Our Caribbean civilisation has been very much shaped by the sea. The evidence of this in our region abounds from time immemorial: the peopling of...
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The fourth quarter of 2002 saw an increase in investor optimism, especially in October and November. The combination of declining risk aversion...
This document analyses exchange rate regimes in the Caribbean subregion. Caribbean
exchange rate regimes are typified into hard and soft...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Subregional
Headquarters for the Caribbean embarked on a project "...
Brazilian labour markets are rather flexible in macroeconomic terms while also displaying microeconomic rigidity. Macroeconomic flexibility is...
The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development are analyzed from a systems perspective. In the most general terms, sustainability of...
Abstract The paper deals with changes in the regulation and supervision of the Latin American financial sector in the aftermath of the Tequila...
Abstract In this overview we analyse, first, why funds continued to flow towards emerging economies, while fundamentals in host countries had been...
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This article studies the currency risk management of multinational companies with investments in Latin American countries. The...
Abstract During the Asian crisis, intermediate exchange rate regimes vanished. It has been argued that those regimes were no longer useful...
Road Maps Towards an Information Society Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2001-2002 Op-ed by José Antonio Ocampo, ECLAC...
In a recent ECLAC study of inefficiency at border crossings in Mercosur countries, it was found that the cost of delays in traffic between...
This document provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade policy relating to Latin America and the Caribbean in...
Abstract When an economy goes through a transition from a closed to an open market economy, the agents that operate in it face a need to...
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This paper explores the complementary use of two instruments to manage capital-account volatility in developing countries: capital...
Abstract This paper looks at the evolution of the terms of trade between commodities and manufactures in the twentieth century. A...
In the 1990s, Canada's trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean intensified. The signing of the North American Free Trade...