Revista CEPAL Nº 143

Revista CEPAL Nº 143

The Amazon region at the heart of the Brazilian economy’s commodity-export model: the case of the State of Pará

The Brazilian economy has undergone far-reaching changes, related especially to the loss of industrial capacity as deindustrialization has spread and commodity-export production has expanded. The Brazilian Amazon region forms part of the expansionary logic of the agro-industry and mining sectors. This article analyses the economic reproduction model of one of the main federative units located in that region, the State of Pará. It uses the specialization coefficients and location quotients of Brazil’s 27 subnational federative units, to make a case study of that State. The findings reveal a dec…

ECLAC: Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Fell by 9.9% in 2023, but Amount Received is Above the Average in the Last Decade

In the context of a second straight year of declines in global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023 received $184.304 billion dollars in FDI, a figure that is 9.9% below what was recorded in 2022 but is still above the average notched in the last decade, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported today. The weight of Foreign Direct Investment inflows as a share of the region’s GDP also declined: in 2023, it represented 2.8%. However, the region’s participation in global FDI flows (14%) was higher than the average perce…

CEPAL: Inversión extranjera directa en América Latina y el Caribe disminuyó 9,9% en 2023, pero monto recibido es superior al promedio de la última década

En un contexto de caída, por segundo año consecutivo, de los flujos mundiales de inversión extranjera directa (IED), en 2023 ingresaron a América Latina y el Caribe 184.304 millones de dólares de IED, cifra un 9,9% inferior a la registrada en 2022, pero que aún se mantiene por encima del promedio de la última década, informó hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). El peso de las entradas de inversión extranjera directa en el PIB de la región también se redujo: en 2023 representó el 2,8%. No obstante, la participación de la región en el total mundial de flujos de IED …

CEPAL: O investimento estrangeiro direto na América Latina e no Caribe diminuiu 9,9% em 2023, mas o montante recebido é maior do que a média da última década

Em um contexto de queda nos fluxos globais de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) pelo segundo ano consecutivo, 184,304 bilhões de dólares de IED entraram na América Latina e no Caribe em 2023, um valor 9,9% menor do que o registrado em 2022, mas ainda acima da média da última década, informou hoje a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL). O peso dos fluxos de investimento estrangeiro direto no PIB da região também diminuiu: em 2023, representou 2,8%. No entanto, a participação da região nos fluxos globais de IED (14%) foi maior do que a média da década de 2010 (11%), de…

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024

La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2024

ECLAC Will Present Updated Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean and Proposals for Increasing It

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, August 1, at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) an annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which provides an overview of how these flows have evolved at a global, regional and national level. This year the publication also proposes a series of guidelines for increasing this kind of investment on a national and subnational scale, as well as for boosting its impact on productive transformation. The document’s main conclusions will be unveiled by José…

CEPAL presentará cifras actualizadas de inversión extranjera directa en América Latina y el Caribe y propuestas para incrementarla

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) lanzará el jueves 1 de agosto, a las 11:00 horas de Chile (UTC/GMT-4), su informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2024, que ofrece un completo panorama de la evolución de estos flujos a nivel global, regional y nacional. Este año la publicación también plantea una serie de lineamientos para aumentar este tipo de inversión a escala nacional y subnacional, así como para incrementar su impacto en materia de transformación productiva. Las principales conclusiones del documento serán dadas a conocer po…

A CEPAL apresentará dados atualizados sobre o investimento estrangeiro direto na América Latina e no Caribe e propostas para aumentar esse investimento

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) lançará seu relatório anual O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2024 na quinta-feira, 1º de agosto, às 11:00, horário do Chile (UTC/GMT-4), que fornece uma visão abrangente da evolução desses fluxos nos níveis global, regional e nacional. Este ano, a publicação também propõe uma série de diretrizes para aumentar esse tipo de investimento em nível nacional e subnacional, bem como para aumentar seu impacto na transformação produtiva. As principais conclusões do documento serão apresentadas por José Manuel S…

El rol del sector privado en las políticas de desarrollo productivo en la región será discutido en la CEPAL

QUÉ: Diálogo regional: "El rol del sector privado en el marco de una nueva visión de las políticas de desarrollo productivo (PDP) para América Latina y el Caribe". El encuentro, organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Organización Internacional de Empleadores (OIE) y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), se llevará a cabo el viernes 28 de junio de 2024, de 9:00 a 17:00 horas, en Santiago de Chile, con la participación de funcionarios de gobierno, representantes de agrupaciones empresariales de los países de la región y especialistas de organi…

Revista CEPAL no. 142

Industrial policies for the twenty-first century: lessons from the United States

Amid the backdrop of advanced technology competition from China, climate change and a global pandemic, the United States —traditionally averse to industrial policy— embraced major industrial policy programmes between 2020 and 2022. These programmes focused on fostering technology innovation and are prime examples of industrial innovation policy. The scale of these initiatives and their focus on non-defence sectors are unprecedented. This study reviews six major examples of new United States industrial innovation policies involving federal government interventions in post-research phases of inn…

ECLAC and CAF Call for Scaling Up and Improving Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

To achieve a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development pattern, it is urgently necessary to scale up and improve productive development policies. This goes to the heart of the development models in the region and is essential to their transformation, according to the authorities and experts gathered today at the CAF-ECLAC Annual Conference 2024, which is taking place at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The high-level event – which on this occasion is entitled “The challenge of scaling up and improvi…

CEPAL y CAF llaman a escalar y mejorar las políticas de desarrollo productivo en América Latina y el Caribe

Para lograr un patrón de desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible, urge escalar y mejorar las políticas de desarrollo productivo. Es algo que va al corazón de los modelos de desarrollo en la región, y que es esencial para su transformación, coincidieron hoy autoridades y expertos reunidos en la Conferencia Anual CAF-CEPAL 2024, que se realiza en la sede central de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago de Chile. El evento de alto nivel que en esta ocasión se titula "El reto de escalar y mejorar las políticas de desarrollo productivo en América Latina…

CEPAL Review no. 142

The impact of public funding for research and development on business performance in Mexico

This study evaluates the impact of financial incentives for corporate innovation on the performance of Mexican companies. It also analyses the priorities underlying the incentive programmes by constructing a profile of the types of firm that are the main recipients of this kind of support. Propensity score matching —in this case, matching based on the probability of receiving such support— of data from the 2017 Research and Technological Development Survey (ESIDET) is used for this purpose. When corporate and governments funds are both taken into account, the results indicate that public fundi…

El impacto del financiamiento público a la investigación y desarrollo en el desempeño de las empresas en México

En este trabajo se evalúa el impacto de las ayudas a la innovación empresarial en el desempeño de las empresas mexicanas y se analizan sus prioridades, creando un perfil de las empresas que reciben frecuentemente esas ayudas. Se aplica el método de correspondencia basada en la puntuación de la propensión (propensity score matching) —en este caso como un emparejamiento basado en la probabilidad de ser beneficiario— a los datos provenientes de la Encuesta sobre Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (ESIDET) de 2017. Los resultados indican que el dinero público incentiva el gasto total en invest…

Authorities and Specialists Analyzed the State of Productive Development Policies and Their Impact on the Region’s Productivity and Growth

Authorities, representatives of international organizations and academics analyzed this Wednesday, March 13, 2024 the state of productive development policies (PDPs) and their prospects, along with their impact on productivity, economic growth and the structural transformations that the region requires, at a seminar in Santiago, Chile organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and UNU-WIDER. The event, entitled Connecting the Productivity Challenge with Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, featured opening remarks by José Man…