The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 1

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Revista CEPAL no. 125

CEPAL Review no. 125

ECLAC Report Analyzes United States’ Trade Policy and Its Hardening towards Latin America and the Caribbean

A recent annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. United States- Latin America and the Caribbean Trade Developments 2016-2017 explains that trade features prominently in the new administration’s economic agenda. The President’s Trade Policy Agenda reinforces the focus on the defense of United States interests through the promotion of free and fair trade by i…

Informe de la CEPAL analiza la política comercial de los Estados Unidos y su endurecimiento hacia América Latina y el Caribe

Un informe anual reciente elaborado por la Oficina de Washington de la CEPAL brinda un balance de los hechos más relevantes en las relaciones comerciales entre los Estados Unidos y América Latina y el Caribe y de las medidas que impiden el libre flujo de bienes entre los países del hemisferio occidental. En el informe Novedades Comerciales de Estados Unidos-América Latina y el Caribe 2016-2017 (disponible solo en inglés) se explica que el comercio figura notablemente en la agenda económica de la nueva administración. La Agenda de Política Comercial del Presidente refuerza el enfoque en la defe…

Relatório da CEPAL analisa a política comercial dos Estados Unidos e seu endurecimento com relação à América Latina e ao Caribe

Um relatório elaborado recentemente pelo Escritório da CEPAL em Washington apresenta um balanço dos fatos mais relevantes nas relações comerciais entre os Estados Unidos e a região da América Latina e Caribe e das medidas que impedem o livre fluxo de bens entre os países do hemisfério ocidental. O relatório Evolução do Comércio Estados Unidos-América Latina e Caribe 2016-2017 (disponível somente em inglês) explica que o comércio figura notavelmente na agenda econômica do novo governo. A Agenda de Política Comercial do Presidente reforça o enfoque na defesa dos interesses dos Estados Unidos atr…

UNASUR: un espacio de desarrollo y cooperación por construir

El documento está estructurado en tres capítulos, dedicados al estudio de algunos aspectos relevantes de la realidad actual de América del Sur. En el capítulo I, dedicado a la población, se incluye un panorama demográfico de la región, su estructura por edades, su composición urbanorural, sus recientes movimientos migratorios y sus tendencias en términos de transición demográfica. En el capítulo II se presenta una serie de indicadores de desarrollo e inclusión social que permiten dibujar el escenario a partir del cual crear y consolidar espacios de cooperación e intercambio que contribuyan a h…

Socio-economic vulnerability to natural disasters in Mexico: rural poor, trade and public response

The increasing frequency and economic losses from natural disasters within the framework of decreasing agricultural prices is becoming crucial in increasing poverty in the Mexican rural economy. During the past two decades, the governmental withdrawal from supporting the agricultural sector with investments in physical, financial and logistic instruments continues to stress agricultural livelihoods, as current private mechanisms have not replaced them effectively. Natural disasters occurrence is increasingly producing severe damages to the so-called traditional agriculture, highly exposed to c…

Some considerations on the possible effects of the failure of the United States Congress to renew the ATPDEA

This brief note presents some thoughts about the possible effects of the failure to renew the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA); and its possible expiration this coming December 31. United States President, George W. Bush, asked his country's Congress to extend the validity of the trade preferences granted to the Andean countries under the ATPDEA. That news was welcomed and applauded by the Andean countries, which hailed this measure and promptly thanked the U.S. leader for his gesture. Even so, it is evident that there are Congressmen in the United States who do …

Latin American South-South integration and cooperation: from a regional public goods perspective

The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…

Productive development in open economies

Presentation The countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region have shown a keen and lasting interest in mechanisms of economic development and public policies for its promotion. This is a process in which ECLAC has been involved ever since it was founded over half a century ago. Today, the debate on these issues continues against the backdrop of a globalization process in which the remarkable dynamism of some dimensions -especially its economic, financial and cultural aspects- contrasts with the slow formation of an institutional network capable of coping with the increased interdepend…

La integración centroamericana: beneficios y costos: documento síntesis

El documento síntesis La Integración Centroamericana: Beneficios y Costos es un trabajo con enfoque científico que mide los beneficios de avanzar y consolidar la integración centroamericana, así como los costos de no hacerlo. En sus capítulos detalla los avances registrados y el estado actual de las distintas dimensiones de los procesos de integración política, social, económica y ambiental. Hace un análisis de la apertura y la nueva integración comercial que viven los países; incluyendo los efectos de la liberalización comercial a escala mundial, el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroamé…

Report to the CDCC: Review of ECLAC/CDCC Programme of Activities for the 2002-2003 Biennium

A decade of light and shadow: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s

Foreword The 1990s were unquestionably a time of transition and reorientation in several aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean's economic, social and political development. As in any period with these characteristics, the effects of long-standing processes mingled and interacted with incipient change. When the decade ended, ECLAC wished to contribute to the evaluation of the main events that marked the consolidation of reform in the region, recognizing of course that the speed of progress varied from country to country and from sector to sector. This publication offers an analysis of…

The sustainability of development in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities

Summary The original aim of this study was to serve as an input for the Regional Preparatory Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 23 and 24 October 2001. This document was produced by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In preparing the study, national preparatory activities and inputs from subregional meetings were taken int…

La sostenibilidad del desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos y oportunidades

Documento elaborado en el marco de la Conferencia Regional de América Latina y el Caribe preparatoria de la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, 2002), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 23 y 24 de octubre de 2001…

La migración internacional y el desarrollo en las Américas

Esta publicación contiene las ponencias, comentarios, conclusiones y reseña del panel final del Simposio sobre Migración Internacional en las Américas, celebrado en septiembre de 2000 en San José de Costa Rica. La reunión contó con la decisiva participación y contribución de representantes gubernamentales, especialistas en el estudio de la migración internacional, delegados de organizaciones de la sociedad civil y expertos de organizaciones internacionales. El libro se ordena de acuerdo a los cinco grandes temas en que se dividieron las sesiones: I); tendencias y patrones migratorios en las Am…

Caribbean Leaders Address the Potential Development Crisis which HIV/AIDS May Pose to the Caribbean

CDCC - Twenty-Five Years of Cooperation and Development: 1975-2000