El año 2011 ha sido testigo de la progresiva consolidación de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR), como organismo de integración de liderazgo regional, mediante la ratificación y entrada en vigencia de su tratado constitutivo, firmado en mayo de 2008 en Brasilia. De esta forma, sus 12 Estados miembros han establecido las bases para construir, de manera participativa y consensuada, un espacio de diálogo con el fin de afianzar la integración en materia cultural, social, económica, política y de infraestructura en América del Sur, para encarar conjuntamente los desafíos del desarrollo, la…
O documento está estruturado em quatro capítulos, dedicados ao estudo de aspectos relevantes da infraestrutura da América do Sul. O capítulo I introduz a relação entre a provisão de serviços de infraestrutura, o desenvolvimento econômico e a equidade e discorre sobre o impacto do investimento em infraestrutura, assim como o papel do Estado, as políticas públicas e a nova equação Estadomercado- sociedade. O capítulo II se concentra no diagnóstico sobre a infraestrutura na região, fazendo referência tanto a aspectos de investimentos como à infraestrutura econômica (energia, telecomunicações, tr…
O presente documento brinda um panorama quantitativo das entradas de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) e analisa a importância relativa dos diferentes setores econômicos de destino e a origem geográfica destes fluxos de capital. Também examina o desempenho do IED originado nos países da América Latina e Caribe, com especial atenção ao processo de expansão internacional que vêm efetuando algumas das maiores empresas da região, as denominadas empresas translatinas. Em termos temáticos, o documento se enfoca nas atividades das empresas europeias na América Latina e Caribe. Atualmente, o bloco…
(5 December 2011) According to ECLAC, exports from countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to India represented only 0.9% of the region's total exports in 2008-2010 and 6.2% of those sent to Asia-Pacific in 2010. Although the figure was lower than that of exports to other nations, such as Korea and China, there is significant potential for increasing it in the medium term.
In a new publication entitled India and Latin America and the Caribbean. Opportunities and challenges in trade and investment relations, the Organization of the United Nations reveals that the outlook is promising, in p…
(5 de diciembre, 2011) Las exportaciones de los países de América Latina y el Caribe a India alcanzaron apenas 0,9% del total de las ventas de la región al exterior en el período 2008-2010 y 6,2% de los envíos hacia Asia-Pacífico en 2010. Aunque son inferiores a las exportaciones hacia otras naciones, como Corea y China, existe un gran potencial para incrementarlas en el mediano plazo, según la CEPAL.
En un nuevo estudio titulado India y América Latina y el Caribe. Oportunidades y desafíos en el comercio y las relaciones de inversión, el organismo de Naciones Unidas indica que las perspectivas…
This paper develops a model and explains the determinants of profitmargins in the Peruvian business sector in the 1998-2008 period. Theseare established in a fixed-price scenario, with reference to a set of variablessuch as the price elasticity of demand, the behaviour of possible industryentrants and any regulatory intervention by government. In addition,there is a direct relationship between profit margins and self-financingof investment. Profit margins and profit ratios in the business sector arerising and exceed international norms. The paper also identifies a trendtowards lower levels of …
(14 November 2011) During a meeting today at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, authorities and experts in the area of transport stated that the future development of Latin America and the Caribbean requires a strategy for developing integrated and sustainable policies for infrastructure, logistics and transport.
During the Seminar of high-level government experts: Full development and transport policies in Latin America, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Ports of the State of the Ministry of Development for Spain and the Spanish Agency for I…
(14 de noviembre, 2011) El desarrollo futuro de América Latina y el Caribe necesita una estrategia para la formulación de políticas integradas y sostenibles de infraestructura, logística y movilidad, señalaron hoy autoridades y expertos del área de transporte reunidos en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
En el Seminario de expertos gubernamentales de alto nivel: Desarrollo pleno y políticas de transporte en América Latina, organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Puertos del Estado del Ministerio de Fomento de España y la Agencia Española de Cooperaci…
(26 October 2011) According to a report released by ECLAC, South American ports require significant investments to improve their infrastructure, enabling them to receive large vessels which are currently navigating the main shipping routes in the world.
The study was presented during the opening session of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists IAME 2011 Latin America, which is taking place between 25 and 28 October at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The report, which will be available o…
(26 de octubre, 2011) Los puertos de América del Sur necesitarán importantes inversiones para mejorar su infraestructura de manera de poder recibir los buques de gran tamaño que actualmente circulan por las principales rutas navieras del mundo, según un informe dado a conocer por la CEPAL.
El estudio fue presentado en la sesión inaugural de la Conferencia Anual de la Asociación Internacional de Economistas Marítimos IAME 2011 América Latina, que se realiza del 25 al 28 de octubre en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Santiago, Chile.
El informe -que es…
After contracting in 2009, GDP expanded by 5.9% in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010, albeit with the region's hallmark differences in performance from one country to another. The expansion in output was driven by strong domestic demand in the forms of both consumption and investment, and by buoyant external demand. On the domestic demand side, private consumption (up 5.9%) was sustained by an upturn in employment and wages, brightening economic expectations, an expansion in lending to the private sector and, in some countries, an upswing in remittances from emigrant workers. Public…
India and Latin America and the Caribbean, together with China, are the world's new growth poles. Economies in developing Asia, led by China and India, are growing three times as fast as the industrialized countries. Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the international crisis with remarkable esilience and emerged from it sooner and more robustly than the developed economies. In the coming years, the industrialized economies will continue to face complex challenges, in particular the need to rein in and gradually reduce the fiscal deficit and public debt in a context of slower grow…
(25 October 2011) During the first semester of 2011, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean showed significant growth, maintaining the trend observed since 2010, stated the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today in Santiago, Chile.
According to the Organization, FDI flows to 18 economies in the region increased by 54% during the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. However, the region has shown a significant drop in its foreign investments, which posted a negative balance during the first half of the year.
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