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…
Em um contexto de grave crise sanitária, econômica e social gerada pela pandemia da COVID-19, a América Latina e o Caribe receberam 105,48 bilhões de dólares de investimento estrangeiro direto em 2020, 34,7% a menos que em 2019, 51% a menos que o recorde histórico alcançado em 2012 e o menor valor desde 2010.
Em âmbito mundial, os valores de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) caíram 35% em 2020, atingindo aproximadamente 1 trilhão de dólares, o que representa o valor mais baixo desde 2005. América Latina e Caribe está em tendência de queda desde 2013, o que tem deixado em evidência a relaçã…
This document examines the global and regional evolution of FDI and offers recommendations so these flows can contribute to the region’s productive development processes.
The first chapter of the publication analyzes, among other things, the trends observed in the context of the international crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, detailing the amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) received by each country in 2020 and providing a regional projection for 2021.
The second chapter offers a historic and current overview of China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean, placing thes…
Este informe anual de la CEPAL examina la evolución mundial y regional de la Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) y plantea recomendaciones para que estos flujos contribuyan a los procesos de desarrollo productivo de la región.
En el primer capítulo de la publicación se analizan, entre otras cosas, las tendencias observadas en un contexto de crisis internacional generada por la pandemia de COVID-19, se detallan los montos de IED recibidos por cada país en 2020 y se hace una proyección regional para 2021. En el segundo capítulo se brinda un panorama histórico y actual de las inversiones de China…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed today that developing countries and especially middle-income countries (which comprise the majority of the region’s nations) need a liquidity boost and to participate actively in debt relief initiatives.
“The developed world is investing to achieve the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a green recovery, but developing countries are being left behind,” the Commission’s highest authority warned during a session entitled Investing in the SDGs, held in the…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, reafirmó hoy que los países en desarrollo y especialmente los países de ingreso medio (que incluyen a la mayoría de la región) necesitan un impulso de liquidez y participar activamente en las iniciativas de alivio de la deuda.
“El mundo desarrollado está invirtiendo para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de la Agenda 2030 y para una recuperación verde, pero los países en desarrollo se están quedando atrás”, advirtió la máxima autoridad de la Comisión durante la sesión t…
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