Access to Latin American and Caribbean Exports in the United States market, 2001-2002 is the eighth annual report released by the ECLAC Washington Office, updating information contained in previous reports. Its aim is to compile and make available information on trade inhibiting measures that Latin American and Caribbean exports encounter in the United States market. This report needs to be placed in the context of a trade relationship between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean, which has grown strongly over the years to the benefit of both economies. Moreover, it must be …
Foreword The 1990s were unquestionably a time of transition and reorientation in several aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean's economic, social and political development. As in any period with these characteristics, the effects of long-standing processes mingled and interacted with incipient change. When the decade ended, ECLAC wished to contribute to the evaluation of the main events that marked the consolidation of reform in the region, recognizing of course that the speed of progress varied from country to country and from sector to sector. This publication offers an analysis of…
Abstract This paper addresses the social effects of macroeconomic volatility in Brazil, as well as the burdens and challenges it has been imposing on social policies. Volatility is analyzed both in terms of its internal causes and those related to the world economy, as well as in its social effects and on policies aimed at counterbalancing them. The period covered by the analysis extends from 1995 to 2002, and coincides with President Cardoso's two terms. It is marked by increasing economic volatility, as he moved from the first to the second term. To understand this increased vola…
La edición 2002 del Anuario estadístico de América
Latina y el Caribe contiene una selección actualizada a
comienzos de diciembre de las principales series
estadísticas disponibles sobre la evolución económica y
social de los países de la región. Representa un
sistemático esfuerzo de la División de Estadística y
Proyecciones de la CEPAL, orientado a homogeneizar
las cifras y a hacerlas internacionalmente comparables. La primera parte comprende indicadores socioeconómicos
derivados (tasas de crecimiento, proporciones
o coeficientes), que representan una visión resumida de
cada área de interés y…
Los desastres tienen un efecto negativo sobre las condiciones de vida de la población, el desempeño económico de los países o regiones en que ocurren, además de que perjudican el acervo y los servicios ambientales. Las secuelas de los desastres se prolongan más allá del corto plazo y, en ocasiones, provocan cambios irreversibles tanto en las estructuras económicas y sociales como en el medio ambiente. En el caso de los países industrializados, los desastres afectan gravemente las considerables existencias de capital acumulado, en tanto que las pérdidas de vidas humanas son limitadas gr…
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