union and Latin America Discussed Industrial Policy at ECLAC

24 April 2015 | News

“Industrial policy is the mechanism to overcome the lock in that limits manufacturing activity in the region,” the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, said at the inauguration of the Dialogue on Industrial Policy between the European Union and Latin America, which was held on Thursday, April 23 at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The other participants in the opening session of the event organized by ECLAC and the European Commission were Eduardo Bitrán, Executive Vice President of Corfo (…

Uruguay's Agricultural Sector, An Example of Structural Change

1 September 2014 | News

According to a recent publication by ECLAC, even though Uruguay's economy heavily depends on exports derived from natural resource-intensive activities (70%), changes introduced in the agricultural sector have improved the country's international competitiveness and its social indicators. This progress indicates, according to the organization, that Uruguay is creating the conditions to achieve a more inclusive social development. In the report Changes in Uruguay's Agricultural and Agro-industrial Dynamics and Public Policies (Spanish only), published by ECLAC's office in Montevideo, …

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