Technological change and employment in Latin America: opportunities and challenges / Jürgen Weller .-- A comparative analysis of medicine prices in Latin America / Roberto Álvarez and Aldo González .-- Innovation systems and changes in the core-periphery divide: notes on a methodology to determine countries’ trajectories using science and technology statistics / Catari Vilela Chaves, Leonardo Costa Ribeiro, Ulisses Pereira dos Santos and Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque .-- Corruption, production structure and economic development in developing countries / Helis Cristina Zanuto Andrade Santos an…
Las transformaciones tecnológicas y el empleo en América Latina: oportunidades y desafíos / Jürgen Weller .-- Análisis comparativo de los precios de los medicamentos en América Latina / Roberto Álvarez y Aldo González .-- Sistemas de innovación y cambios en la división centro-periferia: notas sobre una metodología para determinar las trayectorias de los países a partir de las estadísticas de ciencia y tecnología / Catari Vilela Chaves, Leonardo Costa Ribeiro, Ulisses Pereira dos Santos y Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque .-- Corrupción, estructura productiva y desarrollo económico en los países e…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to think about development in a different way to move towards a more innovative, diversified and inclusive vision, during a high-level event held today in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the seminar “Challenges for growth and development in Latin America,” organized by CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, in conjunction with the Argentine government.
Bárcena participated on a panel about challenges rela…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, instó hoy a los países de la región a pensar el desarrollo de una manera diferente para avanzar hacia una visión más innovadora, diversificada e inclusiva, durante un evento de alto nivel realizado en Buenos Aires, Argentina.
La máxima autoridad de la CEPAL fue una de las oradoras principales del seminario “Desafíos para el crecimiento y el desarrollo en América Latina”, organizado por CAF-banco de desarrollo de América Latina, en conjunto con el Gobierno argentino.
Bárcena participó en el…
This study analyzes foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from the Republic of Korea to Latin America and the Caribbean in the last two decades to identify how Korean companies are investing in the region and which lessons can be learned from this relationship. The study relies on the analysis of investment flows, greenfield projects, and mergers and acquisitions as well as on interviews with entrepreneurs and authorities and a survey conducted on a small sample of suppliers of the automotive industry in Mexico. The Republic of Korea is a valuable economic partner for countries in Latin Ame…
For many countries, the acceleration of integration into the global economy and multilateral trading system provides an opportunity to access a wider range of goods and services as well as export markets, increasing their economic incomes, and improving the welfare of the citizenry. In particular, preferential trade agreements tend to increase export market access opportunities for the agro-industrial products of developing countries.
While increased market access offers many opportunities for enhancing the economic growth of exporting countries, developing countries are often unable to seize…
En 2018, la inversión extranjera directa (IED) en el mundo se ubicó en su nivel más bajo desde 2009. Las entradas de IED fueron un 13% inferiores a las de 2017 y alcanzaron un valor de 1,3 billones de dólares. Esta disminución fue más pronunciada en las economías desarrolladas (-27%), principalmente en Europa, como consecuencia del impacto de la reforma tributaria en los Estados Unidos, que promovió mayores flujos de repatriación de utilidades desde Europa hacia ese país. Al mismo tiempo se produjo un ligero aumento (+2%) en las economías en desarrollo. Por otra parte, se desaceleró la expansi…
Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…
Esta publicação apresenta e analisa as principais tendências do investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) nos países da América Latina e do Caribe.
Na região, pela primeira vez em cinco anos as entradas de IED foram superiores às do ano anterior (13,2%) e alcançaram um montante de 184,287 bilhões de dólares. Esta evolução, porém, obedece a maiores fluxos que se concentram em poucos países, principalmente Brasil e México. Além disso, não está associada a aportes de capital, mas a maiores entradas por empréstimos entre companhias e, em menor medida, reinvestimento de lucros. As manufaturas e os ser…
This ECLAC annual report sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In the region, FDI inflows were up (by 13.2%) year on year for the first time in five years, at US$ 184.287 billion. This performance is explained by higher flows into just a few countries, however, mainly Brazil and Mexico. Moreover, it does not reflect equity investment, but higher inflows in the form of intercompany loans and, to a lesser extent, reinvestment of earnings. Manufactures and services were the sectors receiving most equity, although…
En este informe anual de la CEPAL se presentan y analizan las principales tendencias de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) en los países de América Latina y el Caribe.
En la región, las entradas de IED por primera vez en cinco años fueron superiores a las del año anterior (un 13,2%) y alcanzaron un monto de 184.287 millones de dólares. Esta evolución, sin embargo, obedece a mayores flujos que se concentran en pocos países, principalmente el Brasil y México. Además, no se puede asociar a aportes de capital, sino que a mayores entradas por préstamos entre compañías y, en menor medida, reinver…
El mundo está ante la encrucijada de avanzar hacia soluciones serias e inmediatas a los grandes problemas que enfrenta o seguir la tendencia en curso hacia una importante crisis social y ambiental.
En este libro se señala que, al mismo tiempo que enfrentan desafíos en materia de pobreza, desigualdad, productividad y violencia interpersonal, los países centroamericanos cuentan con un fuerte potencial, que se manifiesta en la creación de eficientes plataformas exportadoras, políticas macroeconómicas prudentes, aumentos salariales y del empleo, una sólida integración eléctrica, el cambio de la ma…
“There is great room for deepening the ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean. In economic terms, we can make progress through long-term and new generation trade, technological and productive agreements,” said Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who participated on behalf of Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena in the inauguration of the eighth India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave, which is taking place in Santiago, Chile.
There is ample room for growth in trade, foreign direct investment and South…
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