(December 2, 2014) Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will recover in 2015 and reach 2.2% on average, according to new estimates unveiled today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
According to the regional United Nations organization, this moderate rise will take place in the context of the global economy’s slow and heterogeneous recovery, with downward pressure on commodity prices and little dynamism in the region’s external demand as well as an increase in financial uncertainty.
The evolution of the global economy will have different impact…
(2 de diciembre, 2014) El crecimiento de América Latina y el Caribe se recuperará en 2015 y llegará a 2,2% en promedio, según nuevas estimaciones entregadas hoy por la CEPAL.
De acuerdo con el organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, esta moderada alza se dará en un contexto de una lenta y heterogénea recuperación de la economía mundial, con una dinámica a la baja en los precios de las materias primas y un escaso dinamismo de la demanda externa de la región, además del aumento de la incertidumbre financiera.
El devenir de la economía mundial tendrá efectos diferentes entre los países y…
(2 de dezembro de 2014) O crescimento da América Latina e do Caribe se recuperará em 2015 e chegará a 2,2% em média, segundo novas estimativas apresentadas hoje pela CEPAL.
De acordo com o organismo regional das Nações Unidas, este aumento moderado ocorrerá em um contexto de uma lenta e heterogênea recuperação da economia mundial, com queda nos preços das matérias-primas e um escasso dinamismo da demanda externa da região, além do aumento da incerteza financeira.
O desempenho da economia mundial no futuro terá efeitos diferentes entre os países e sub-regiões em 2015, tal como se observou no de…
The 2014 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy: Regional integration and value chains amid challenging external conditions has four chapters.
Chapter I examines the main features of the international context and their repercussions for world and regional trade.
Chapter II looks at Latin American and Caribbean participation in global value chains and confirms that the region, with the exception of Mexico and Central America, has only limited linkages with the three major regional value chains of Asia, Europe and North America. This chapter also looks at how participati…
La edición 2014 del Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe “Integración regional y cadenas de valor en un escenario externo desafiante”, se divide en cuatro capítulos.
En el primer capítulo, se revisan los principales rasgos de la coyuntura internacional y sus repercusiones en el comercio mundial y regional.
En el segundo capítulo se presenta un análisis de la participación de América Latina y el Caribe en las cadenas internacionales de valor. En este capítulo también se analizan tres aspectos microeconómicos centrales relativos al aporte que representa la partici…
This publication, which is an offshoot of the 2010 position document of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, entitled Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails, seeks to provide evidence of the linkage between international trade —and in particular export sector development— and some aspects of equality (export employment, export firms, gender and trade, export linkages) and to propose some public policy guidelines capable of reinforcing this link.
The marked expansion in international trade in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past decade does not by itsel…
Regional integration is a multidimensional process which may take the form of coordination, cooperation, convergence and deep integration initiatives and whose scope extends not only to economic and trade issues but to political, social, cultural and environmental ones as well.
The present document focuses on the productive dimension of integration and the way this can contribute to the strategy of structural change for equality that ECLAC has been advocating since 2010. This is a return, then, to a subject that has traditionally been at the centre of ECLAC thinking about integration and deve…
La integración regional es un proceso multidimensional cuyas expresiones incluyen iniciativas de coordinación, cooperación, convergencia e integración profunda, y cuyo alcance abarca no solo las temáticas económicas y comerciales, sino también las políticas, sociales, culturales y ambientales.
El presente documento se concentra en la dimensión productiva de la integración y en cómo ella puede contribuir a la estrategia de cambio estructural para la igualdad que la CEPAL viene planteando a la región desde 2010. De este modo, se retoma un tema que ha estado históricamente en el centro de las ref…
In recent years, ECLAC has received official requests from governments in the region for technical assistance for designing and implementing industrial policies. In response, the Commission has developed and applied a methodology based on value chains, which has enabled it to identify targeted intervention strategies, with clear, coordinated lines of action. Value chains can be strengthened by supporting all their stakeholders, especially small producers, which in turn helps to close structural gaps. In 2013, ECLAC worked jointly with governments and the private sector in Central America to st…
El trabajo de la CEPAL que se resume en este libro tiene dos elementos
distintivos. En primer lugar, tiene como fundamento una metodología participativa. Todas las etapas del proceso están caracterizadas por el
trabajo conjunto de funcionarios de los gobiernos locales y de la CEPAL
e incluso en ocasiones de organismos empresariales. Los diagnósticos,
la búsqueda de mejores prácticas y la elaboración de estrategias son continuamente enriquecidos por expertos públicos y privados locales.
Los principales resultados, tanto en la etapa de análisis como en la de
propuestas, se validan y afinan en es…
A edição 2014 do Panorama da Inserção Internacional da América Latina e do Caribe, “Integração regional e cadeias de valor num cenário externo desafiante”, se divide em quatro capítulos.
O primeiro capítulo examina os principais aspectos da conjuntura internacional e suas repercussões no comercio mundial e regional.
O segundo capítulo apresenta uma análise da participação da América Latina e do Caribe nas cadeias globais de valor. Esse capítulo também analisa três aspectos microeconômicos centrais relativos à contribuição que a participação nas cadeias de valor podería representar para a mudan…
Scant empirical evidence is available on how the Latin American and Caribbean region participates in global value chains (GVCs) and what drives this process. Frequent questions in this connection are: How has the spread of information and communications technologies and free trade agreements facilitated the region’s participation in GVCs? To what extent do small firms participate in GVCs? What learning mechanisms and production and technological feedbacks operate in different types of GVCs? How can countries and firms take advantage of upgrading processes in GVCs? What role do policies play to…
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