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Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2016-01)
The Latin American and Caribbean region has achieved notable social development in the past decade. However, much remains to be done. The persisting challenges of defeating poverty once and for all and significantly reducing ...
The middle class and the development process
(ECLAC, 2008-04)
Stable, higher income democracies often have both a strong middle class and relatively low levels of inequality. In contrast, lower and middle income countries with highly unequal patterns of income distribution and ...
Constrained integration in Latin America: analysis based on a twenty-first-century centre-periphery vision
(2021-04-30)
The early twenty-first century in Latin America was characterized by a “pink tide”, in which a reorientation of national policies produced positive social outcomes and changed both the regional order and the role of regional ...
Chile and its "lateral" trade policy
(1999-04)
This article looks at the bases, objectives and results of the "lateral" trade policy adopted by Chile in the 1990s. In particular, it seeks to give a clearer idea of the role of bilateral agreements and to incorporate ...
Corporate competitiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2001-08)
This article looks at the evolution of international competitiveness in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s, focusing on the microeconomic and sectoral aspects. It evaluates the competitive ...
Regional integration: towards an inclusive value chain strategy
(ECLAC, 2014-05)
Regional integration is a multidimensional process which may take the form of coordination, cooperation, convergence and deep integration initiatives and whose scope extends not only to economic and trade issues but to ...
Structural determinants of tax revenue in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-2009
(CEPAL, 2012-12-04)
In recent years many studies have been conducted worldwide in order to investigate the structural or long-term determinants of tax revenue (see inter alia Gupta, 2007; Mahdavi, 2007; Profeta and Scabrosetti, 2010). The aim ...
A summary of the ECLAC proposals
(1995-04)
There is growing consensus that although a solid, balanced macroeconomic base is a necessary condition for development, it is not of itself enough to ensure that development is actually achieved or that its fruits will be ...
Globalization and loss of autonomy by the fiscal, banking and monetary authorities
(1996-04)
The idea that globalization impairs the sovereignty of the modern nation-State is increasingly accepted in some academic, government and international circles. Currently, there is generalized concern over the progressive ...