Impactos ambientales de los cambios en la estructura exportadora de nueve países de América Latina y el Caribe: 1980-1995

Istmo Centroamericano: Estadísticas del subsector eléctrico

First Europe-Latin America Dialogue on Promotion of Energy Efficiency

Abstract This report contains a recap of the presentations given by the speakers at the 'first Europe-Latin America Dialogue on Promotion of Energy Efficiency', held in Brussels from 28 to 30 October 1998. The event was organized within the framework of the 'promotion of Energy Efficiency in Latin America' Project, which is cofinanced by ECLAC, through its Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division, and the SYNERGY Programme of the European Commission's XVII Directorate-General of Energy. The project is under the direction of Fernando Sánchez Albavera, ECLAC Regiona…

Facilitation of international trade in goods

The FAL Bulletin is reverting to its original concept, that is, facilitation of trade in the broad sense. In the context of ECLAC, this is a topic covered by the International Trade Unit in the International Trade and Development Finance Division, to which the Transport Unit also belonged until it was incorporated into the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division in April 1999.In an effort at inter-divisional cooperation starting with this issue, the International Trade Unit will be responsible for preparing four articles per year on trade facilitation for the FAL Bulletin. These are cert…

La facilitación del comercio internacional de bienes

El Boletín FAL se está reencontrando con lo que fue su concepto original, es decir, la facilitación del comercio en su sentido amplio. En el ámbito de la CEPAL, esta materia ahora es propia de la Unidad de Comercio Internacional, de la División de Comercio Internacional y Financiamiento del Desarrollo, de la cual la Unidad de Transporte formaba parte, hasta su incorporación en la División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura, en abril de 1999. En un esfuerzo de cooperación interdivisional, a partir de la presente edición, la Unidad de Comercio Internacional asume la responsabilidad de el…

Twentieth meeting of national customs directors of Latin America, Portugal and Spain

The twentieth Meeting of National Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal was held from 26 to 29 October 1999 in Cancún, Quinta Roo, Mexico. Working groups discussed issues relating to control, harmonization of customs procedures, strategic alliances for combating commercial fraud, integrity and the impact of the year 2000 computer problem on customs services. At the plenary meeting of this session, agreement was reached on 30 points.Uruguay, headquarters for the twenty-first meeting: The delegation of Uruguay's offer to host the twenty-first meeting in October 2000 was acc…

XX Reunión de Directores Nacionales de Aduanas de América Latina, España y Portugal

La XX Reunión de Directores Nacionales de Aduanas de América Latina, España y Portugal se celebró del 26 al 29 de octubre de 1999, en Cancún, Quinta Roo, México. Los grupos de trabajo debatieron temas relacionados con la fiscalización, la armonización de los procedimientos aduaneros, las alianzas estratégicas para combatir el fraude comercial, la probidad, y el impacto del Y2K en las aduanas. Asimismo, en el plenario de la Reunión se lograron 30 acuerdos. Uruguay, sede de la XXI Reunión: Se aceptó el ofrecimiento de la delegación de Uruguay para constituirse en sede de la XXI Reunión, en octub…

Barriers to Latin American and Caribbean exports in the US market, 1998-1999

Introduction Barriers to Latin American and Caribbean Exports in the US Market, 1998-1999 is the sixth report released yearly by ECLAC Washington. Its aim is to provide information on trade inhibiting measures that Latin American and Caribbean exports encounter in the United States, updating that contained in previous reports. The classification of trade inhibiting measures follows that used by the US Trade Representative's yearly publication National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. Out of this classification, the report focuses on those three of greatest relevan…

The effect of y2k on Western Hemisphere transport systems

This edition of the Bulletin provides a report on the Conference on the Effect of the Year 2000 Problem (Y2K) on Transport Systems in the Western Hemisphere, which was held in Cancún, Mexico, in May 1999. Also included is an analysis of sea transport in South America, prepared and presented by the Uruguayan delegation at the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of Ministers of Transport, Communications and Public Works of South America, held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in April 1999.…

El efecto año 2000 en los sistemas de transporte del hemisferio occidental

Esta edición del Boletín entrega un recuento de la Conferencia sobre el Efecto Año 2000 en los Sistemas de Transporte del Hemisferio Occidental, que se celebró en Cancún, México, en mayo de 1999. Asimismo, proporciona un nuevo análisis sobre el transporte marítimo en Sudámerica, elaborado y presentado por Uruguay en la Quinta Reunión Ordinaria de la Conferencia de Ministros de Transportes, Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas de América del Sur, Cochabamba, Bolivia, en abril de 1999.…

Nineteenth meeting of national customs directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal

First meeting on European soil. The Nineteenth Meeting of National Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal was held in Palma, Mallorca, Spain, from 2 to 6 November 1998. The opening session stressed the importance of this being the first meeting held on European soil, and members were urged to pool their efforts to develop closer cooperative ties between the region's customs services.…

XIX Reunión de Directores Nacionales de Aduanas de América Latina, España y Portugal

Primera reunión en territorio europeo. La XIX Reunión de Directores Nacionales de Aduanas de América Latina, España y Portugal, se celebró en Palma de Mallorca, España, del 2 al 6 de noviembre de 1998. En la sesión de apertura, se resaltó la importancia de la reunión de ser la primera que se realiza en territorio europeo y se exhortó a los miembros a unir esfuerzos para estrechar los lazos de cooperación entre los servicios aduaneros de la región.…

Dos desafíos para la aplicación del Convenio de Basilea en la región: el borrador de acuerdo regional y la cooperación con otros acuerdos multilaterales ambientales

Concentration in liner shipping: its causes and impacts for ports and shipping services in developing regions

Abstract Concentration in liner shipping means that relatively larger shipping companies are increasing their market share at the expense of the remaining smaller players. Although this process is not new, it has gained strength and is particularly affecting ports and shipping services in developing regions. Because trade is growing as a proportion of world GDP, governments and international organizations attach an increasing priority to improving ports and shipping services. This leads to deregulation, which, together with technological advances, increases the incentives for shipping companie…

Trade and industrial policies: past performance and future prospects

Abstract During the course of 1997 and 1998, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) carried out the project Comparative study of development strategies of selected East-Asian and Latin American countries with special reference to trade and industrial policies under the new international trading system . The project was designed to extract from the experiences of both regions the essence of the appropriate public policy in industrial and trade development and to identify its new role and available instruments, in conformity with the post-Uruguay Round trade reg…

Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 1997

La presente edición del Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe persigue el doble objetivo de informar a los gobiernos de la región sobre las tendencias de la economía y del comercio internacionales, que pueden incidir en sus estrategias de desarrollo económico, y de contribuir al intercambio de información sobre los instrumentos de política comercial utilizados por los países latinoamericanos y caribeños en el período comprendido entre enero de 1996 y julio-agosto de 1997. Esta segunda edición, correspondiente a 1997, está dividida en cuatro partes. En la primera…

El grado de preparación de los países pequeños para participar en el ALCA = Readiness of small countries to participate in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

El grado de preparación de los países pequeños para participar en el ALCA = Readiness of small countries to participate in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

Recent economic trends in China and their implications for trade with Latin America and the Caribbean

Among the East and Southeast Asian economies often regarded as the most successful showcases, the People's Republic of China (PRC); occupies an outstanding place. This economy has one of the fastest growing GNPs in the world, and its outward orientation in the post-Mao Zedong era has made the country a significant world trade partner, so that the question of whether or not the economy stays on its sustained growth path will affect the welfare of the world economy in its entirety, including Latin America. The deepening of the ongoing economic reforms, coupled with prudent macro policies, s…

Summary report of the Caribbean meeting of experts on Implementation of the SIDS Plan of Action

The Caribbean Meeting of Experts on Implementation of the SIDS Programme of Action, held at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-19 May 1995 was convened to review progress towards implementation of the SIDS Programme of Action (SIDS-POA), to discuss constraints on the effective implementation of the Programme and to agree on priority areas for action. It was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (ECLAC/CDCC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme’s Special Unit …