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Dimensiones Sociales de la Integración Regional en América Latina, Las

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: October 1999 )

Hoy existe un auge de los procesos de integración regional, tanto en el ámbito mundial como en el latinoamericano. El estudio de este tema suele abordarse a través de los tópicos tradicionales de la...

Hoy existe un auge de los procesos de integración regional, tanto en el ámbito mundial como en el latinoamericano. El estudio de este tema suele abordarse a través de los tópicos tradicionales de la...


Teorías y Metáforas sobre Desarrollo Territorial

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: November 1999 )

El propósito de esta publicación es contribuir a la construcción de un nuevo paradigma de desarrollo territorial que sea de real utilidad para conferir racionalidad a los procesos sociales de...

El propósito de esta publicación es contribuir a la construcción de un nuevo paradigma de desarrollo territorial que sea de real utilidad para conferir racionalidad a los procesos sociales de...


Nuevas Políticas Comerciales en América Latina y Asia

Algunos Casos Nacionales

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: May 2000 )

Este libro incluye los seis estudios originales (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Indonesia, Malasia y la República de Corea) llevados a cabo durante 1997 y 1998 por la Unidad de Comercio Internacional de la...

Este libro incluye los seis estudios originales (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Indonesia, Malasia y la República de Corea) llevados a cabo durante 1997 y 1998 por la Unidad de Comercio Internacional de la...


Privatización Portuaria

Bases, Alternativas y Consecuencias

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: March 2000 )

Durante medio siglo los gobiernos han operado los puertos estatales como entes sociopolíticos, haciendo caso omiso a las señales del mercado. Al no responder a éstas, los gobiernos han tenido que...

Durante medio siglo los gobiernos han operado los puertos estatales como entes sociopolíticos, haciendo caso omiso a las señales del mercado. Al no responder a éstas, los gobiernos han tenido que...


Transformaciones Recientes en el Sector Agropecuario Brasileño

Lo que Muestran Los Censos

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: May 2000 )

Han pasado más de diez años desde la realización del último censo agropecuario. Con la publicación del nuevo censo es posible hacer un primer análisis de los cambios estructurales observados en el...

Han pasado más de diez años desde la realización del último censo agropecuario. Con la publicación del nuevo censo es posible hacer un primer análisis de los cambios estructurales observados en el...


Assessing Regional Trade Arrangements

Are South-south RTAs More Trade Diverting?

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: February 2002 )

It has generally been argued that regional trade agreements among developing countries may induce potential adverse effects on trade patterns among RTA members and between them and third countries...

It has generally been argued that regional trade agreements among developing countries may induce potential adverse effects on trade patterns among RTA members and between them and third countries...


Apertura Económica y (des) Encadenamientos Productivos

Reflexiones sobre el Complejo Lácteo en América Latina

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: November 2001 )

El libro tiene dos propósitos principales: en lo inmediato, se presentan en él reflexiones y análisis empíricos acerca de los complejos productivos que operan en torno a la producción lechera primaria...

El libro tiene dos propósitos principales: en lo inmediato, se presentan en él reflexiones y análisis empíricos acerca de los complejos productivos que operan en torno a la producción lechera primaria...


Integrated Approach to Agricultural Trade and Development Issues, An

Exploring the Welfare and Distribution Issues

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: November 2001 )

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis has become a well-established methodology for the estimation of trade and welfare effects resulting from trade liberalization. This paper reviews CGE...

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis has become a well-established methodology for the estimation of trade and welfare effects resulting from trade liberalization. This paper reviews CGE...


Regional Trade Agreements and Developing Countries

The Case of the Pacific Island's Proposed Free Trade Agreement

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: November 2001 )

Fourteen of the world's smallest and most vulnerable economies - the Forum Island Countries (FICs) of the Pacific island region - are in the process of forming themselves into a free trade area (FTA)...

Fourteen of the world's smallest and most vulnerable economies - the Forum Island Countries (FICs) of the Pacific island region - are in the process of forming themselves into a free trade area (FTA)...


Assessing Regional Trading Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: November 2001 )

Using both a gravity model to consider the natural trading bloc hypothesis and simulation using a computer generated equilibrium (CGE) model to make welfare estimates, this publication examines the...

Using both a gravity model to consider the natural trading bloc hypothesis and simulation using a computer generated equilibrium (CGE) model to make welfare estimates, this publication examines the...


Services Sector Reform and Development Strategies

Issues and Research Priorities

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: November 2001 )

The purpose of this paper is to review some of the empirical work, which can provide relevant inputs to the implementation of strategies for use in the General Agreement on Trade Services (GATS)...

The purpose of this paper is to review some of the empirical work, which can provide relevant inputs to the implementation of strategies for use in the General Agreement on Trade Services (GATS)...


Tariffs and the East Asian Financial Crisis

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: November 2001 )

This study examines the role of tariffs during the East Asian financial crisis and finds that there is a role of tariffs when it comes to fighting the negative impact of a financial downturn. The...

This study examines the role of tariffs during the East Asian financial crisis and finds that there is a role of tariffs when it comes to fighting the negative impact of a financial downturn. The...


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Quantification of Non-tariff Measures

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: October 2002 )

The increase in the relative importance of non-tariff measures has increased awareness of the various deficiencies in existing non-tariff measures (NTM) data collections. This paper is concerned with...

The increase in the relative importance of non-tariff measures has increased awareness of the various deficiencies in existing non-tariff measures (NTM) data collections. This paper is concerned with...


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Neostructuralism and heterodox thinking in Latin America and the Caribbean in the early twenty-first...

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: September 2016, PDF: August 2016 )

Neostructuralism delves more deeply into the issues addressed in structuralism, aiming to improve positioning in the international economy, boost productive employment creation, reduce structural...

Neostructuralism delves more deeply into the issues addressed in structuralism, aiming to improve positioning in the international economy, boost productive employment creation, reduce structural...


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Neoestructuralismo y corrientes heterodoxas en América Latina y el Caribe a inicios del siglo XXI

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( PDF: December 2015 )

En este libro se propone una mirada renovada sobre el neoestructuralismo y las corrientes heterodoxas a inicios del siglo XXI. En un contexto marcado por los impactos de la mayor crisis económica y...

En este libro se propone una mirada renovada sobre el neoestructuralismo y las corrientes heterodoxas a inicios del siglo XXI. En un contexto marcado por los impactos de la mayor crisis económica y...


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Desigualdad e informalidad - Un análisis de cinco experiencias latinoamericanas

Un análisis de cinco experiencias latinoamericanas

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( PDF: December 2015 )

En el presente documento se reflexiona sobre el papel que ha desempeñado el mercado laboral en la disminución de la desigualdad en América Latina durante la primera década del siglo XXI, poniendo el...

En el presente documento se reflexiona sobre el papel que ha desempeñado el mercado laboral en la disminución de la desigualdad en América Latina durante la primera década del siglo XXI, poniendo el...


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Desigualdad, concentración del ingreso y tributación sobre las altas rentas en América Latina

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( PDF: December 2015 )

En el presente documento se analiza la relación entre desigualdad, elevada concentración del ingreso y tributación sobre las altas rentas en América Latina. Los objetivos de la publicación son, por un...

En el presente documento se analiza la relación entre desigualdad, elevada concentración del ingreso y tributación sobre las altas rentas en América Latina. Los objetivos de la publicación son, por un...


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Rising Concentration in Asia-Latin American Value Chains

Can Small Firms Turn the Tide?

Series: ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
( Print: November 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

Dynamic Asia has overtaken the European Union as Latin America and the Caribbean's second largest export market, after the United States. However, the region's exports to Asia remain concentrated in...

Dynamic Asia has overtaken the European Union as Latin America and the Caribbean's second largest export market, after the United States. However, the region's exports to Asia remain concentrated in...


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Trade in Services

Market Access Opportunities and the Benefits of Liberalization for Developing Countries

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: June 2003 )

The service sector is the most important sector for most developed economies being the largest contributor to gross domestic product, production, and employment. Developing economies on the other...

The service sector is the most important sector for most developed economies being the largest contributor to gross domestic product, production, and employment. Developing economies on the other...


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International Trade and Labour Market Performance

Major Findings and Open Questions

Series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Study Series
( Print: June 2003 )

This paper summarizes the results of recent research into the effects of international trade on labor demand highlighting three areas, which may require further investigation. These areas being: the...

This paper summarizes the results of recent research into the effects of international trade on labor demand highlighting three areas, which may require further investigation. These areas being: the...