A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), em colaboração com o Fundo Internacional de Desenvolvimento Agrícola (FIDA) e o apoio financeiro da União Europeia, tem contribuído para a análise e desenvolvimento de estratégias e políticas para diversificar as atividades econômicas dos domicílios rurais em situação de pobreza. Um componente essencial desses esforços tem sido as análises das cadeias de valor rurais.
De acordo com o documento Fortalecimento da inclusão e capacidade financeira no âmbito rural, pautas para um plano de ação, editado pela Sede Sub-Regional da CEPAL no…
These are the main highlights of the Capital Flows to Latin America 2019 Year-in-Review edition:
• In 2019, international bond issuance from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased and bond spreads tightened, but credit quality continued to deteriorate although at a slower pace relative to 2018.
• Lowering global interest rates brought issuance volume up in the region. Total LAC debt issuance in international markets in 2019 was US$ 119 billion, 26% higher than in 2018.
• Mexican, Brazilian and Chilean borrowers were the main contributors to the region’s performance. Together they were…
The economies of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) and the Dominican Republic – known as the CARD countries in Spanish – will have a weighted average growth rate of 3.2% in 2020, with the highest rates forecast for the Dominican Republic and Panama, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed.
The document Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Central America and the Dominican Republic in 2019 and Prospects for 2020 explains that the international context was affected by trade tensions and great political un…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to think about development in a different way to move towards a more innovative, diversified and inclusive vision, during a high-level event held today in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the seminar “Challenges for growth and development in Latin America,” organized by CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, in conjunction with the Argentine government.
Bárcena participated on a panel about challenges rela…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, instó hoy a los países de la región a pensar el desarrollo de una manera diferente para avanzar hacia una visión más innovadora, diversificada e inclusiva, durante un evento de alto nivel realizado en Buenos Aires, Argentina.
La máxima autoridad de la CEPAL fue una de las oradoras principales del seminario “Desafíos para el crecimiento y el desarrollo en América Latina”, organizado por CAF-banco de desarrollo de América Latina, en conjunto con el Gobierno argentino.
Bárcena participó en el…
China’s investments are one way for expanding infrastructure that many Latin American countries have been seeking through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). To attract and retain the interest of the private sector, the existence of a proper, strong governance, as well as stable and sound legal frameworks is paramount. Decision-making and implementation processes also need to be improved to ensure that the match between the infrastructure investment needs in Latin America and the Chinese financing capabilities effectively results in a leap towards the improvement of infrastructure in quantity a…
This paper analyses tax incentive policies for businesses in Latin American countries to promote the discussion and review of these instruments with the aim of building tax systems that foster investment, while continuing to provide the necessary resources to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The amount of revenue that is lost because of tax incentives is not insignificant, in terms of both the size of the economy and total government revenues and public spending on health, education and social care. Moreover, the few cost-benefit studies that have been carried out in the region…
El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar la política de incentivos tributarios a las empresas en los países de América Latina, de manera de promover el debate y la revisión de estos instrumentos a fin de configurar un sistema tributario que promueva la inversión, sin dejar de proveer los recursos necesarios para cumplir los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS).
La cantidad de recursos que se dejan de recaudar debido a los incentivos tributarios alcanza magnitudes no despreciables, tanto en relación con el tamaño de la economía como en lo que respecta a la recaudación total y al gasto …
En el presente documento se hace un balance preliminar de las economías de Centroamérica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá) y la República Dominicana (CARD) en 2019 y se ofrecen perspectivas para 2020. Es un análisis de coyuntura elaborado por la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico de la Sede subregional de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en México, con información disponible al 31 de enero de 2020.…
Promoting sustainable development and equality is not the work of a single actor – the State or the private sector – but rather of society as a whole, and the business sector plays a critical role, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted at a high-level event with Mexican businesspeople held on Tuesday, February 18 in Mexico City, and presided by Nicolás Mariscal Torroella, Chairman of Consejo Marhnos.
The United Nations regional organization’s most senior representative was one of the speakers on a panel entitled “Perspectives…
Promover el desarrollo sostenible y la igualdad no es tarea de un solo actor, el Estado o el sector privado, es una tarea de toda la sociedad, y el sector empresarial juega un papel fundamental, remarcó la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, en un evento de alto nivel con empresarios mexicanos realizado el martes 18 de febrero en Ciudad México, y presidido por Nicolás Mariscal Torroella, Presidente del Consejo Marhnos.
La máxima representante del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas fue una de las expositoras en el panel P…
En el presente estudio se documentan algunos casos de éxito de inclusión financiera, tanto de migrantes como de receptores de remesas, para extraer las mejores prácticas con el fin de extrapolarlas a Guatemala, El Salvador y la República Dominicana. En el primer capítulo se abordan las implicaciones económicas y sociales de la migración, así como un análisis de la lógica y preferencias de los migrantes y receptores de remesas para determinar el destino y uso de las remesas, y el papel de los servicios financieros. En el segundo capítulo se presentan los retos que enfrentan los migrantes y los …
According to ECLAC Caribbean's latest policy breif , there is room for T&T to expand productive capacity and diversify exports in the agro-processing industry to improve foreign exchange earnings.
The Government of T&T has articulated in its National Development Strategy for 2016-2030 and in its 2018 Midyear Budget Review the intention to transition towards a more diversified economy, which produces a broad spectrum of export competitive, high-value products and services. In this context, the government has identified agro-processing as one of the seven economic areas for the establish…
En el ajedrez, el objetivo es el derrumbe del rey. En el juego chino de wei, en cambio, se busca el cerco estratégico que evita el conflicto directo. No es exagerado aplicar ese paralelismo a los modos en que Estados Unidos y China, respectivamente, se posicionan en el conflicto de hegemonías que hoy los tiene como protagonistas, de cuya resolución dependerá en buena medida el mundo que habitaremos en el siglo XXI. A pesar de la centralidad de esta disputa, Occidente permanece tercamente aferrado a estereotipos e ideas equivocadas cuando trata de interpretar las ambiciones políticas chinas.
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In light of the high debt burden impacting Caribbean economies ECLAC has been pursuing an initiative designed to reduce the debt burden and advance sustainable development. The strategy has evolved over time and there is now agreement on an approach designed to bring financial resources to the Caribbean for resilience building while still emphasizing the importance of debt reduction. To address resilience and development financing, ECLAC proposes the establishment of a Caribbean Resilience Facility to be housed at a reputable financial institution. Such a facility would be capitalised by donor…
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