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Does public financial support stimulate innovation and productivity? An impact evaluation
(2015-04)
This paper contributes to the empirical literature that evaluates the effects of public financial support to innovation on innovation expenditures, innovation itself and productivity in developing countries. Propensity ...
The use of technology and innovative approaches in disaster and risk management: a characterization of Caribbean countries’ experiences
(ECLAC, 2020-09-08)
The application of technologies, research, development, promotion of innovative approaches and local knowledge to confront complex issues posed by hazards are important components of managing disaster risks and guiding ...
Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing firms: the case of Peru
(2017-04)
This article analyses the relationship between investment decisions, investment intensity, innovation outcomes and labour productivity for a sample of services and manufacturing firms from Peru in 2004, on the basis of an ...
ECLAC Notes Nº 17
(2001-07)
International Financial System's Reform Agenda Must Be Broadened Women's Employment More Vulnerable than Men's Economic Prospects for 2001. Op-ed of ECLAC's Executive Secretary, José Antonio Ocampo Highlights: ...
An innovative financing for development agenda for the recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2021-12-03)
COVID-19 has brought to the fore the need to address the problem of financing for development in middle-income countries, which has been characterized by the increasing decoupling of per capita income and the ability to ...
Innovative financing instruments in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2023-01-20)
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (2008–2009), the external financing needs of Latin America and the Caribbean increased significantly, reflecting a process of external debt accumulation in all developing ...
Microfinance institutions in the development of financial markets
(2003-12)
For the last two decades, microfinance has ranked high on
the list of policy instruments for fighting poverty. Supporting
the creation of access to formal financial services for low-income
households holds out the promise ...
The global crisis, speculative capital and innovative financing for development
(2008-08)
One of the characteristics of globalization has been the markedvolatility of financial flows. The realization that this was affecting growth andequity induced the International Conference on Financing for Development,held ...
Science and technology policy and the National Innovation System in Argentina
(1999-04)
This article looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the policies proposed in the Argentine National Multi-year Science and Technology Plan, 1998-2000, within the conceptual framework of the approach taken by the National ...