The trade relationship between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean has grown over the past years to the benefit of both economies. Additionally, important efforts have taken place in pursuit of free trade. The United States Congress approved the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) in 2005. The agreement shall enter into effect on a date to be agreed upon among the parties, pending approval of Nicaragua and Costa Rica legislatures. Furthermore, the United States is negotiating with Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador to establish the Andean Free Trade…
Hubert Escaith is Director of the Division of Statistics and Economic Projections of ECLAC. These methodological notes were prepared for a lecture at the 2005 ECLAC Summer School. They are based on, and up-date, a series of papers in Spanish published in 2003 and 2004, which received in 2005 the award Maestro Jesus Silva Herzog from Economic Research Institute of the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization. …
Avant-propos La pensée latino-américaine est, selon certains, une éternelle tentative de concilier modernisation et identité. Dès sa création, la CEPALC a participé à cette démarche et a proposé, à la lumière de la spécificité des situations régionales, de transformer le processus de production dans un climat d'équité sociale et, plus récemment, de pérennité de l'environnement. Cette tâche s'inscrit désormais dans le contexte de la mondialisation, qui est également le fil conducteur de ce livre. Il s'agit donc d'une analyse critique des possibilités que la mondialisat…
Mediante este documento se procura dar respuesta a la continua demanda de información comparable, confiable y de calidad. Los datos expuestos se presentan en series cronológicas estandarizadas y revisadas para que se pueda llevar a cabo el análisis de las tendencias del sector.El documento contiene información relacionada con la producción, el consumo y el comercio de los subsectores agrícola, pecuario, pesquero y forestal. Además, y para posibilitar una evaluación completa del sector agropecuario, se proporciona información detallada sobre el PIB global de cada país, el PIB agropecuar…
The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…
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