Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…
En este manual técnico se sistematizan las bases teóricas del modelo de insumo-producto aplicado a análisis económicos de países y grupos de países (subregiones). A partir del programa Insumo Producto y Cadenas de Valor, desarrollado por la Unidad de Integración Regional de la División de Comercio Internacional e Integración de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), y de las matrices de insumo-producto de la CEPAL asociadas a este, los técnicos de los Gobiernos podrán realizar sus propios cálculos y análisis siguiendo las pautas y recomendaciones del manual y adecuándol…
This publication aims to analyse the policies and initiatives implemented by the governments of eight countries in the region as well as India, with special emphasis on governance. The inclusion of India as a benchmark is of particular interest, as it is the leading exporter of modern services among developing countries. The document finds that policies that were actively adopted by and coordinated among sectoral stakeholders had a greater impact on the development of the industry. This is all the more relevant in initiatives to attract foreign investment and those related to the development o…
Este trabajo analiza la evolución de las exportaciones uruguayas en cadenas de valor a partir de matrices insumo-producto y también mediante una clasificación basada en el tipo de bien comerciado y la combina con otras fuentes de datos para describir aspectos relacionados con la política comercial, la gobernanza, fiscalidad y el upgrading de la producción nacional a partir de cinco categorías de bienes según su tipo de participación en cadenas.…
The ADELA Program of the KAS and the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC will organize a conference and publish a book (in English and Spanish) that addresses the current and future challenges of the region in international trade to encourage debate and promote common responses…
Green coffee growers, most of whom are smallholders, have suffered from the significant volatility and fall in the international price of this commodity over the past decade. It is therefore crucial to understand the factors that drive price volatility, which has been studied extensively for other commodities but not for coffee. This study looks into the determinants of the conditional volatility of green coffee prices in three different markets: spot, futures and physical.…
This paper analyzes the determinants of arabica green coffee prices in Latin American countries using a time series analysis and panel data methods. For this purpose, we construct a panel of different coffee prices: Coffee Organization (ICO) composite prices for Brazilian Naturals, Colombian Milds, and Other Milds; prices paid by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC) to coffee growers; and farm gate prices by country. The results show that the Brazilian Real to USD real exchange rate, inflation, and rain in January affect prices positively. In contrast, green coffee inventorie…
El proceso de integración comercial entre Centroamérica y México ha permitido la creación de cadenas regionales de valor entre sectores y países, así como la densificación del entramado productivo regional. En este contexto, han surgido redes de intercambio comercial entre los países que tienen una estructura de conexiones compleja. El objetivo principal del presente trabajo es aplicar el análisis de redes sociales al estudio de las relaciones comerciales intrarregionales y extrarregionales entre los países centroamericanos, México y la República Dominicana, con el fin de identificar los secto…
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