Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America and the Caribbean dwindled for the second year in a row in 2001, and preliminary data for 2002 show no signs of a recovery. This trend was observed in both greenfield investment and mergers, acquisitions and privatizations. The investments announced by transnational corporations (TNCs) for the coming years remain concentrated in the service and infrastructure sectors. This indicates that the region has continued to strengthen its links with the incipient networks being established in service provision at the global level. This development …
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…
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…
Los flujos de inversión extranjera (IED) hacia América Latina y el Caribe disminuyeron por segundo año consecutivo y los datos preliminares para el 2002 no muestran signos de una reversión. Esta evolución se observa tanto en las inversiones nuevas como en las fusiones, las adquisiciones y las privatizaciones. Las inversiones anunciadas por las empresas transnacionales para los próximos años se siguen concentrando en los sectores de servicios e infraestructura. De esta manera, la región ha seguido fortaleciendo sus vínculos con las incipientes redes que comienzan a establecerse en la provisión…
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