Main trade trends, trade policy and integration in the greater Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Regulation, worker protection and active labour-market policies in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Trade, direct investment and production policies

Includes bibliography

Globalizing talent and human capital: implications for developing countries

Includes bibliography

The new information technologies and women: essential reflections

Includes bibliography

Hernán Santa Cruz Barceló: un homenaje en la CEPAL

Resumen Este documento es una recopilación de las ponencias hechas por los participantes en el homenaje a don Hernán Santa Cruz Barceló, que tuvo lugar en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile el día 7 de mayo de 1999. Fue organizado conjuntamente por el Instituto de Estudios Internacionales de la Universidad de Chile, la Fundación Felipe Herrera y la CEPAL.

A poverty profile and functional aspects of Brazilian labour markets

Includes bibliography

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2014: Regional integration and value chains in a challenging external environment

The 2014 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy: Regional integration and value chains amid challenging external conditions has four chapters. Chapter I examines the main features of the international context and their repercussions for world and regional trade. Chapter II looks at Latin American and Caribbean participation in global value chains and confirms that the region, with the exception of Mexico and Central America, has only limited linkages with the three major regional value chains of Asia, Europe and North America. This chapter also looks at how participation in value chains may contribute to more inclusive structural change, by analysing three core microeconomic aspects. Chapter III identifies various spheres in which regional integration and cooperation can help strengthen production integration between the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. The fourth chapter explores the intra- and extraregional trade relations of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and considers how to strengthen production integration in the subregion by taking advantage of linkages beyond trade and building on commercial and production complementarities among the members. The chapter also reviews the differences between the countries in terms of income, population and production and export structure, in a context of marked macroeconomic vulnerability.