The decade ending in 2019 saw the highest ever foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Latin America and the Caribbean, which reached their peak in 2012. Since then, foreign investment inflows have declined steadily, bringing into focus, especially in South American countries, the relationship between FDI flows, the macroeconomic cycle and commodity price cycles in the region.
In 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean received US$ 160.721 billion in FDI, 7.8% less than in 2018, a decline that is seen intensifying sharply in 2020 when inflows are forecast to drop by between 45% and 55% as a r…
Na década que terminou em 2019, as entradas de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) na América Latina e no Caribe alcançaram seu máximo valor histórico, fato que ocorreu em 2012. Depois desse ano, a queda dos fluxos de investimento estrangeiro foi quase ininterrupta, tornando evidente a relação que existe na região entre os fluxos de IED, o ciclo macroeconômico e os ciclos de preços das matérias-primas, principalmente nos países da América do Sul. Em 2019, ingressaram 160,721 bilhões de dólares de IED, montante 7,8% menor que o registrado em 2018, de modo que as entradas de IED representaram …
Este informe anual de la CEPAL examina no solo la evolución mundial y regional de las entradas de inversión extranjera directa (IED), sino también la contribución de estos flujos a los procesos de desarrollo productivo en la región. En el primer capítulo de la publicación se detallan los montos de inversión extranjera directa (IED) recibidos por cada país en 2019, se revisan los resultados de la década 2010-2019, se analiza el nuevo contexto internacional asociado a la pandemia del COVID-19 y se hace una proyección regional para 2020. En el segundo capítulo se estudia la reorganización de las …
Latin America and the Caribbean received $160.721 billion dollars in Foreign Direct Investment in 2019, 7.8% less than in 2018, a decline that is seen intensifying sharply in 2020 when inflows are forecast to drop by between 45% and 55% as a result of the crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) advised today upon presenting its annual study Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 (the document will be soon available on ECLAC’s website).
Worldwide, the amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is s…
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América Latina y el Caribe recibió 160.721 millones de dólares por concepto de inversión extranjera directa en 2019, 7,8% menos que en 2018, caída que se agudizaría en 2020, ya que como consecuencia de la crisis derivada de la pandemia del COVID-19 se prevé una disminución de entre un 45% y un 55% en la entrada de estos flujos, informó hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) al presentar su estudio anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2020 (disponible en el sitio web de la CEPAL próximamente).
A nivel mundial, los …
A América Latina e o Caribe receberam US$160,72 bilhões de investimento estrangeiro direto em 2019, 7,8% menos do que em 2018, queda que se agravaria em 2020, já que, como consequência da crise derivada da pandemia da COVID-19 é previsto uma redução de 45% e 55% na entrada desses fluxos, informou hoje a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) ao apresentar seu estudo anual: O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2020 (disponível em breve no site da CEPAL).
No âmbito mundial, os valores de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) cairiam 40% em 2020, e …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present this Wednesday, December 2, at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -3:00) its study entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, which examines the global and regional evolution of FDI inflows as well as the contribution of these flows to productive development processes in the region.
The main conclusions of this annual report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference carried out from Santiago, Chile.
The publication’s first …
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presentará este miércoles 2 de diciembre, a las 11:00 horas de Chile (UTC/GMT -3:00), su estudio La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2020, que examina no solo la evolución mundial y regional de las entradas de IED, sino también la contribución de estos flujos a los procesos de desarrollo productivo en la región.
Las principales conclusiones del informe anual serán dadas a conocer por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en una conferencia de prensa virtual realizada desde Santiago de Chile.
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A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) apresentará nesta quarta-feira, 2 de dezembro, às 11h do Chile (11h de Brasília), o seu estudo: O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2020, que examina não só a evolução mundial e regional das entradas de IED, mas também a contribuição desses fluxos para os processos de desenvolvimento produtivo da região.
As principais conclusões do relatório anual serão divulgadas por Alicia Bárcena, Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL, em uma coletiva de imprensa virtual realizada de Santiago, Chile.
No primeiro capítulo da p…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first nine months of 2020 in times of COVID-19) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
En el presente documento se ofrece un análisis de las economías de Centroamérica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá) y la República Dominicana (CARD) durante 2019 y los primeros meses de 2020 y perspectivas para el resto del año.…
United States Trade Developments 2020 provides an overview of selected developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. This is an annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office. This year’s report has a special focus on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade related issues. Specifically, it provides information on the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. trade and migration flows, supply chains as well as some of the restrictions to the move…
Latin America and the Caribbean is a large, heterogeneous region that has been open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and is home to two of the top FDI recipient economies in the world: Brazil and Mexico. The trade and investment relationship between the region and the member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) has been concentrated on infrastructure and energy, and to a lesser extent commercial and financial services, agriculture and tourism. Both regions could exploit synergies to benefit more from bilateral …
Representantes de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD) participaron de la presentación de los principales resultados del informe anual sobre inversión extranjera directa (IED), elaborado por la UNCTAD, en un conversatorio virtual organizado en conjunto por ambas organizaciones.
El encuentro promovió un diálogo con agencias de promociones de inversión de la región acerca de cómo el nuevo escenario internacional puede afectar los esfuerzos de América Latina y el Caribe para atraer IED que apo…
This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2019 and comprises four chapters. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter looks at areas of focus in the Caribbean. The third chapter concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and a subregional assessment of the coun…
The spread of the coronavirus, together with a precipitous fall in commodity prices, changed the region’s financial landscape in the first quarter of 2020.…
Highlights
• In the first quarter of 2020, the spread of the coronavirus, together with a precipitous decline in commodity prices, radically changed the financial landscape for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) issuers. After a record breaking issuance of US$ 38 billion worth of bonds in January, bond issuance dried-up in February and March, bringing total quarterly issuance to US$ 45 billion.
• On March 26, however, Panama successfully placed a sovereign bond in cross-border markets to secure additional resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It was followed in April by other four soverei…
The report Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2019 Year-in-Review, recently released by ECLAC’s Office in Washington D.C., reviews the main 2019 trends in capital flows to the region. According to the study, lowering global interest rates supported Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond activity in 2019. Borrowers enjoyed easy financing conditions, as interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank allowed them to issue foreign currency denominated bonds at increasingly low rates.
Mexican, Brazilian and Chilean borrowers were the main contributor…
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