Representatives of governments and international organizations recognized today the importance of investing in sectors that would promote economic growth, the decarbonization of economies and social inclusion in order to make progress on Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development in the current context of crisis, on the second day of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place through Wednesday, October 26 in Argentina.
The day began with the High-level seminar. Panel 3 - Sectoral investment and strategie…
Representantes de gobierno y de organismos internacionales reconocieron hoy la importancia de invertir en sectores que promuevan el crecimiento económico, la descarbonización de las economías y la inclusión social para avanzar en el desarrollo sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe en el actual contexto de crisis, durante el segundo día del trigésimo noveno período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) que se celebra hasta el miércoles 26 en Argentina.
La jornada se inició con el Seminario de alto nivel. Panel 3 - La inversión y las estrategias sectoria…
Against a backdrop of tightening global financing conditions, total Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets in the first eight months of 2022 was down more than 50% from the same period in 2021. International bond issuance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds —including green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds— from the region also slowed in the first eight months of 2022, albeit less markedly than total issuance. The share of these bonds in the region’s total issuance increased to 34% from 31% in the year-earlier period.
Capital …
El objetivo principal de este documento es analizar los flujos de inversión hacia Centroamérica, Cuba, Haití, México y la República Dominicana (subregión norte de América Latina y el Caribe) en los siete sectores que la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) identificó como dinamizadores del desarrollo sostenible en el documento de su período de sesiones de 2020. Para cumplir con ese objetivo, el documento se divide en tres partes: en la primera se estudian las características principales de los siete sectores; en la segunda se analizan los flujos de inversión mundial en es…
Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2021 in review and the first four months of 2022 presents and analyses the developments concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021and from January to April 2022. This report is published three times a year and provides an overview of new international bonds from Latin American and Caribbean issuers, including green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds, as well as of bond spreads and credit ratings.…
Un nuevo número de Revista CEPAL, principal publicación académica de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, ya está disponible en internet con diversos análisis de destacados especialistas sobre el modelo de desarrollo de la región, los determinantes de la acumulación del capital, y una mirada de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) desde los flujos financieros ilícitos, entre otros temas.
En su edición N⁰ 136 (abril de 2022), el documento incluye en total 10 artículos de reconocidos expertos y profesores internacionales, quienes analizan varias temáticas relacionadas con la s…
This article analyses the implications of illicit financial flows for foreign direct investment (FDI). During the 2003–2017 period, in the financing of gross fixed capital formation in Latin America, external savings show high variability in relation to domestic saving. This study calculates the net effects of FDI on the balance of payments by country, concluding that its contribution is not always positive. In fact, it is negative in countries with investments mainly in the primary or extractive sector. The volume of inward FDI is lower than recorded for all countries when considering pass-th…
En este artículo se analizan las implicaciones de los flujos financieros ilícitos en la inversión extranjera directa (IED). Durante el período 2003-2017 en América Latina el ahorro externo en el financiamiento de la formación bruta de capital fijo presenta una alta variabilidad con relación al ahorro interno. Se calculan los efectos netos de la IED en la balanza de pagos por países y se encuentra que su contribución no siempre es positiva. De hecho, resulta negativa en países cuyas inversiones se centran principalmente en el sector primario o extractivo. El volumen de entradas de IED es menor …
Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…
Against the backdrop of low global interest rates and borrowing costs, bond issuances in international markets by Latin American and Caribbean countries totalled US$ 124 billion in the first nine months of 2021, up 6% from the year-earlier period. Of this total, almost US$ 40 billion (31.5%) were issued to finance environmental, social and governance (ESG) projects and strategies. Sustainability-linked bonds were the region’s most frequently used ESG instrument.
Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: first nine months of 2021 presents and analyses the developments concerning capital…
Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean offers an opportunity to reduce global asymmetries and support a transformative, inclusive economic recovery that promotes sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda, affirmed Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the closing session of the II High-Level CELAC-China Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum.
“The COVID-19 crisis has deepened global asymmetries between developed and developing countries. This forces us to rethink multilateralism and…
La cooperación entre China y América Latina y el Caribe ofrece una oportunidad para reducir las asimetrías globales y apoyar una recuperación económica transformadora inclusiva que promueva el desarrollo sostenible en línea con la Agenda 2030, afirmó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en la clausura del II Foro Académico de Alto Nivel CELAC-China y el VI Foro de Think Tanks China-América Latina y el Caribe.
“La crisis del COVID-19 ha agudizado las asimetrías globales entre los países desarrollados y los en vías de desarrol…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, along with authorities, former heads-of-state and distinguished academics, opened the II High-Level CELAC-China Academic Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum. The two-day event will bring together government officials, university experts and international officials from both regions with the aim of exchanging experiences and promoting mutual cooperation to tackle new global challenges and build forward a better future.
With sponsorship from Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Aff…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, inauguró hoy junto a autoridades, ex mandatarios y destacados académicos, el II Foro Académico de Alto Nivel CELAC-China y el VI Foro de Think Tanks China-América Latina y el Caribe, encuentro que reunirá por dos días a funcionarios de gobierno, especialistas universitarios y funcionarios internacionales de ambas partes con el fin de intercambiar experiencias y fomentar la cooperación mutua para enfrentar los nuevos desafíos globales y construir un futuro mejor.
La reunión, que se realiza …
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is at the center of the recovery plan in the aftermath of the pandemic, particularly to promote the creation of formal jobs and reactivate economic activity, said Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during a high-level seminar organized by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
The meeting entitled Measuring quality in Foreign Direct Investment: challenges and opportunities brought together distinguished specialists from multilateral organizations such as the Intern…
La Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) está en el centro del plan de recuperación pospandemia, particularmente para promover la creación de empleos formales y reactivar la actividad económica, señaló hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante un seminario de alto nivel organizado por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) de México.
El encuentro, titulado Measuring quality in Foreign Direct Investment: challenges and opportunities (Medir la calidad en la Inversión Extranjera Directa: desafíos y oportunidad…
Os temas dos investimentos estrangeiros e seus impactos sobre o desenvolvimento econômico são centrais a todo modelo de políticas públicas. Não existe, ainda, no sistema internacional econômico, uma organização que se ocupe do amplo tema dos investimentos. A Organização Mundial de Comércio (OMC) trata do tema apenas parcialmente no Acordo sobre Serviços, no seu modo de prestação comercial de serviços no âmbito doméstico, quando o fornecedor é estrangeiro. Os acordos preferenciais tratam do tema em mais detalhes, mas estes acabaram criando uma séria fragmentação nas regras. A Organização para a…
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