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ECLAC Studies Global Value Chains in Uruguay

22 December 2020 | News

The Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Montevideo, Uruguay held an Introductory Course on the EQuIP Methodology for the Analysis of Global Value Chains on Wednesday, December 2, with the participation of national and international consultants from ECLAC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). At the event, the Office presented an analysis of Uruguay’s position in Value Chains utilizing the Global Input-Output Tables launched by ECLAC’s International Trade Division, along with an analysis applying the new Economic Use cla…

ECLAC Identifies 6 Lessons to Promote the Use of Family Remittances to Strengthen Value Chains

22 September 2020 | News

Although a large share of remittances received by households are used to cover immediate needs, such as food, health care and housing, there is an opportunity to allocate part of these resources to income-generating productive activities, according to a study carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) with the governments of the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Guatemala. The document entitled Fostering investment of the family remittances in value chains: Case studies in the Dominican Rep…

Report Analyzes U.S. Trade and Investment Ties with the Region

30 March 2015 | News

To mark the twentieth anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States Trade Developments Report 2013-2014, prepared annually by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), focuses on trade and investment ties between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. At the same time, presents the highlights of the economic relationship between the U.S. and Brazil, its second largest trading partner in the region. NAFTA, the study says, has made significant strides in expanding trade and investment among the three countries and enha…

Experts Will Discuss the State of Latin American and Caribbean International Insertion and Integration

2 June 2014 | Announcement

The role played by foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in development, as well as integration agreements of Latin American and Caribbean countries and their place in global value chains, will be analysed at a two-day seminar to be held in Santiago, Chile, on 3 and 4 June. Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the International Trade and Intregration Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Michael Penfold, Director for Public Policy and Competitiveness at CAF (Latin American Development Bank), and Masataka Fujita, Head of the Investment Is…

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