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Deslocalización de Funciones no Esenciales en las Empresas, La

Oportunidades para Exportar Servicios - El Caso de Chile

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: December 2005 )

Exportaciones no Tradicionales Latinoamericanas

Un Enfoque No Tradicional

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: September 2000 )

El objetivo de este informe es examinar y aclarar el papel y los efectos de las exportaciones no tradicionales en las ventas externas de varios países de la región, así como tratar de pronosticar el...

El objetivo de este informe es examinar y aclarar el papel y los efectos de las exportaciones no tradicionales en las ventas externas de varios países de la región, así como tratar de pronosticar el...


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Sustaining Growth in a Resource-based Economy

The Main Issues and the Specific Case of Russia

( Print: February 2006 )

This Paper argues that the challenges posed by resource dependence can be overcome if accompanied by the right economic policies. It then analyzes what these policies are, and how to set up economic...

This Paper argues that the challenges posed by resource dependence can be overcome if accompanied by the right economic policies. It then analyzes what these policies are, and how to set up economic...


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Implementing Trade Policy in Latin America

The Cases of Chile and Mexico

Series: Comercio Internacional
( Print: December 2005 )

Transparency obligations are changing the way policies in general are formulated, adopted and implemented. Implementation takes place at different moments in time and at different stages of the...

Transparency obligations are changing the way policies in general are formulated, adopted and implemented. Implementation takes place at different moments in time and at different stages of the...


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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.


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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...


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Accession of Central European Countries to the European Union, The

The Trade and Investment Effects on Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

( Print: January 2004 )

The continued growth of the European Union (EU) will have important economic consequences both for the EU member states and for their trading partners, especially those at the new borders of the...

The continued growth of the European Union (EU) will have important economic consequences both for the EU member states and for their trading partners, especially those at the new borders of the...


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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...


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Role of Institutions in Economic Development, The

Gunnar Myrdal Lecture

( Print: January 2004 )

This paper discusses the role of institutions in economic development. The author puts forward an argument that the considerable gap in real income per capita between richer and poorer countries...

This paper discusses the role of institutions in economic development. The author puts forward an argument that the considerable gap in real income per capita between richer and poorer countries...


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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...


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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...