The economic infrastructure gap and investment in Latin America

This edition of the FAL Bulletin aims to present and encourage the use of the economic infrastructure investment database for Latin America and the Caribbean (EII-LAC-DB), built by the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The information contained refers to the period 1980-2012, in keeping with measurements undertaken by the World Bank, ECLAC and under the cooperation agreement between ECLAC and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF).

The future of trade and transport facilitation: implications of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

This FAL Bulletin analyses the implications for transport infrastructure services in the region of the future Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) concluded under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Particular attention is given to the role of transport ministries in facilitating international trade and the concrete obligations and opportunities that will arise with the WTO Agreement.

Latin America and the Caribbean and China: towards a new era in economic cooperation

Foreword by Alicia Bárcena

Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 1996

Incluye Bibliografía

Fortalecimiento de la cooperación birregional entre América Latina y Asia y el Pacífico El papel del FOCALAE

Incluye bibliografía

Multilateral rules on competition policy: an overview of the debate

Includes bibliography

ECLAC Notes Nº 22

Special IssueECLAC Notes Nr. 22 is completely devoted to the document Globalizationand Development, presented by ECLAC in its Twenty-ninthsession. Globalization and Development Op-ed by José Antonio Ocampo, ECLAC's Executive Secretary Social Vulnerability A Positive Agenda International Migration Is Excluded from Globalization National and Regional Strategies The Widening Digital Divide Trade and Investment:Two Critical Aspects of Globalization Statistical Appendix Index of Recent Titles and Calendar of Events

第一届拉丁美洲和 加勒比国家共同体 （CELAC）: 与中国探索经贸和投资合作 空间论坛

This document is a contribution by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the First Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC),(Beijing, 8 and 9 January 2015). The document consists of three parts. The first part summarizes the main components of the international economic scenario for Latin America and the Caribbean. The second part provides a brief overview of trade and investment relations between the region and China. And the third part sets out conclusions and recommendations for improving the quality of economic ties between the two trading partners.

Development Paths In The Caribbean

This study analyzes the patterns of development in the Caribbean and gives particular focus to the challenges to and opportunities for sustainable development. The study is divided into two parts. The first part of the study examines trajectories for development in the Caribbean, while the second addresses the relationship between competition and integration.1 The significant development gains attained since independence have been threatened in the last decade. Slowing productivity growth, rising debt, increasing crime and social dislocation in recent years have adversely affected growth in per capita income and social welfare. The study therefore calls on policy makers to promote dynamic drivers of growth and development in the region. The key requirement in this regard, is the need to strengthen import productivity,2 or the efficiency with which the region uses foreign exchange. This can be done by producing and exporting more high-value services such as education and the output of the creative industries. The sub-region also needs to strengthen its systems of governance by providing more opportunities for citizens to participate in decision making. In addition, the region needs to address the inherent relationship between competition and integration by developing improved systems to cushion the negative impacts on weaker members of the integration arrangement. These could include a more robust development fund and capacity building to enable losers to benefit from regional trade and investment. However, regional integration should provide a platform for moving up the value chain, through research and development and innovation to produce more competitive exports.

China and Latin America and the Caribbean: building a strategic economic and trade relationship

Includes bibliography

Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union: striving for a renewed partnership

Includes bibliography

Investment and economic reform in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Tax performance and reform in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Includes bibliography