2 Ene 2023, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:21
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The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…
21 Mayo 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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Highlights
• In the first quarter of 2020, the spread of the coronavirus, together with a precipitous decline in commodity prices, radically changed the financial landscape for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) issuers. After a record breaking issuance of US$ 38 billion worth of bonds in January, bond issuance dried-up in February and March, bringing total quarterly issuance to US$ 45 billion.
• On March 26, however, Panama successfully placed a sovereign bond in cross-border markets to secure additional resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It was followed in April by other four soverei…
The total amount of debt issued by LAC borrowers from January to November 2017 reached US$ 138 billion, the highest annual amount ever issued in the region. Investors’ enthusiasm for LAC assets was supported by synchronized growth at the global level, still low interest rates across de globe (with only a very gradual tightening in the United States), weakness in the U.S. dollar, and an improvement in the region’s own economic conditions. On the sovereign side, seventeen countries tapped international bond markets this year, with Argentina topping the list with 28% of the total sovereign issuan…
• The incoming U.S. administration will be inheriting a healthy economy. The job market is posting solid gains, home sales and house prices have largely recovered from the bust, and the stock market continues to hit new highs. The current expansion has passed seven years, making it the third longest ever.
• The U.S. economy has added private sector jobs for 80 months and in November added another 178,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate falling to 4.6%, its lowest level since 2007. Since its post-crisis nadir in early 2010 the economy has created 15.6 million jobs.
• Wage growth is running ahe…
This paper analyses recent trends and future prospects in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an incomplete customs union of 15 States in the Caribbean that includes most English speaking countries in the region plus Haiti and Suriname. In these small economies, the promotion of exports is of utmost importance, as in the medium term these are the only means to pay for the import of capital goods, intermediate inputs and technology necessary to build up their economic infrastructure. This study reviews first the progress made with reforms to complete the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) …
1 Mar 2000, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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Summary
Capital flows returned to the Latin American in the 1990s after nearly a decade-long of the so-called debt crisis that featured a negative transfer of resources. These new capital flows were closely related to the economic reform process in the region. On the one hand, the reforms were a source of attraction for foreign investors. On the other hand, they helped the reforms succeed by relieving the external constraint that depressed growth during the 1980s.
Nevertheless, the new inflows also created problems. While average inflows in the 1990s were very similar to the amounts received b…
24 Jun 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2019 and comprises four chapters. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter looks at areas of focus in the Caribbean. The third chapter concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and a subregional assessment of the coun…
9 Ene 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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This survey examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2018 and comprises six chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of global, regional and subregional economic performance as well as unemployment in the Caribbean. The second provides an analysis of governments in the subregion’s fiscal performance and debt burden. The third looks at monetary policy and variables. The fourth is focused external sector and its factors. The fifth chapter concludes, while the final chapter includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Ba…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first quarter of 2018) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main highlights are:
-In January 2018, issuers from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) placed their highest ever monthly volume of debt in international markets. First quarter debt issuance in international markets also broke a record.
-From January to May 2018, total LAC international debt issuance amounted to US$ 67 billion, 6% higher than…
1 Oct 2004, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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Abstract The Chilean wine industry performed remarkably well over the past decades. Wines from Chile have found their way to consumers all over the world. This paper explores the factors that have supported the successful performance. In particular, through a questionnaire to key informants it tries to measure to what extent conscious collective action by local stakeholders to solve common problems of the industry in Chile and thereby create a shared basis for upgrading, have been relevant. The conclusion is that natural endowments, commercial and technological impulses from abroad and a favo…
29 Ene 2003, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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In the 1990s, Canada's trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean intensified. The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 signaled the beginning of a new phase in trade relations between Canada and countries in the hemisphere. Since 1994, Canada has signed trade agreements with Costa Rica and Chile. Currently, negotiations are underway for a free trade agreement with Central America. Also, preliminary talks of trade agreements with the Caribbean and the Andean Community have taken place. In addition, Canada is actively participating in negotiati…
20 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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The Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2018 analyses the performance of the Caribbean subregion to the global economy. It provides a comparative analysis of global economic growth, commodity price performance, Caribbean growth performance, and unemployment. This is then followed by a subsection on fiscal policy and public debt. Subsequent subsections elaborate on monetary policy, and the external sector. Section II presents country briefs for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, together with the member states of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union …
25 Oct 2023, 06:00 - 07:30
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How is Japanese engagement with the region evolving to accommodate shifting global and regional conditions? What are the possibilities for enhanced Japan-Latin America cooperation on issues of shared concern, including food security, economic resilience, and the integrity of democratic institutions? In what sectors and countries has Japan’s involvement been most supportive of Latin America’s economic and political objectives to date, and can these examples be replicated in other parts of the region?…
A governança dos investimentos estrangeiros passa por uma lacuna institucional no âmbito internacional. Além de não haver arcabouço regulatório multilateral mandatório sobre o tema, a Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) passa por uma crise que afasta qualquer negociação a respeito. Nesse sentido, a Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) tem se mostrado um foro propício para tratar da liberalização do tema. A hipótese é a de que isso ocorre em razão da própria ratio da organização, baseada na soft law e na elaboração de subsídios que poderão embasar mudanças estrutur…
18 Ene 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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Comunicado de prensa
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, en una intervención en el Foro Económico Mundial que se celebra en la ciudad suiza de Davos, alentó a los países de la región y a China a cooperar en áreas clave como la infraestructura, la energía y, en especial, la agricultura, ya que el potencial regional de producción agrícola y alimentaria permitiría dar respuesta a las demandas del país asiático.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas participó el martes 17 en la sesión titulada China’s Pivot to World Markets (El pivote de China …
4 Abr 2017, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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La inversión extranjera directa (IED) tiene el potencial para contribuir al cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, fomentando sectores y actividades estratégicas para la región, como la infraestructura, la digitalización y las energías limpias, dijo este martes Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el IV Foro Internacional de Inversiones de Chile realizado en un hotel en Santiago.
“Nuestra región espera que los flujos de IED puedan contribuir a la diversificación produc…
9 Ene 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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Comunicado de prensa
(9 de enero, 2015) “Es imperativo trabajar en una aproximación estratégica de la región hacia China para conseguir mayores niveles de inversión extranjera directa china, especialmente dirigida a mejorar la infraestructura, promover la diversificación productiva y exportadora y estimular alianzas empresariales sino-latinoamericanas”, señaló Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Beijing.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas fue una de las oradoras del primer foro ministerial entre China y la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamer…
9 Nov 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first nine months of 2020 in times of COVID-19) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
12 Ene 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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Durante una conferencia magistral realizada en el marco del Foro Internacional de Inversiones Chile 2016, la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, destacó la oportunidad que tienen hoy los países de la región de aprovechar las inversiones extranjeras para descarbonizar sus economías, lo que les permitiría tanto expandir su producto interno bruto como reducir los impactos del crecimiento sobre el medio ambiente.
Bárcena fue una de las oradoras principales del evento organizado este martes 12 de enero por el Comité de Inversiones E…
6 Jun 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 12:23
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This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first quarter of 2019) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…