Venture capital (VC) contributes to the financing of high-growth companies. In Latin America and the Caribbean, this capital is lower than in China and India as well as the developed economies. Nonetheless, between 2005 and 2011, regional VC investments grew by 30% per year. Venture capital investments in Latin America and the Caribbean tend to be larger, focus less on high-technology industries and are more likely to be funded from abroad than those in benchmark regions. Transactions in Latin America and the Caribbean are made by less experienced investors and in fewer rounds than in comparat…
El capital de riesgo contribuye al financiamiento de empresas de alto crecimiento. En América Latina y el Caribe este capital es menor que en las economías desarrolladas y menor que en China y la India. Sin embargo, en 2005-2011, el capital de riesgo regional creció un 30% anual. Comparado con regiones de referencia, las inversiones en capital de riesgo en América Latina y el Caribe tienden a ser más grandes, se centran menos en sectores de alta tecnología y es más probable que se financien desde el extranjero. Las transacciones de capital de riesgo en la región son realizadas por inversionist…
This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and financial development in Brazil. To this end, a data panel is constructed of all the Brazilian states for the period 1995–2014, with appropriate control variables and proxies for economic growth and financial development. The relationship is analysed for five different indicators of financial development, with a view to capturing its different aspects. Flexible regression modelling determines the direction of this relationship, characterizing it as linear or non-linear for each financial development indicator. It is concluded tha…
En el presente trabajo se investiga la relación entre crecimiento económico y desarrollo financiero en el Brasil. Para ello, se construye un panel de todos los estados brasileños relativo al período 1995-2014, con variables de control apropiadas y variables sustitutivas para el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo financiero. Se analiza esta relación para cinco indicadores distintos de desarrollo financiero, con miras a captar diferentes aspectos de este. Por medio del modelado de regresión flexible se determina la dirección de esta relación y se la caracteriza como lineal o no lineal para ca…
Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…
The U.S. debt burden became heavier as a result of the unprecedented policy response to the global financial crisis and economic recession, and it has continued to grow. On March 11, the U.S. administration unveiled a US$ 4.75 trillion budget proposal that projects debt held by the public will hit US$ 22.8 trillion by 2025, more than 50% higher than in 2017, when debt held by the public was US$ 14.7 trillion. Regarding short-term prospects, total U.S. debt is expected to reach a statutory limit known as the “debt ceiling” later this year, which will require a congressional vote to raise the ce…
Mobilizing sufficient resources to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development continues to be a central challenge at a global level and also for Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in an international context in which regional and global growth dynamics, the increase in financial risks, and uncertainty do not favor financing for development.
So indicate more than 60 organizations led by the United Nations – including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib…
Movilizar un volumen suficiente de recursos para cumplir con los objetivos de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible sigue siendo un desafío central a nivel global y también para América Latina y el Caribe, en especial en un contexto internacional en que la dinámica de crecimiento, tanto regional como mundial, el aumento de los riesgos financieros y la incertidumbre no favorecen el financiamiento para el desarrollo.
Así lo señalan más de 60 organizaciones lideradas por las Naciones Unidas, entre ellas el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), el Banco Mundial, la Organización Mundial de Co…
In a meeting held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, authorities and experts discussed international financial volatility, global economic uncertainty and lower perspectives for growth dynamics in 2019 in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
During the seminar on “Latin America and EU Regionalism: Towards a Cooperative Way-out beyond the Crisis”, distinguished speakers addressed the challenges currently facing the region in terms of fiscal, monetary, economic and institutional reforms in the face of the questioning of multilateralism worldwide.
The meeting, or…
La volatilidad financiera internacional, la incertidumbre económica global y las menores perspectivas de la dinámica de crecimiento de los países de América Latina y el Caribe durante 2019, fueron discutidas por autoridades y expertos reunidos este jueves 10 de enero en la sede de la CEPAL, en Santiago de Chile.
Durante el seminario “El regionalismo en América Latina y la Unión Europea: hacia una salida cooperativa más allá de la crisis” (Latin America and EU Regionalism: Towards a Cooperative Way-out beyond the Crisis) destacados expositores abordaron los desafíos fiscales, monetarios y de re…
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