In the 1990s, Canada's trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean intensified. The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 signaled the beginning of a new phase in trade relations between Canada and countries in the hemisphere. Since 1994, Canada has signed trade agreements with Costa Rica and Chile. Currently, negotiations are underway for a free trade agreement with Central America. Also, preliminary talks of trade agreements with the Caribbean and the Andean Community have taken place. In addition, Canada is actively participating in negotiati…
The services sector has grown significantly in most countries and in the world economy as a whole. This has been observed in the progression from primary to secondary and/or tertiary sector-led economic growth and development. Services contribute significantly to output, employment and exports. They account for about 80% of the United States output (GDP) and about 65% of GDP of the European Union. Developed countries are the largest service exporters accounting for over 70% of services traded in the late 1990s. Although developing countries account for a relatively smal…
Discusses the challenges facing key sectors in the Caribbean region, paying particular attention to agriculture, tourism, nutrition and health, manufacturing, energy, and the eco-system. Explores how the new technologies might be used in each sector to impact the development process.…
Abstract Based on the analysis of the Argentinean currency board and the full dollarization scheme in Ecuador this paper argues that an intermediate exchange rate regime (compared to free floating or hard peg) will be a better option for countries subject to external financial shocks and a worldwide export and import structure. It shows that the Argentine convertibility system was successful as an anti-inflationary program. However, the reduction in the inflation rate has been accompanied by a dramatic change in relative prices of tradable and non tradable goods and services, which ha…
At the turn, of the twentieth century, a large number of Europeans -mainly Italians and Spaniards- left their homelands and headed to the distant southern shores of Argentina responding to the good economic opportunities, fertile land and a better future that were to be found in this country, at the time one of the most vibrant world economies. Around 7 million people migrated from Europe to Argentina between 1870 and 1930, although near 3 million returned back at different point in time during those years. Also foreign capital responded to the opportunities opened in Argentina and British fin…
Resumen Este trabajo constituye una revisión de las actividades de evaluación de las políticas del mercado de trabajo (PMT); que se desarrollan en Europa durante los últimos años.
En primer lugar, el estudio se centra en las medidas que han recibido un mayor impulso en los países europeos, es decir, las llamadas políticas activas: los servicios públicos de empleo e intermediación; la formación no reglada, dirigida tanto a personas desempleadas como a trabajadores ocupados; las medidas formativas para jóvenes que entran en el mercado de trabajo; las subvenciones públicas a la contratación, y lo…
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La creación y la entrada en vigor del euro a partir del 1 de enero de 1999, no sólo constituye una etapa decisiva para la Unión Monetaria Europea, pero implica también importantes transformaciones en el sistema monetario internacional. El peso no desdeñable de los lazos económicos que existen entre numerosos países latinoamericanos y el viejo continente, y el interés que constituye el proceso de construcción de la Unión Monetaria Europea para la integración regional en América Latina y el Caribe, están en la base de la reflexión que se presenta en este documento.
Los efectos del euro e…
El conjunto de textos reunidos en este libro representa un producto palpable de la Conferencia internacional Hacia un nuevo paradigma: Capital social y reducción de la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe , organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL) y la Universidad del Estado de Michigan en Santiago de Chile, en septiembre de 2001. Este libro, que contiene 19 artículos de conocidos especialistas, se organiza en siete secciones que abordan el análisis del capital social y su relación con el desarrollo, las políticas públicas, la pobreza urbana, la dimensión de géner…