China has become the third largest source of FDI in the world, only behind the United States and Japan. Chinese outward FDI continues to grow every year, but inflows into Latin America have remained stagnant since the year 2010 when a large wave of acquisitions introduced many Chinese companies to the region. They also remain very concentrated on the extraction of natural resources and in a handful of countries. Slower growth in China, and lower commodity prices may force some Chinese companies to change their strategy and start looking for overseas markets in new sectors, particularly in serv…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena—speaking at the World Economic Forum being held in the Swiss city of Davos—encouraged the region’s countries and China to cooperate in key areas such as infrastructure, energy and, especially, agriculture, since the regional potential for agricultural and food production could meet the Asian country’s demands.
The senior United Nations official participated on Tuesday, January 17 in the session entitled China’s Pivot to World Markets.
The other speakers on the panel, which was moderat…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, en una intervención en el Foro Económico Mundial que se celebra en la ciudad suiza de Davos, alentó a los países de la región y a China a cooperar en áreas clave como la infraestructura, la energía y, en especial, la agricultura, ya que el potencial regional de producción agrícola y alimentaria permitiría dar respuesta a las demandas del país asiático.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó el martes 17 en la sesión titulada China’s Pivot to World Markets (El pivote de China …
This edition of the Economic and Social Panorama of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is a contribution by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fifth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC),(Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, January 2017).
The document has six sections summarizing the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean as regards economic, social and population affairs, as well as foreign direct investment, trade and gender equality.…
Esta edición del Panorama Económico y Social de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños es una contribución de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) a la Quinta Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), (Punta Cana, República Dominicana, enero de 2017).
.El documento se divide en seis secciones, en las que se expone sintéticamente la situación de América Latina y el Caribe en temas económicos, sociales y de población, así como de inversión extranjera, comercio e igualdad de género.…
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