This paper studies the digital payments landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Latin America and the Caribbean. It presents the main characteristics of different digital payment methods, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. It also examines how digital payments contribute to financial inclusion and it describes the global and regional trends and prospects. It presents the main findings of an exhaustive analysis of payment methods accepted by more than 550 transactional marketplaces in 33 countries in LAC. It also examines the main obstacles to development of digital payments in …
Webinario Trabajo decente y economía social y solidaria en América Latina y el Caribe: Avances y desafíos a partir de la Resolución de la 110ª Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo de la OIT…
El propósito de este trabajo, elaborado de manera conjunta por autoridades nacionales y provinciales, con la colaboración de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), es identificar oportunidades de transformación productiva para la provincia del Chaco (Argentina). A partir de sus capacidades productivas, tecnológicas e institucionales, se consensuaron lineamientos para la implementación de políticas públicas dirigidas a aumentar la competitividad de la producción local y generar más empleo de calidad. Históricamente, los motores de la economía chaqueña han sido las acti…
La instancia participativa fue organizada por el Gobierno Regional de esta región, con el apoyo de instituciones vinculadas al desarrollo productivo en Chile.…
La instancia fue organizada por la Secretaría de Desarrollo Agropecuario de ese municipio y se realizó en una reunión del Consejo Seccional de Desarrollo Agropecuario (CONSEA…
This article provides a portrait of firm heterogeneity in connection with international activities. We analyse the impact of the extensive margins of exports and imports and of trade with different types of partners on firms’ performance, using detailed national customs and manufacturing firm survey data from Uruguay for the period 1997–2005. This is the first study to use customs data and analyse the extensive margins of trade and types of partner for Uruguayan firms. In line with previous studies, we find that trade is highly concentrated and that firms which both export and import show a su…
En este artículo se ofrece un retrato de la heterogeneidad de las empresas asociadas a actividades internacionales. Se analiza el impacto de los márgenes extensivos de las exportaciones e importaciones y del comercio con diferentes tipos socios en el desempeño de las empresas. Para ello, se utilizan datos administrativos de aduanas nacionales y de las encuestas industriales del Uruguay para el período 1997-2005. Se encuentra que el comercio está muy concentrado y que las empresas que se dedican a la exportación y la importación registran un mejor desempeño. Además, el margen extensivo de produ…
This article analyses how trade and investment relations between Argentina and China have evolved in the post-convertibility period. In the case of trade, Argentina’s sales to China are more concentrated in the primary sector than its exports to other countries. Chinese competition has adverse effects on Argentina’s domestic production only in specific sectors, but it has caused significant displacement of Argentine exports to Brazil. In the case of foreign direct investment, Chinese FDI is driven by a quest for natural resources and generates little productive or technological spillover. Thus…
El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la evolución de las relaciones comerciales y de las inversiones entre la Argentina y China en la posconvertibilidad. En lo que respecta a las exportaciones argentinas, el comercio con China muestra un patrón de primarización mayor en relación con otros socios comerciales. En el mercado interno argentino, los efectos negativos de la competencia china para la producción nacional están acotados a sectores específicos. Sin embargo, se destaca un desplazamiento significativo de las exportaciones argentinas hacia el Brasil por parte de la competencia chin…
The pace of the digital transformation of the Caribbean has increased rapidly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more governments, businesses and individuals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) than ever before. However, as the digital realm has become more important, the cost of exclusion from it has also increased, and threatens to deepen inequalities in the subregion.…
The Caribbean has experienced transformative change in terms of digital technologies in recent years. Broadband penetration has increased, 3G and 4G coverage is nearly universal in several countries, and most countries of the subregion have a higher number of internet users than the global average. However, significant digital divides
remain across the Caribbean, as evidenced by several relevant indicators related to information and communications technologies (ICTs).…
Discussions on digital inclusion and the digital divide have been ongoing at the global level for over 20 years. While early discussions focused primarily on the gap in access to digital technologies between countries, new digital divides have emerged as the technology has become more advanced and its impact on society has increased.…
The Caribbean is undergoing a digital transformation: More people than ever have access to digital technologies and the internet, and both businesses and government entities are increasingly providing online services. While significant disparities remain both within and among Caribbean countries in terms of access to digital technologies
and infrastructure, the influence of digital technologies on the subregion has increased significantly in recent years, particularly in response to the public health measures implemented to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
In a context of weak economic recovery, Latin America and the Caribbean received $142.794 billion dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2021, 40.7% more than in 2020, but this growth was not enough to achieve the levels seen prior to the pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) stated today in a press release describing the main conclusions of its annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022.
Globally, FDI inflows increased by 64% in 2021, reaching approximately $1.6 trillion dollars. As a destination for …
En un contexto de débil recuperación económica, América Latina y el Caribe recibió 142.794 millones de dólares de inversión extranjera directa (IED) en 2021, un 40,7% más que en 2020, pero este crecimiento no fue suficiente para alcanzar los niveles previos a la pandemia, informó hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) por medio de un comunicado de prensa que da cuenta de las principales conclusiones del informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2022.
A nivel mundial, los montos de IED aumentaron un 64% en 2021, alcanzando aproximada…
Num contexto de fraca recuperação econômica, a América Latina e o Caribe receberam 142,794 bilhões de dólares de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) em 2021, 40,7% mais que em 2020; porém, este crescimento não foi suficiente para alcançar os níveis registrados antes da pandemia, informou hoje a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) num comunicado de imprensa que apresenta as principais conclusões do relatório anual O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2022.
Em todo o mundo, os montantes de IED aumentaram 64% em 2021, alcançando aproxima…
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