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Trade Facilitation: Promoting Trade as an Engine of Growth Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS)
(ECLAC, 2005-06)
Three factors define the main difficulties faced by developing countries in the area of trade facilitation: (i) limited understanding and use by governments and business (especially SMEs) of trade facilitation and of ICT ...
Job losses, multinationals and globalization: the anatomy of disempowerment
(ECLAC, 2002-11)
Abstract This paper examines the anatomy of the pervasive current job cuts and job losses occuring in multinational enterprises. It raises the question of the social and economic costs to countries and workers around the ...
Social security reforms and their implications for the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2005-12-15)
As in many other countries, the viability and sustainability of social security
systems in the Caribbean is of concern to policy makers. Although systems in the region
remain relatively young, liquid and healthy at this ...
An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the agriculture sector in Trinidad And Tobago
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-10-22)
The economic impact of climate change on root crop, fisheries and vegetable production for Trinidad and Tobago under the A2 and B2 scenarios were modeled, relative to a baseline ―no climate change‖ case, where the mean ...
Energy efficiency potential in Jamaica: challenges, opportunities and strategies for implementation
(ECLAC, 2011-04)
The Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) identifies energy management as a critical issue in achieving sustainability. Like many of the small islands states, Jamaica is economically ...
E-commerce environment and trade promotion for Latin America: policy implications from East Asian and advanced economies' experiences
(ECLAC, 2003-06)
In the late of 1990s, when use of the Internet began to spread to almost all of the activities undertaken by people and businesses around the world, Internet-based electronic commerce was expected to introduce revolutionary ...
Employment, growth and reforms in Jamaica
(ECLAC, 2000-05)
Executive summary
The main objective of this study on 'Growth and Employment' is to determine the ability of the Jamaican economy to generate productive employment, and how this has been affected by reforms implemented in ...
Instrumentos para la evaluación del impacto de acuerdos comerciales internacionales: aplicaciones para países pequeños en América Latina
(CEPAL, 2009-06)
En las últimas décadas el comercio internacional y la interdependencia entre las economías de distintas naciones han crecido ampliamente. El número de acuerdos comerciales ha aumentado constantemente desde principios de ...
Pension reform in Europe in the 90's and lessons for Latin America
(ECLAC, 2001-11)
Abstract Reviewing and comparing the economic histories of Europe and Latin America we can observe that the universality of social security systems and the concurrent development of labor market institutions allowed Europe ...
The economics of climate change in Central America: summary 2010
(CEPAL, 2010-11)
Although it is estimated that Central America will continue to generate only a minimal part of the planet's Greenhouse Gasses, it is already one of the regions most vulnerable to the consequences of these emissions. ...