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The Argentine crisis and its impact on household welfare
(2003-04)
This study presents the initial findings of a household survey dealing with the effects of the Argentine economic crisis on welfare. It also seeks to identify the coping mechanisms and strategies adopted by households in ...
Local economic development policies in Chile’s municipalities: beyond welfarism
(2019-04-15)
To what extent are local economic development policies limited to a welfare approach in Chile? The hypothesis pursued in this work is that, taken together, these policies far exceed this paradigm. For the study, a register ...
Foreign direct investment and welfare
(ECLAC, 2014-03)
This paper addresses the question of how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) affects different measures of economic welfare. It fits in an existing stream of research looking at the relationship between FDI and economic growth, ...
Emigration of nurses from the Caribbean: causes and consequences for the socio-economic welfare of the country, Trinidad and Tobago: a case study
(ECLAC, 2003-08-12)
The paper will examine the migration of nurses in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States over the last 50 years, focusing on the situation in Trinidad and Tobago. It will make an attempt to assess the scope of nurse ...
Recent economic trends in China and their implications for trade with Latin America and the Caribbean
(1995-08)
Among the East and Southeast Asian economies often regarded as the most successful showcases, the People's Republic of China (PRC); occupies an outstanding place. This economy has one of the fastest growing GNPs in the ...
Legal and economic interfaces between antidumping and competition policy
(ECLAC, 2001-12)
Introduction The interaction between antidumping and antitrust is a polemic issue in every integration process for both legal and economic reasons. From a legal perspective, antidumping rules allow practices such as price ...
Development of a modelling framework in support of an assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change in the Caribbean: the ECLAC – CIAM Model
(ECLAC, 2014-05)
The Caribbean region remains highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to assess the social and economic consequences of climate change for the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the ...
Climate change and reduction of CO2 emissions: the role of developing countries in carbon trade markets
(ECLAC, 2012-12)
The Kyoto Protocol provides a framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations. These reduction targets will have economic impacts that will affect not only those industrialized countries ...
Some considerations on the possible effects of the failure of the United States Congress to renew the ATPDEA
(ECLAC, 2007-04)
This brief note presents some thoughts about the possible effects of the failure to renew the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA); and its possible expiration this coming December 31. United States ...