Show or Sort:


Image
Image

Implicancias del Término del Acuerdo sobre los Textiles y el Vestuario (ATV) para América Latina y...

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: December 2005 )

Este documento describe los impactos de la eliminación de cuotas del Acuerdo sobre Textiles y el Vestuario (AVT), vigente para los países latinoamericanos y caribeños sobre sus exportaciones.

Este documento describe los impactos de la eliminación de cuotas del Acuerdo sobre Textiles y el Vestuario (AVT), vigente para los países latinoamericanos y caribeños sobre sus exportaciones.


Image
Image

Trade Policy Making in Latin America

A Compared Analysis

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: January 2006 )

Bureaucracies in Latin America play a major role in designing and orienting the decisions on trade policy. On the other hand, the Legislative Power assumes an important role in the final stage, when...

Bureaucracies in Latin America play a major role in designing and orienting the decisions on trade policy. On the other hand, the Legislative Power assumes an important role in the final stage, when...


Image
Image

Export Promotion Policies in CARICOM

Main Issues, Effects and Implications

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: February 2006 )

At the national level CARICOM economies are at different stages in their export promotion efforts ranging from countries such as Suriname where export promotion is a distant objective to Barbados...

At the national level CARICOM economies are at different stages in their export promotion efforts ranging from countries such as Suriname where export promotion is a distant objective to Barbados...


Image
Image

Ex-post Evaluation of the Employment Effects of a Preferential Trade Agreement

Methodological Issues, Illustrated with a Reference to Chile

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: February 2006 )

This paper presents a discussion of the major methodological issues relating to some key studies assessing the employment effects of a particular Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). In this line, the...

This paper presents a discussion of the major methodological issues relating to some key studies assessing the employment effects of a particular Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). In this line, the...


Image
Image

Bilateralism and Regionalism

Re-establishing the Primacy of Multilateralism - A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: April 2006 )

This paper examines the web of over 40 trade agreements that now exist in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. These agreements and their negotiation processes have generated centripetal and...

This paper examines the web of over 40 trade agreements that now exist in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. These agreements and their negotiation processes have generated centripetal and...


Image
Image

Trade in Services Negotiations

A Review of the Experience of the United States and the European Union in Latin America

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: June 2006 )

Since the entry into force of the results of the Uruguay Round, Latin American Countries have embarked in active trade policy based on negotiations of Free Trade Agreements. These agreements cover a...

Since the entry into force of the results of the Uruguay Round, Latin American Countries have embarked in active trade policy based on negotiations of Free Trade Agreements. These agreements cover a...


Image
Image

América Latina y el Caribe

La Integración Regional en la Hora de las Definiciones

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: June 2006 )

Los esquemas de integración Latinoamericanos consideran - cada vez más - acuerdos bilaterales de comercio con socios de fuera y dentro de la región, lo que los obliga a encarar un tratamiento más...

Los esquemas de integración Latinoamericanos consideran - cada vez más - acuerdos bilaterales de comercio con socios de fuera y dentro de la región, lo que los obliga a encarar un tratamiento más...


Image
Image

Human Development, Health and Education

Series: Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council
( Print: June 2004 )

This publication is a compilation of presentations, issue papers, summaries, and keynote speeches that constituted the High-Level Segment meetings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for...

This publication is a compilation of presentations, issue papers, summaries, and keynote speeches that constituted the High-Level Segment meetings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for...


Image
Image

Creando Condiciones para el Desarrollo Productivo

Políticas de Competencia

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: February 2005 )

Las políticas de competencia en América Latina se desarrollaron como un instrumento de la estrategia de desregulación y liberalización de los mercados, y su evolución estuvo en cierta forma atada a...

Las políticas de competencia en América Latina se desarrollaron como un instrumento de la estrategia de desregulación y liberalización de los mercados, y su evolución estuvo en cierta forma atada a...


Image
Image

Latin American South-south Integration and Cooperation

From a Regional Public Goods Perspective

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: April 2005 )

The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound...

The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound...


Image
Image

Cooperación en Política de Competencia y Acuerdos Comerciales en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC)

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: December 2005 )

El presente trabajo propone caracterizar el conjunto de acuerdos comerciales bilaterales firmados por países de la región y mostrar la incidencia de su crecimiento sobre la cooperación internacional...

El presente trabajo propone caracterizar el conjunto de acuerdos comerciales bilaterales firmados por países de la región y mostrar la incidencia de su crecimiento sobre la cooperación internacional...


Image
Image

Integrated Approach to Rural Development, An

Series: Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council
( Print: June 2004 )

This book is based on the Secretary-General’s report to the High-Level segment of the Economic and Social Council on promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for...

This book is based on the Secretary-General’s report to the High-Level segment of the Economic and Social Council on promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for...


Image
Image

Supporting Africa's Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development

Series: Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council
( Print: June 2004 )

This publication is a compilation of presentations and papers that focus on the topic, Supporting Africa’s Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development. They were presented at the High-Level Segment...

This publication is a compilation of presentations and papers that focus on the topic, Supporting Africa’s Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development. They were presented at the High-Level Segment...


Comparative Analysis of Regionalism in Latin America and Asia-Pacific

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: June 2000 )

This publication seeks to explore the differences and similarities among the initiatives of regional economic cooperation in Latin America and East Asia, as they present similar experiences in their...

This publication seeks to explore the differences and similarities among the initiatives of regional economic cooperation in Latin America and East Asia, as they present similar experiences in their...


Image
Image

Mercados Nuevos y Tradicionales para las Exportaciones de Productos Básicos Latinoamericanos al...

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: January 2004 )

Las exportaciones de una variedad de productos básicos de América Latina experimentaron un aumento notable durante el último decenio del siglo XX. Este crecimiento se debió a la formación de mercados...

Las exportaciones de una variedad de productos básicos de América Latina experimentaron un aumento notable durante el último decenio del siglo XX. Este crecimiento se debió a la formación de mercados...


Image
Image

Avance y Vulnerabilidad de la Integración Económica de América Latina y el Caribe

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: October 2003 )

Las dificultades económicas que sufrieron, en los primeros años del presente decenio, la mayor parte de los países miembros de los esquemas de integración subregionales, los llevó en ocasiones a...

Las dificultades económicas que sufrieron, en los primeros años del presente decenio, la mayor parte de los países miembros de los esquemas de integración subregionales, los llevó en ocasiones a...


Image
Image

Rules of Origin and Trade Facilitation in Preferential Trade Agreements in Latin America

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: October 2003 )

The term Rules of Origin is an economic expression referring to a set of substantive rules for identifying the source of imported goods. As with any set of rules, certain formalities must be followed...

The term Rules of Origin is an economic expression referring to a set of substantive rules for identifying the source of imported goods. As with any set of rules, certain formalities must be followed...


Image
Image

Weak Links between Exports and Economic Growth In Latin America and the Caribbean

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: July 2009 )

Export growth in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past 20 years has enabled the region to regain part of the share of global trade that it had lost during the three preceding decades. However...

Export growth in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past 20 years has enabled the region to regain part of the share of global trade that it had lost during the three preceding decades. However...


Image
Image

Quality of Latin American and Caribbean Industrialization and Integration into the Global Economy

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: June 2010 )

Despite an increase in manufacturing activity in Latin America and the Caribbean, the growth in value-added generated by exports of manufactures has been disappointing in most cases. In order to...

Despite an increase in manufacturing activity in Latin America and the Caribbean, the growth in value-added generated by exports of manufactures has been disappointing in most cases. In order to...