Economic activity in Uruguay's 12 authorized free trade zones in 2010 gave direct employment to 13,000 people and represented 1.7% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) that year, according to a new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which stresses that these areas have also contributed to diversifying Uruguay's exports of goods and services.
The report A case of Productive and Commercial Transformation: Free Trade Zones in Uruguay analyzes the recent evolution of economic activity, foreign trade and employment among the companies lo…
La actividad económica en las 12 zonas francas autorizadas en Uruguay en 2010 dio empleo directo a 13.000 personas y representó 1,7 por ciento del producto interno bruto (PIB) del país en ese año, según un nuevo estudio de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que destaca que estas áreas han contribuido además a diversificar las exportaciones uruguayas de bienes y servicios.
El informe Un caso de transformación productiva y comercial: zonas francas en el Uruguay analiza la evolución reciente de la actividad económica, del comercio exterior y del empleo en las…
A atividade econômica nas 12 zonas francas autorizadas no Uruguai em 2010 deu emprego direto a 13.000 pessoas e representou 1,7% do produto interno bruto (PIB) do país nesse ano, segundo um novo estudo da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), o qual destaca que estas áreas contribuíram para diversificar as exportações uruguaias de bens e serviços.
O relatório Um caso de transformação produtiva e comercial: zonas francas no Uruguai analisa a evolução recente da atividade econômica, do comércio exterior e do emprego nas empresas instaladas nessas áreas utilizando…
Business services have been one of the fatest growing export areas in emerging economies over the past decade. The spread of information and communication technologies and the rise in trade liberalization have facilitated the global unbundling and offshoring of services activities from advanced to developing countries, including those in Latin America. This offshoring has gradually evolved into more sophisticated forms of business process outsourcing. Several countries in the region are now in the process of further upgrading their services exports to participate in knowledge process outsourci…
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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