Trade liberalization in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Reforms and growth in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Broadband in Latin America: Beyond Connectivity

Includes bibliography.

Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography.

Recent increases in shipping costs and their impact on exports from Latin America

This issue of the FAL Bulletin is based on a study prepared by ECLAC which works out a provisional approach for estimating the impact of increases in freight rates on exports from Latin America during the last few quarters. The total cost of exports from the region reflects the increases in three different components: the quantities exported, the prices of the goods and the freight charges. The influence of each of these is estimated.The information bases used are comprised of data obtained from the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (International Transport Database) and the authors own direct compilation. The conclusion is that total exports from Latin America varied by US$ 5.72 billion in the first half of 2004 compared with the first half of 2003; of this amount, US$ 2,105,000,000 correspond to the variation in price and quantity and US$ 3,615,000,000 represent the increase in export freight rates. When compared with the first half of 2002, the variation is in excess of US$ 8 billion.

Wage share and economic growth in Latin America, 1950-2011

This article builds series of wage shares in gross domestic product (GDP) for 15 Latin American economies individually and as a group for the period 1950-2010. Using different methodologies, it is established that wage share is non-linear and has undergone two major cycles. The article discusses various authors, especially classic and post-Keynesian thinkers, who have explored the relationship between wage share in GDP and economic activity. It is also shown that the post-Keynesian approach is relevant in explaining that the main variables determining real gdp variations include wage share, gross capital formation and exports of goods and services. However, the contribution of wage share to real output growth has declined from the 1980s onwards.

Latin American Economic Outlook 2015: Education, skills and innovation for development

The Latin American Economic Outlook analyses issues related to Latin America’s economic and social development. Since 2011, the report has been published in conjunction with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and has tied in with the economic theme of the annual Ibero-American Summit organised by the Ibero- American governments and Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB). In 2013, CAF – development bank of Latin America (CAF) joined the team of authors. This edition focuses on education, skills and innovation as key inputs for more inclusive growth in the region. It provides in-depth analysis of Latin America’s education systems and the region’s capacity to increase enrolment in good-quality education, and looks at the development of skills training to improve economic competitiveness and labour-market integration. These inputs are analysed in association with innovation policies in the production system.

Broadband in Latin America: Beyond Connectivity

Incluye bibliografía

Anuario estadístico de América Latina, 1979 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America, 1979

Publicado en 1980

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1985 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1985

Publicado en agosto de 1986

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1986 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1986

Publicado en junio de 1987

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1987 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1987

Incluye Bibliografía

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1988 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1988

Incluye Bibliografía

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe, 1989 = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1989

Incluye Bibliografía

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 1990 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 1990

Incluye Bibliografía