Regional trade and growth in Asia and Latin America: the importance of productive complementarity

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Savings in Latin America after the mid 1990s: determinants, constraints and policies

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Renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean: constraints and prospects

Includes bibliography

Saving and investment under external and fiscal constraints

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Brazil's second catch-up: characteristics and constraints

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Structural constraints on development in Latin America and the Caribbean: a post-crisis reflection

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Mexico: food price increases and growth constraints

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Environmental planning in the Wider Caribbean and Latin America: constraints to an effective regional institutional structure

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Review of the implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action in the Caribbean (1994-2004): achievements and constraints

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Diagnosis of constraints on development and on further economic integration

The purpose of the present document is to set forth the diagnosis of infrastructure services in Latin America and the Caribbean carried out by the Infrastructure Services Unit of ECLAC. Although much of the diagnosis presented is applicable to all economic infrastructure services, this document places a strong emphasis on transport infrastructure and services, as their characteristics make them a potential constraint on the region’s economic and social development and on its continuing integration.

Competition and complementarity between road and rail transport in the carriage of freight

A seminar on competition and complementarity between road and rail transport in the carriage of freight was conducted at ECLAC Headquarters on 6-7 November 2001. The seminar was attended by experts on transport matters from a range of countries, and their presentations covered the current state of integration of transport in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Also in attendance was an expert from Central America, who spoke about modal integration of freight transport in that region. Three round-table discussions were held with the participation of representatives of the trucking and rail sectors, drawn from both the private and public spheres.

Structural constraints and determinants of economic growth in Cuba

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Financial constraints on economic development: Theory and policy for developing countries

This article contains a theoretical and policy analysis of the financial constraints on economic development in developing countries. Following a Keynesian interpretation, it concludes that financial policies are needed to relieve these constraints, given the natural tendency of financial systems to operate in ways that are dysfunctional to economic development. It then proposes three lines of policy that take account of the special characteristics of developing countries: resource allocation policies targeted at segments of strategic importance for economic and financial development; policies to control financial and external fragility; and compensatory policies of a more interventionist cast, in particular directed credit programmes for both public- and private-sector lending to complement resource allocation policies, and countercyclical regulatory barriers so that fragility can be better controlled.