The Mexico-United States border region comprises one of the most dynamic and complex industrial areas in the world. The region is characterized by high population growth and increasing urbanization and industrialization, all of which is taking place in a context of rapid political and economic change (Rincón, 2000). The Mexico-located maquila in-bond industry is a key player in this development. In the 1993-98 period, the maquilas accounted for 41.5% of the average Mexican export value (Dussel, 2000), and in the 1994-2000 period its share of foreign direct investment grew from 6% to 21…
22 Mar 2021, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:29
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The intensive use of platforms —and the multi-sided nature thereof— in the wake of the lockdown forced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has widespread repercussions for national policies on privacy, cybersecurity and competition the world over. The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings in regulatory frameworks governing data protection, cybersecurity and competition policy, as well as the need to face the new challenges posed by the increased digitization of economies.
The aim of this document is to analyse the measures taken by competition authorities in Latin America and th…
26 Mar 2018, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:30
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This study identifies the critical success factors that have resulted in the global competitiveness and sustainability of individuals, firms and ventures within the music and film subsectors in Jamaica. To anchor the study of the individual firms and ventures, the study first evaluates the historical evolution and recent trends in the development of the music and film subsectors, including their economic contribution and the main challenges and opportunities for their further development and lessons learned.…
1 Jun 2013, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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This report presents the results of the second survey of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from Chile, carried out by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile (IEI), and the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC), a joint center of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York. The survey, conducted in 2012, covers the period 2011 and was undertaken in the framework of the Emerging Markets Global Players (EMGP) project, an init…
1 Oct 2009, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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Brazil has been the most dynamic country of Latin America and the Caribbean in global services trade in the 1990s and 2000s, but compared to other emerging economies elsewhere it is outperformed by China and India. Brazil's rising share in global services trade reflects mostly its increase in the world trade of other services, which include all services except transport and tourism. Brazilian exports of other services are concentrated in architecturalengineering and real estate services. In terms of destinations, the US market accounts for about one half and the European Union…
Over the past decade, a growing number of companies have recognized the business benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies and practices. Their experiences are bolstered by a growing body of empirical studies that demonstrates that CSR has a positive impact on business economic performance and is not detrimental to shareholder value. Maximization of profits is perhaps the most important element for ensuring the continuity of the business over the time. However, value creation is also related to social issues such as health and safety, equality and environmental protection, und…
1 Oct 2000, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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Abstract The article uses the global commodity chains framework to explain the transformations in production, trade and corporate strategies that altered the global apparel industry over the past decades and changed the conditions for industrial upgrading. The apparel industry is identified as a buyer-driven commodity chain that contains three types of lead firms: retailers, marketers and branded manufacturers. As apparel production has become globally dispersed and competition between these firms has intensified, each type of lead firm has developed extensive global sourcing capabilities. Whi…
26 Ene 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:35
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This study analyses the efforts that The Bahamas, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis are making to upgrade and diversify their tourism sectors to increase its contribution to inclusive growth. Generally, the study finds that the countries have been making efforts to upgrade and diversify the sector, but this has been affected by resource and institutional constraints. The study proposes key recommendations for strengthening upgrading and diversification.…
Expertos de la región discutieron sobre la importancia de incorporar un enfoque de derechos humanos en la evaluación de impacto ambiental de proyectos mineros durante un diálogo virtual organizado en el marco del V Foro Regional sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos para América Latina y el Caribe 2020 (que se realiza del 7 al 11 de septiembre de 2020).
El evento “Minería responsable, derechos humanos y sostenibilidad” fue inaugurado por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL); Augusto Jordán Rodas, Presidente de la Federación Iberoame…
28 Abr 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:33
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La apropiación de la Agenda 2030 por parte de las empresas privadas y el diálogo y trabajo colaborativo con los Estados, la academia y la sociedad civil son fundamentales para el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en América Latina y el Caribe, coincidieron diversos actores en un encuentro realizado en el marco de la primera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, celebrado del 26 al 28 de abril en Ciudad de México.
El evento paralelo sobre el rol del sector privado en la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Des…
8 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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(8 de enero, 2015) Las reformas económicas en curso en China representan una oportunidad histórica para que la región dé un salto cualitativo y cuantitativo en su relación económica y comercial con la potencia asiática y así abordar sus desafíos de infraestructura, innovación y recursos humanos, elevar sus niveles de productividad y competitividad y diversificar sus exportaciones, según un nuevo informe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
El documento Primer Foro de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) y China: Explorando espacios de cooper…
22 Abr 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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El rol del sector privado es clave en el desafío de movilizar fuentes y mecanismos de financiamiento para la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región, coincidieron representantes de empresas, delegados de Gobiernos y funcionarios internacionales durante el Foro Empresarial para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe 2019: Estrategias público-privadas para el financiamiento y monitoreo de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible realizado el lunes 22 de abril en Chile.
El evento, organizado por la Comisión Económica para Améric…
19 Abr 2018, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:30
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Empresarios de grandes compañías y representantes del mundo de los negocios en América Latina y el Caribe, se reunieron hoy en la CEPAL con autoridades de gobiernos y expertos internacionales para evaluar la participación del sector privado en el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), acordados por las Naciones Unidas en su Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Durante la segunda reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se realiza en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile, los participantes en la reunión “El …
4 Oct 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:31
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Los representantes de los Institutos de Normalización de los tres países que integran el denominado Triángulo del Litio (Argentina, Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia y Chile) se reunieron para compartir experiencias alrededor de los procesos nacionales de normalización de la minería y compuestos de litio, y sobre su participación en el Comité Técnico de litio de la International Organization for Standarization (ISO/TC 333).…
1 Mayo 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:28
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Commercial bioprospecting activities in Latin America and the Caribbean assume various different forms and approaches in accordance with the target markets, the country context and business models involved. While prospecting for medicinally or industrially valuable substances derived from natural resources is not necessarily a new phenomenon, the systematic search for biologically active compounds in nature has gained a new significance as a component of biodiversity conservation strategies. Furthermore, the increasing availability of new scientific and technological tools have enabled new lev…
28 Oct 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) GDP will shrink by between 0.9% and 1% in 2016, according to the latest estimates, the second consecutive year of negative growth and a rate of contraction the region has not seen since the early 1980s. According to the Latin American Economic Outlook 2017, the region should recover in 2017, but with modest GDP growth of between 1.5% and 2%, below expected growth in advanced economies.
According to the report, jointly produced by the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Commission for…
1 Mayo 2004, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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In 2003, flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Latin America and the Caribbean continued to shrink for the fourth year running. With this latest decline, Latin America and the Caribbean turned in the worst performance of any world region. This situation was exacerbated by the steady increase in profit remittances and in outflows of other FDI-related resources, which has diminished its impact on the balance of payments. The decrease in FDI inflows over the past few years has varied across subregions and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, however. In Mexico and the Caribbean bas…
1 Jun 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:21
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In its latest edition, the Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean report analyzes in-depth the FDI received by the Caribbean, where these flows are much more significant than in the rest of the region as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The study also examines the impact of FDI on the environment, which has not been measured or regulated sufficiently by countries in the region…
7 Jul 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, llamó a aprovechar las oportunidades y ventajas que ofrece la región a los inversores extranjeros y lanzó una iniciativa de cooperación con empresarios alemanes para generar una plataforma exportadora de América Latina, durante encuentros sostenidos en Berlín.
En una visita de dos días a la capital alemana, Bárcena se reunió con empresarios alemanes con intereses en América Latina durante la conmemoración de los 100 años de la Lateinamerika Verein (Asociación Empresarial para América Latin…
28 Abr 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:38
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Economic crises are not new, but the way countries respond to and seek to build back from their effects is an ever-evolving process. In the present context, the strategies adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries to recover from the dramatic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are marked by an urgent need to also address the climate crisis.
This publication examines the synergies and linkages between post-COVID-19 crisis recovery approaches stemming from a sustainable energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean. The study aims to identify recovery strategie…