The swift expansion of developing Asia is probably the most significant structural change in the world economy of the twenty-first century. Latin America, and in particular South America, have strongly benefited from developing Asia’s surge. China has become one of the region’s main trade partners. Despite their benefits, strengthened trans-Pacific economic relations have also become a cause for concern in Latin America, due to major imbalances of different kinds.
The purpose of this book is twofold. On the one hand, it aims to document the growing investment and trade relations between Latin …
(17 May 2012) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena concluded her official visit to the Republic of Korea on Wednesday, during which she met with authorities of this Asian country and participated in the 2012 High-Level Forum on Korea-Latin American and Caribbean Partnership.
The United Nations high-level official held a meeting with Keun Ho Jang, Director-General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea, as well as with other authorities, with whom she reaffirme…
(29 December 2011) According to the thirteenth issue of the bulletin Challenges launched today by ECLAC and UNICEF, it is estimated that 10% of children under the age of five in Latin America and the Caribbean are not registered, which infringes their ability to exercise their social, economic, civil and cultural rights.
The article "A rights-based approach to birth registration in Latin America and the Caribbean", which is included in the latest issue of the joint publication, highlights that in total there are 6.5 million children without birth certificates in the region.
It indicates that…
(17 de mayo, 2012) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, finalizó el miércoles una visita oficial a la República de Corea, en la cual sostuvo encuentros con autoridades de ese país asiático y participó en el Foro de Alto Nivel para la Cooperación Corea-América Latina y el Caribe 2012.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas se entrevistó con Keun Ho Jang, Director General para Asuntos de América Latina y el Caribe del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio de Corea, y otras autoridades con las que reafirmó el progra…
The Module for the analysis of growth in international commerce (MAGIC) is a computer program created by the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico for post-trade analysis of the competitiveness of countries’ exports to the United States market. The new version, MAGIC Plus, handles multiple windows or reports simultaneously, includes exports and imports up to 2010, generates different types of interactive graphics, allows easy administration of user profile options, enables the user to include, modify and eliminate groups of countries and features options to print, create graphics, generate …
Creative industries have become a new engine of growth and development in the world economy. This dynamic sector, which ranges from traditional arts to multimedia, has been an important driver of innovation and productivity growth. The present study argues that the creative industries can become a pillar for economic diversification and export growth in the Caribbean. The study adds to the developing literature on the creative sector by evaluating export performance in the context of constraints as well as opportunities. The Caribbean creative sector possesses a number of advantages that are r…
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(26 de junio, 2012) Para profundizar la relación estratégica con la región, el Primer Ministro chino Wen Jiabao propuso hoy la creación del foro de cooperación China-América Latina y el establecimiento de un mecanismo de diálogo periódico con la troika de cancilleres de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), convocando a la primera reunión en el curso de 2012.
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, dio la bienvenida a nombre de la institución a Wen Jiabao, quien dirigió desde la sede …
This book shows how international policy cooperation can be beneficial even in the absence of strong real transmission channels between countries. “Cooperation for learning”, the approach to cooperation we present, works by allowing policymakers to exchange experiences and jointly learn how to address regular common policymaking challenges posed by different types of uncertainty.
Such cooperation is based on the establishment of links between policymakers and other institutions. International organizations like the United Nations can nurture and support such learning networks. In Latin America…
This paper was prepared as a stimulant to discussions at the workshop “Negotiating trade agreements for the 21st century: The case of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement”, organized jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade (IIT), with the generous financial support of the Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program (AUSAid). The workshop, held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago from 26 to 28 March 2012, brought together experienced trade negotiators from Australia’s D…