En este artículo se analizan los cambios en la estructura ycompetitividad de la industria de bienes de capital brasileña desdecomienzos de los años 1990 y se propone una clasificación dentrode esta industria basada en los diversos segmentos industriales quedemandan máquinas y equipos. Aunque esta industria sigue pesandobastante en el valor agregado del sector manufacturero, la eficienciaproductiva y la competitividad internacional de los segmentos quela componen son bastante heterogéneas. El artículo destaca lossegmentos con mayor potencial de desarrollo y sugiere para cadauno de ellos medidas…
This article analyses changes in the structure and competitiveness ofthe Brazilian capital goods industry since the early 1990s and proposes aclassification within that industry based on the different industrial segmentsfrom which the demand for machinery and equipment derives. Althoughthis industry still accounts for a large share of manufacturing sector valueadded, the production efficiency and international competitiveness of thesegments it comprises are quite heterogeneous. The article singles out thesegments with the greatest development potential and suggests measuresthat could be taken …
Few developing countries have succeeded in consistently closing theincome gap with the world's richest nations without proactive governmentaction in pursuit of economic transformation and a dynamic role in theglobal economy. Two factors are crucial here: the development andimplementation of a medium- and long-term strategy to achieve rapideconomic transformation, and the support provided to this strategy by apublic-private alliance forged by means of a social process suited to localconditions. This article analyses the way alliances of this kind operate in10 countries outside the region d…
This year, Latin American and Caribbean economies are completing an expansive cycle of six consecutive years, with an average annual per capita growth rate of 3.5%. This is the biggest economic bonanza in the past 30 years. Many new opportunities are arising. It is time to explore new avenues.
Basically, countries in the region should make the most of the global expansion to promote a process of productive transformation and capacity-building to enable them to broaden and modify their traditional modes of international insertion, adding value and knowledge to their products.
This is the centra…
Este año las economías de América Latina y el Caribe completarán un ciclo expansivo de seis años consecutivos, con un crecimiento medio anual del producto por habitante de 3,5%. Es el período de mayor bonanza de los últimos treinta años. Existen numerosas oportunidades. Es el momento de explorar nuevos caminos.
En esencia, se trata de aprovechar la expansión global para impulsar procesos de transformación productiva y desarrollo de capacidades que permitan a los países de la región ampliar y modificar sus modalidades tradicionales de inserción internacional, agregando valor y conocimient…
This document presents the results derived from the analyses of the cost of undernutrition in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.
The study shows that not only are the effects reported valid for the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic, but the resultant economic impact is also significant, representing between 1.7% and 11.4% of GDP. In this regard, productivity losses as a consequence of the higher death rate and the lower level of education account for 90% of the costs. Thus, in addition to the ethical imperative, era…
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