This article analyses productivity trends in Brazilian and Mexican manufacturing industries between 1995 and 2009, a period in which international competition intensified sharply. A total of 14 manufacturing industries are considered, using two methods based on: (i) the Leontief (1951) model to measure the consumption of intermediate goods used in production; and (ii) the analysis of total factor productivity (TFP). The studies performed show that manufacturing trends have diverged in the two countries. In Mexico, an increased need for imported goods and services was offset by a reduction in d…
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 02:16
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Press Release
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will place its technical capabilities at the disposal of Ecuador as President Pro Tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and will collaborate in that country’s work to promote the definition of strategic goals and indicators to guide the Community in areas such as poverty, inequality and climate change.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, met with Ecuador’s Foreign Relations Minister, Ricardo Patiño, on Thursday, February 19 in order to coordinate actions structuring a cooperation stra…
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 02:16
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Press Release
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) pondrá sus capacidades técnicas a disposición de Ecuador durante su Presidencia Pro Témpore de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) y acompañará el trabajo de ese país para promover la definición de metas estratégicas e indicadores que orienten la labor de la Comunidad en materias como pobreza, desigualdad y cambio climático.
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, se reunió el jueves 19 de febrero con el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, con el fin de coordinar accion…
1 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 02:16
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Publication
This document, which is partly based on by the study Impacto de la Infraestructura de la Calidad en América Latina, is a second joint effort by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the German National Metrology Institute (PTB) to move towards a more detailed understanding of the role played by the Quality Infrastructure in opening up possibilities for the countries in the region to innovate and compete. Through methodological analysis and the realization of case studies at the national level in certain countries in the region, the document seeks to offer a mo…