1 Ago 1997, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:21
|
Publicación
President Cardoso delivered this address at the First Regional Conference in Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development, held in Sao Paulo from 6 to 9 April 1997. On that occasion President Cardoso reviewed the issues examined at the World Summit, with special emphasis on poverty and the search for an environmentally sound, democratic form of development that will lead to a greater degree of social equity. Within this context, he discussed the relationship between economic and social factors, devoting particular attention to State reform, education, competitiveness and job creation. …
1 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Publicación
This paper discusses the concept of transnational innovation systems (TNIS) and presents some experiences in Europe in the formation of TNIS. The real cases show that supporting the emergence of Transnational Innovation Systems has clear benefits for the countries and the regions involved which may be related to the enlargement of consumer, labour and factor markets, enhanced competition, extended division of labour and increased specialization (Lundquist and Trippl, 2011: 3). Regional integration across borders can therefore be of high importance for small and emerging economies, where resour…
This article analyses changes in the structure and competitiveness ofthe Brazilian capital goods industry since the early 1990s and proposes aclassification within that industry based on the different industrial segmentsfrom which the demand for machinery and equipment derives. Althoughthis industry still accounts for a large share of manufacturing sector valueadded, the production efficiency and international competitiveness of thesegments it comprises are quite heterogeneous. The article singles out thesegments with the greatest development potential and suggests measuresthat could be taken …
1 Mayo 2007, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:24
|
Publicación
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…
1 Ago 1996, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Publicación
ECLAC has submitted an overall assessment of the economic reforms implemented during the past 15 years to the Governments of the region and, based on that assessment, a proposal for strengthening the development process. The central message that emerges from this analysis is that the region needs to work towards forming closer linkages among its macroeconomy, microeconomy and institutional structure by reinforcing the complementarities between macroeconomic and microeconomic sources of competitiveness and fortifying the institutional framework for the development of production activity. Withou…
13 Abr 2018, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Publicación
In the Republic of Korea, public export support programmes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have played a significant role in the internationalization process of such firms. Multiple non-reimbursable and co-financing instruments that promote export innovation among SMEs have contributed to their export success which, alongside large firms, made the Republic of Korea the world’s fifth largest exporting country in 2015. This study summarizes these support programmes and some key factors in relation to their implementation, some of which may be useful for those responsible for formul…
Within the context of the globalization of the economy, communication and culture and the transition towards societies based on information and knowledge, the sustained development of the cultural industry stands out as a priority means for the articulation of society. For at least the last three decades, culture has been increasingly linked with the growth of the social communication media. Indeed, the cultural industry is becoming a strategic sector for competitiveness, employment, consensus-building, the style of politics and the circulation of information and knowledge. This growing weight…
1 Oct 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Publicación
The Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation (“Global Survey”) is a global effort led by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in collaboration with all of the United Nations Regional Commissions, namely, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The goal of the Global Survey is to gather information from the member states of the respective United Nations Regio…
América Latina y el Caribe tiene grandes oportunidades para mejorar sus relaciones económicas y su cooperación con China, país que ya es el segundo socio comercial de la región, según un nuevo documento de la CEPAL presentado con motivo de la visita del Presidente Xi Jinping a la sede de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile, realizada el pasado 22 de noviembre de 2016.
El informe Relaciones económicas entre América Latina y el Caribe y China: oportunidades y desafíos fue presentado por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, en el marco de la Cumb…
A América Latina e o Caribe têm grandes oportunidades para fortalecer suas relações econômicas e sua cooperação com a China, país que já é o segundo sócio comercial da região, segundo um recente documento da CEPAL apresentado por motivo da visita do Presidente Xi Jinping à sede desta comissão regional das Nações Unidas em Santiago, Chile, realizada em 22 de novembro de 2016.
O informe Relaciones económicas entre América Latina y el Caribe y China: oportunidades y desafíos foi apresentado pela Secretária Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, no âmbito da Cúpula de Líderes de Meios de Comunicação,…
Latin America and the Caribbean have great potential for improving their economic and cooperative ties with China, a country that has already become the region’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new ECLAC document presented during the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2016.
The report Economic Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and China: Opportunities and Challenges (in Spanish) was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, at the Summit of Media …
10 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Comunicado de prensa
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimates the growth in the value of regional exports at 20% in 2022, driven by a 14% rise in prices and an expansion of 6% in exported volumes. These are the figures reported by the United Nations organization in its latest flagship annual report published today in a press release.
In the report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, the Commission also indicates that the value of regional goods imports increased by 24%. Like exports, the bulk of the increase in regional import value is attribu…
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Noticias
Demand for metal mining, led by China, had positive consequences for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of exports and fiscal revenue in the last decade; however, the region did not make progress on a policy of industrialization: the linkages with other sectors are still weak and policies are lacking for mining to contribute to the creation of new capacities, ECLAC indicates in its latest annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016.
According to the document, in the last 15 years the average relative weight of natural resources in the total flows of Fo…
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Noticias
The latest edition of the report Competitiveness Ranking for the Departments of Colombia (Spanish only), a periodic publication of the Bogota Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), reveals the growing importance of factors related to human capital and science, technology and innovation in the configuration of regional competitiveness.
Colombia’s 32 departments progress at different paces and, as a result, some have reached greater economic prosperity and social well-being while others lag behind, said the study, which for the first time incorporates the …
7 Jul 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Comunicado de prensa
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…
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:18
|
Comunicado de prensa
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, destacó el miércoles 18 de febrero durante una visita a Bogotá el liderazgo y compromiso de Colombia con la agenda de desarrollo después de 2015 que se discute a nivel global y que contempla el reemplazo de los actuales Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) por los futuros Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS).
Bárcena participó en una ceremonia encabezada por el Presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, donde se firmó un decreto que crea la Comisión Interinstitucional de Alto Niv…
26 Ene 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Publicación
Because international trade is essential for the Republic of Korea’s economic growth and development, the government actively promotes exports by large companies and especially by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Several programmes support participation by SMEs in cross-border e-commerce, which may have contributed to their rapidly rising exports through this channel. This report reviews selected programmes implemented by the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA). To maximize the programmes’ impact, KOSME and KOTRA apply a circ…
Art and craft is considered to be an integral part of the tourism business, since it plays an important role as souvenirs and mementos, thereby spatially and temporarily expanding the visitor experience. It is also increasingly looked upon as an opportunity to diversify the tourism sector offerings, as well as the broader economic base. As part of the overall global creative economy, the art and craft sector has seen consistent trade growth over the past two decades, and has shown the capacity to forge even stronger linkages with the tourism sector. This paper examines the nature of this relat…
1 Mar 2010, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:31
|
Publicación
The present paper addresses the Alberta oilfield experience and draws up a set of principles for strategic public-private alliances for innovation and export development considered useful for the Latin American countries. According to the authors the lessons to extract are not reduced to countries with abundant hydrocarbon resources, and may be also useful to broader applications as the development of innovation in resource based industries, the construction of strategic public-private alliances and consensus building, the royalty regime, the appropriate fiscal policy, securing investments in …
25 Mar 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 08:22
|
Publicación
During the last few decades, India’s trade with the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries has grown substantially, especially in the area of Information Technology (IT) services. The definition of IT services now includes a plethora of IT-enabled services (ITeS) directed to specific sectors, including Agri-tech, Fin-tech, Health-tech, manufacturing and mining-based services, as well as e-commerce. This sector has attracted significant Indian investment in the region. Over the last decade, the share of the IT sector in total Indian Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the region has nearly…