This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (third quarter of 2018) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main highlights are:
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has seen the best and the worst conditions for tapping international capital markets this year. In January 2018, issuers from the region placed their highest ever monthly volume of debt in international markets: US$ 32 billion. First quarter debt issuance in international markets…
Most of the literature about the effects of portfolio capital inflows to developing countries focuses on how macroeconomic stability is affected. Very little has been said on the long-run consequences that temporary booms in portfolio capital flows may bear by affecting the productive structure, particularly manufacturing development, of developing countries. The present paper tries to partially fill this gap. We first build a simple theoretical model to show how booming portfolio inflows may interact with domestic speculation at home, giving rise to a climate of financial euphoria featuring a…
Este documento parte de la creciente presencia socioeconómica de la República Popular China, particularmente en el comercio y la inversión extranjera directa, así como la creciente importancia desde una perspectiva geopolítica que han conducido a tensiones entre los Estados Unidos y China. El documento tiene como objetivo analizar las condiciones actuales del comercio y las inversiones entre Centroamérica —conformada por Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá— y China, con énfasis en un grupo de propuestas de política sobre los siguientes temas: contexto geopolítico g…
The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability. This paper looks at trends in financial flows in the context of the region’s need to strengthen its resilience. It starts by focusing on three concepts: vulnerability, fragility and resilience-building. Vulnerability is looked at as a ‘structural’ variable, dictated by geography and reinforced by economic forces. Fragility is looked at as a ‘process’ variable, a recurring feature of the workings of the institutions, underscored by a shortage of resources, and missing systems fo…
This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 2017, certain trends that had already emerged in the global economic landscape became more established. In particular, announcements of potential restrictions on trade and pressures to relocate production to developed countries were confirmed. At the same time, China has taken steps to restrict outflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to align these flows with its strategic plan. Adding to these factors is the expansion of digital technologi…
En este informe anual de la CEPAL se presentan y analizan las principales tendencias de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) en los países de América Latina y el Caribe.
En 2017 se profundizaron algunas tendencias en el escenario económico mundial que han generado un clima de incertidumbre para las inversiones transfronterizas. En particular, se confirmaron anuncios de posibles restricciones comerciales y presiones para relocalizar la producción en los países desarrollados. Al mismo tiempo, las autoridades de China han tomado medidas para restringir las salidas de inversión extranjera directa…
The document summarizes the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean as regards economic, social and population affairs, as well as foreign direct investment, trade and gender equality.…
En este documento se expone sintéticamente la situación de América Latina y el Caribe en temas económicos, sociales y de población, así como de inversión extranjera, comercio e igualdad de género.…
In the midst of current global tensions, the countries of the Community of Latin and American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) have the opportunity to renew their strategy of bi-regional cooperation based on multilateralism to advance toward achieving more modern, productive and inclusive societies, in line with the commitments of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The document The European Union and Latin Ameri…
En medio de las actuales tensiones globales, los países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) y la Unión Europea (UE) tienen la oportunidad de renovar su estrategia de cooperación birregional, con base en el multilateralismo, para avanzar hacia sociedades más modernas, productivas e inclusivas, en línea con los compromisos de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y del Acuerdo de París sobre cambio climático, plantea la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en una nueva publicación.
El documento La Unión Europea y América Latina y el Caribe…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first quarter of 2018) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main highlights are:
-In January 2018, issuers from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) placed their highest ever monthly volume of debt in international markets. First quarter debt issuance in international markets also broke a record.
-From January to May 2018, total LAC international debt issuance amounted to US$ 67 billion, 6% higher than…
Esta publicação apresenta e analisa as principais tendências do investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) nos países da América Latina e do Caribe.
Em 2017 aprofundaram-se algumas tendências no cenário econômico mundial que geraram um clima de incerteza para os investimentos transfronteiriços. Em particular, confirmaram-se anúncios de possíveis restrições comerciais e pressões para relocalizar a produção nos países desenvolvidos. Ao mesmo tempo, as autoridades da China tomaram medidas para restringir as saídas de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED), a fim de ajustá-las ao plano estratégico do pa…
Despite an international context characterized by stronger growth in the global economy, abundant international liquidity, high corporate returns and optimism in financial markets, the flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean – on average, and with great heterogeneity within the region – fell for the third year in a row in 2017 to total $161.673 billion dollars, down 3.6% from the previous year and 20% below the level reached in 2011.
This is according to the report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018, released today by ECLAC at …
Pese a un contexto internacional caracterizado por un mayor crecimiento de la economía mundial, una elevada liquidez internacional, altos beneficios en las grandes empresas, y optimismo en los mercados financieros, las corrientes de inversión extranjera directa (IED) en América Latina y el Caribe, en promedio y con gran heterogeneidad en la región, cayeron por tercer año consecutivo en 2017 y se quedaron en 161.673 millones de dólares, un 3,6% menos que el año anterior, y un 20% por debajo de lo recibido en 2011.
Así lo señala el informe La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el C…
Apesar de um contexto internacional caracterizado por um maior crescimento da economia mundial, uma elevada liquidez internacional, altos lucros das grandes empresas, e otimismo nos mercados financeiros, as correntes de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) na América Latina e no Caribe, em média e com grande heterogeneidade na região, caíram pelo terceiro ano consecutivo e ficaram em 161,673 bilhões de dólares em 2017, 3,6% menos do que o ano anterior, e 20% abaixo do que foi recebido em 2011.
Assim mostra o relatório O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2018,…
The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability, states the report Resilience and Capital Flows in the Caribbean, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The report, which focuses on the region’s access to external financing and how to improve it as part of the overall answer to its development challenges, looks at trends in international capital flows – including portfolio flows and foreign direct investment – to the Caribbean in recent years, in the context o…
Los desafíos económicos en el Caribe se pueden vincular en gran medida con la vulnerabilidad externa de la región, señala el informe La resiliencia y los flujos de capital en el Caribe (disponible solo en inglés), difundido por la Oficina de Washington de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
El informe, enfocado en el acceso de la región al financiamiento externo y en cómo mejorarlo como parte de la respuesta global a sus desafíos de desarrollo, analiza las tendencias en los flujos internacionales de capital hacia el Caribe en los últimos años –incluyendo los flujos d…
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