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The production of statistical data and information in the Caribbean: proposals for increasing efficiency in this sphere
(ECLAC, 2002-10-02)
Introduction Much has been written on the difficulty of obtaining statistical data on the Caribbean. Many commentators have examined the problem from several angles, including the organization of the statistical ...
Made in Latam: How smart manufacturing can give Latin America new hope for industrialization
(ECLAC, 2021-11-16)
Innovation, automatization, and digitalization of production processes entail many positive externalities for companies. These include higher levels of competitiveness and productivity brought about by improving operational ...
Property rights and the rural land market in Latin America
(1996-04)
Land distribution in Latin America is characterized by striking inequality. Notwithstanding the emergence of modern structures in some regions, a few huge land holdings are found alongside a large number of small ones. ...
Capital Flows to Latin America: 2017 Year in Review
(ECLAC, 2017-12)
The total amount of debt issued by LAC borrowers from January to November 2017 reached US$ 138 billion, the highest annual amount ever issued in the region. Investors’ enthusiasm for LAC assets was supported by synchronized ...
Capital flows to Latin America: first quarter 2005
(ECLAC, 2005-06)
Latin American markets entered 2005 with impetus, as the favorable environment for capital inflows at the end of 2004 persisted in the beginning of the year. However, investors' sentiment deteriorated as the first quarter ...
Sustainable bioenergy: a framework for decision makers
(United Nations, 2007)
PrefaceIn our first paper, UN-Energy focused on "The Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals." We pointed out that available energy services fail to meet the needs of the world's poor, with 2.4 ...
Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 1997
(CEPAL, 1997-12)
Despite the instability in international financial markets in recent months and the turbulence it has created in Latin American stock markets, in 1997 the region's economies put out their best performance in a quarter of ...
Financial crises in "successful" emerging economies
(Brookings Institution PressECLAC, 2001)
Preface
This book is the result of a project developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, with support from the Ford Foundation. The text encompasses five articles ...
Potential output in Latin America: a standard approach for the 1950-2002 period
(ECLAC, 2003-12)
(*) This document was prepared by André A. Hofman of the Economic Projections Center of the Statistics Division, and Heriberto Tapia research assistant in the office of the Executive Secretary of ECLAC. The views expressed ...
Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008
(ECLAC, 2008-12)
With annual economic growth for Latin America and the Caribbean being projected at 4,6%, 2008 will mark both the sixth consecutive year of growth and the end of a period which has very few precedents in the economic history ...