Hubert Escaith is Director of the Division of Statistics and Economic Projections of ECLAC. These methodological notes were prepared for a lecture at the 2005 ECLAC Summer School. They are based on, and up-date, a series of papers in Spanish published in 2003 and 2004, which received in 2005 the award Maestro Jesus Silva Herzog from Economic Research Institute of the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization. …
La Unión Europea debe afrontar nuevos retos tras su quinta ampliación hacia el este en mayo de 2004. La Política de Cohesión Económica y Social (PCES) es una de las políticas en la que se prevén más reformas. España que ha sido uno de los países más beneficiado por esta política en los últimos programas de actuación se verá afectada negativamente por dichas reformas. En este trabajo analizamos los instrumentos financieros que han contribuido al desarrollo de la PCES, estudiamos la evolución estructural y cuantitativa de los mismos, sus principales logros respecto al modelo de des…
The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…
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