The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presents the 2025 version of its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean amid global uncertainty and high geopolitical tension, which are worsening the three development traps facing the region: low capacity for growth; high inequality and low social mobility and cohesion; and weak institutional capacities and ineffective governance. Foreign direct investment (FDI) guided by productive development policies could address these challenges. The first chapter provides an overview of global and re…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presenta la edición 2025 de su informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe en un escenario internacional de incertidumbre y elevada tensión geopolítica, que agrava las tres trampas del desarrollo que enfrenta la región: una de baja capacidad para crecer; otra de alta desigualdad, baja movilidad social y débil cohesión social, y una tercera de bajas capacidades institucionales y de gobernanza poco efectiva. La inversión extranjera directa (IED) enmarcada en políticas de desarrollo productivo podría ayu…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presents the 2025 version of its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean amid global uncertainty and high geopolitical tension, which are worsening the three development traps facing the region: low capacity for growth; high inequality and low social mobility and cohesion; and weak institutional capacities and ineffective governance. Foreign direct investment (FDI) guided by productive development policies could address these challenges. The first chapter provides an overview of global and re…
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