La firma de acuerdos comerciales se ha constituido en un aspecto central de la política comercial y a la vez en un ingrediente fundamental de la estrategia de desarrollo de los países de la región. Por eso no es casual que los países centroamericanos y República Dominicana recién hayan concluido negociaciones; en su mayoría han ratificado un acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos e iniciado negociaciones con la Unión Europea. Igual está sucediendo con Perú, Colombia y Panamá. El presente documento tiene como propósito extraer enseñanzas de las experiencias de México y Chile en la cooper…
From a broad sustainable development viewpoint, intellectual property (IP) might relate to a number of aspects of a country's social and economic development. Its impact can be felt in industrial, health, education, nutrition, biodiversity and cultural policies. In exploring the issues relating to sustainable development and the important changes that have taken place in the IP landscape, we will focus on issues that are drawing particular attention in major international for and to developments that are taking place in bilateral trade negotiations.This paper will thus focus on understand…
The increasing frequency and economic losses from natural disasters within the framework of decreasing agricultural prices is becoming crucial in increasing poverty in the Mexican rural economy. During the past two decades, the governmental withdrawal from supporting the agricultural sector with investments in physical, financial and logistic instruments continues to stress agricultural livelihoods, as current private mechanisms have not replaced them effectively. Natural disasters occurrence is increasingly producing severe damages to the so-called traditional agriculture, highly exposed to c…
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