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Social Dimensions of Macroeconomic Policy

Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales

( Print: February 2002 )

This report starts with a short historical background, which describes the ascendancy of macroeconomic policies over social development policies. It continues with an evaluation of the relation...

Developing Countries' Anti-cyclical Policies in a Globalizing World

Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales

( Print: September 2002 )

This paper looks at the role of developing countries’ domestic policies in managing externally generated boom-bust cycles. It draws upon an extensive list of recent literature on the subject and upon...

Inversión y Volatilidad Financiera

América Latina en los Inicios del Nuevo Milenio

Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales

( Print: May 2002 )

La liberación financiera y la apertura al mercado de capitales permitió atraer la inversión extranjera y expandir la capacidad de financiamiento de los proyectos de inversión, pero al mismo tiempo...

Paraguay

Resultados de las Reformas (2003-2005) y sus Perspectivas

Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales

( Print: March 2007, PDF: January 2009 )

Los países Latinoamericanos han encarado una serie de reformas y programas de estabilización en los años noventa como respuesta a la década perdida de los ochenta y como resultado de las exigencias de...

Diferenciación por Calidad de Bienes con Base Primaria y de Baja Tecnología

¿Una Ventana de Oportunidades para América Latina?

Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales

( Print: February 2008 )

El informe utiliza los valores unitarios de exportación como medida de calidad de los bienes exportados y analiza, mediante este indicador, si los países latino americanos se encuentran en una...

Brazil's Derivatives Markets

Hedging, Central Bank Intervention and Regulation

Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales

( Print: July 2008 )

This report is a study of Brazil’s derivatives markets. It examines their important role in the economy, and their role in monetary policy making by the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB). The first part of...

Measuring Restrictions on FDI in Services in Developing Countries and Transition Economies

Series: UNCTAD Current Studies on FDI and Development

( Print: October 2006, PDF: October 2006 )

The world economy has shifted markedly towards services. Services are critical to the development of a competitive business sector, however, foreign direct investment in services can generate concerns...

The Universe of the Largest Transnational Corporations

Series: UNCTAD Current Studies on FDI and Development

( Print: December 2007, PDF: January 2008 )

The publication analyses the universe of the largest transnational corporations TNCs globally and those from developing countries, the market concentration of these firms and the internationalization...

FDI in Tourism

The Development Dimension

Series: UNCTAD Current Studies on FDI and Development

( Print: March 2008, PDF: October 2008 )

Many developing countries are looking to tourism as a potentially promising avenue for economic and human development. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one of the routes through which developing...

Elimination of TRIMs

The Experience of Selected Developing Countries

Series: UNCTAD Current Studies on FDI and Development

( Print: March 2008, PDF: April 2008 )

The publication examines how six countries (Argentina, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Ethiopia and Viet Nam) have been affected by the elimination of Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs). The...

FDI and Tourism

The Development Dimension - East and Southern Africa

Series: UNCTAD Current Studies on FDI and Development

( Print: January 2009, PDF: December 2010 )

Many developing countries are looking to tourism as a potentially promising avenue for economic and human development, and foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the routes through which they can...