Las políticas de promoción de exportaciones, implementadas generalmente a través de agencias especializadas, pueden contribuir a reducir las barreras de información que limitan el acceso de las empresas a los mercados externos.
Este documento analiza el impacto de las medidas llevadas adelante en 2011-2015 por el gobierno chileno para fomentar las exportaciones de productos alimenticios y forestales, destino de gran parte de los fondos invertidos en el período en los proyectos de promoción.…
Given their geographic situation, landlocked developing countries have been hit doubly hard by the cross-border processes implemented to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
This research provides a detailed explanation of the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the areas of international trade and transport adopted by the Governments of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and of Paraguay to limit the effects of the pandemic on trade operations and supply chains in their countries. It also provides a set of policy recommendations to preserve and improve trade facilitation and …
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become one of the most important players in the global trading system. Comprising 10 countries with very diverse income levels, ASEAN is now the world’s fifth largest economy and plays a central role in the so-called “Factory Asia”. This document begins with an overview of the history and institutions of ASEAN, before focusing on one of its three pillars: the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), including a critical assessment of outcomes in the areas of trade in goods, trade in services and investment, among others. The document draws best pra…
Given their small size and geographic isolation, Caribbean countries are highly reliant on trade and tourism as important sources of income and employment. Lockdowns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have left islands closed, airports without flights, hotels shuttered, cruise ships docked in ports and economies in crisis.
This research provides a detailed explanation of the responses to COVID-19 in the areas of international trade and transport adopted by English-speaking countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to limit the effects of the pandemic on trade operations and supply chain…
This FAL Bulletin examines the dynamics of the increase in vessel size worldwide and the factors that explain it, and subsequently provides projections regarding the arrival of the largest ships currently in service to South American shores with a view to facilitating port planning.…
El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en Identificar y analizar áreas de trabajo conjunto en materia de competitividad, integración productiva y conectividad entre los países del Triángulo Norte, quienes participan en el Proceso de Integración Profunda hacia el Libre Tránsito de Mercancías y de Personas Naturales, así como proponer una agenda de acciones conjuntas entre estos países para profundizar sus relaciones comerciales y productivas.
En este documento se identifican y analizan las principales oportunidades y restricciones existentes en materia de competitividad e integración productiva e…
Centroamérica es la subregión de América Latina y el Caribe más integrada comercialmente: las exportaciones intrarregionales representan aproximadamente el 30% de sus exportaciones totales y la subregión constituye su principal destino de exportación después de los Estados Unidos. Pese a este elevado nivel de integración en lo que respecta a las exportaciones brutas, la matriz de insumo-producto subregional muestra que el comercio de bienes y servicios, en términos de valor agregado, es menor. Asimismo, se observan patrones de inserción comercial diferenciados entre los países.
De este análisi…
This issue of the FAL Bulletin presents an inventory of all the port terminals in Latin America and the Caribbean, classifies them by specialization and provides an analysis of port activity in 2019.…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, highlighted today the key role that the private sector – and chambers of commerce in particular – and regional integration play in the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, while speaking at a high-level, virtual event organized by the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean (AACCLA).
The meeting entitled “Forecast on Latin America and the Caribbean” forms part of the Annual Conference of AACCLA, which groups 23 American Chambers of Co…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, destacó hoy el rol clave que cumple el sector privado -y en especial las cámaras de comercio- y la integración regional, en la recuperación económica post crisis del coronavirus, en un evento virtual de alto nivel organizado por la Asociación de Cámaras de Comercio de Estados Unidos en América Latina y el Caribe (AACCLA, por sus siglas en inglés).
La reunión titulada “Forecast on Latin America and the Caribbean” se enmarca dentro de la Conferencia Anual de la AACCLA, que agrupa a 23 Cámara…
Esta edición del Boletín FAL analiza la mecánica del aumento del tamaño de las embarcaciones a nivel mundial y los factores que lo explican, para luego estimar las proyecciones de arribo de las mayores embarcaciones actuales a las costas de América del Sur, con el fin de facilitar la planificación portuaria.…
Seeking to deepen the understanding about the relationship between non-tariff measures (NTMs) and international trade, this work estimates bilateral volume effects of imposing NTMs on international trade, focusing on two of the most observed measures: technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures. Estimates were carried out for more than 5,000 products at the 6-digit level of the Harmonized System using a panel for 2001-2015 with NTM data notified by more than 150 member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO).…
Provision of infrastructure services is one of the development bottlenecks for Latin American and Caribbean countries. As the Infrastructure Services Unit team has found in its analysis and has warned for many years, policies in the region have been characterized by underinvestment, fragmentation, and a lack of resilience-related sustainability, to name but a few qualities.
This issue of the bulletin addresses potential problems with long-term infrastructure concession agreements, drawing on theoretical developments regarding incomplete contracts. It offers a preliminary examination of specifi…
Este Boletín FAL tiene como objetivo principal presentar el inventario de todas las terminales portuarias de América Latina y el Caribe, de acuerdo con su especialización, incluyendo el análisis de la actividad portuaria del año 2019.…
This Special Report is the sixth in a series by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the evolution and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes estimates regarding the pandemic’s impact on exports, imports, transportation and logistics in the region’s countries.
The COVID-19 outbreak occurred in a context of sluggish global trade that has been dragging on since the 2008–2009 financial crisis. The rapid spread of COVID-19 and the measures taken by governments to contain it have had serious consequences for the world’s ma…
Este Informe Especial es el sexto de una serie que elabora la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) sobre la evolución y los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe. En él se entregan estimaciones del impacto de la pandemia en las exportaciones, importaciones, transporte y logística de los países de la región.
La irrupción del COVID-19 se produjo en un contexto de debilitamiento del comercio mundial que se arrastra desde la crisis financiera de 2008-2009. La rápida propagación del COVID-19 y las medidas adoptadas por los gobiernos han tenido grave…
Presentation by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena (PDF in Spanish).
Latin America and the Caribbean’s foreign trade will experience a sharp drop of 23% in 2020 – exceeding the 21% decline recorded during the 2009 financial crisis – as a result of the economic effects arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, ECLAC indicated today in a new report.
At a press conference, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, unveiled the institution’s Special Report COVID-19 No. 6, entitled The effects of the coronavirus…
Presentación de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena (PDF).
El comercio internacional de América Latina y el Caribe tendrá una pronunciada caída de 23% en 2020, más de la anotada durante la crisis financiera de 2009 -cuando disminuyó 21%- como consecuencia de los efectos económicos derivados de la pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19), informó hoy la CEPAL en un nuevo informe.
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, dio a conocer en conferencia de prensa el Informe especial COVID-19 N⁰ 6 de la institución, tit…
Apresentação da Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena (PDF em espanhol).
O comércio internacional da América Latina e do Caribe terá uma queda acentuada de 23% em 2020, mais do que a registrada durante a crise financeira de 2009 - quando diminuiu 21% - como consequência dos efeitos econômicos derivados da pandemia do coronavírus (COVID-19), informou hoje a CEPAL em um novo relatório.
A Secretária-Executiva da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, divulgou em uma coletiva de imprensa o Relatório especial COVID-19 N⁰ 6 da Instituição, intitulado: O…
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