Developing competitive advantages: successful export SMEs in Argentina, Chile and Colombia

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Comparative advantages and the exploitation of environmental resources

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Latin America’s competitive position in knowledge-intensive services trade

This study presents a dynamic analysis of Latin America's competitiveness in trade in knowledge-intensive services. The methodology used to undertake this analysis is based on the Tradecan approach developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which provides a means of assessing different countries' competitiveness by looking at their exports to the fastest-growing markets. (In the past, it has usually been applied primarily to exports of goods.) The results suggest that, although some Latin American countries have made inroads in knowledge-intensive service segments and have comparative advantages in them, the percentage of "rising stars" (dynamic sectors in which a country or region is gaining in market share) is still low, while there is a high percentage of "missed opportunities" (dynamic sectors in which a country or region is losing market share). This points up the existence of areas in which the region's competitive position is weak and in which policies are needed to leverage its competitive advantages and remove the obstacles that are holding it back from establishing a more advantageous position in knowledge-intensive service markets.

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2010-2011: The region in the decade of the emerging economies

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Information society and public ICT policies in the Caribbean: a review of advances and challenges, policy instruments and country experiences

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Honduras: tendencias, desafíos y temas estratégicos del desarrollo agropecuario

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The importance of local production and small-scale enterprises for Latin American development

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Technological changes and industrial dynamics in Latin America

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Creating capabilities in local environments and production networks

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The expansion model of the major Chilean retail chains

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CEPAL Review no.92

Foreign direct investment and development: the MERCOSUR experience / Daniel Chudnovsky and Andrés López. -- Developing competitive advantages: successful export SMES in Argentina, Chile and Colombia / Dario Milesi, Virginia Moori, Verónica Robert and Gabriel Yoguel. -- Effects of training on competitiveness in the manufacturing sector / Ramón Padilla and Miriam Juárez. -- Youth employment: characteristics, tensions and challenges / Jürgen Weller. -- The globalization of the health-care industry: opportunities for the Caribbean / Richard L. Bernal. -- Social protection in the English-speaking Caribbean / Oliver Paddison. -- Strengthening a fiscal pillar: the Uruguayan dual income tax / Alberto Barreix and Jerónimo Roca. -- International migration and development: the socioeconomic impact of remittances in Colombia / David Khoudour-Castéras. -- Non-sectoral agents and recent changes in Argentina’s agricultural sector / Clara Craviotti. -- Referees for CEPAL Review 2005-2006. -- Guidelines for contributors to the CEPAL Review. -- CEPAL Review on the Internet. -- Recent ECLAC publications.

Advantages and limitations of Costa Rica's experience in competition policy. A benchmark for the rest of the countries in the Central American region

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

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Biofuels potential in Guyana

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The international competitiveness of the Costa Rican clothing industry

Includes bibliography